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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (20 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 521: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the situation in Malin Head, County Donegal, where the Health Service Executive have yet to avail of the fully revamped health clinic in the local community centre while they continue to use a prefab in the same area. [25010/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is acceptable for a person (details supplied) who applied for domiciliary carer's allowance on the 18 of March 2010, was refused and appealed the decision on 9 June 2010, was listed for an oral hearing on the 19 November 2010, and some 15 months later is still waiting for an oral hearing [25313/11]

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason County Donegal, the county with the most ghost estates, has received no funding to date. [25304/11]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (21 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the difference in the processing time for Garda clearances for voluntary youth workers here compared to that of the PSNI which processes such applications within a few weeks and at a time when the uptake of volunteerism is increasing, his plans to review this process with a view of reducing the...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (22 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that the teaching of history plays a vital part in the literacy and numeracy strategy currently being implemented as part of the school curriculum and that it is essential in developing critical and analytical based independent thinking. [25108/11]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (22 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that there has been a 16% increase in the number of students studying history at leaving certificate level since 2006; and if making the subject optional at junior certificate will only undermine this development. [25107/11]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost per pupil to families in County Donegal for education at second level in terms of school transport, fund-raising, exam costs, trips and transitions year. [25967/11]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of school bus transport per pupil in County Donegal each year [25968/11]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his strategy to ensure that young persons progressing from second to third level education are on the road to employment here. [25969/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that has been cut from the education budget on an annual basis in the past five years. [25970/11]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to minimise the cost of mock examinations to families. [25971/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 268: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that the exceptional needs payment is available to persons on the local authority housing list who are offered a home under a long-term lease agreement. [25972/11]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned that planning applications continue to be adjudicated and decided on since the European Court of Justice ruling, Judgement C/50/09, about Ireland's transposition and implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive. [26156/11]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 395: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give an assurance that no Garda stations will be closed in County Donegal following national media reports that 24 Garda stations in County Donegal have been submitted to the Garda Commissioner as possibilities for closure. [25984/11]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 441: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will accede to requests from the Irish Farmers' Association that he does not allow Ireland's compliance with EU directives on wetlands to introduce new unworkable levels of bureaucracy and additional financial burdens on farmers [25963/11]

Written Answers — Veterinary Laboratories: Veterinary Laboratories (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 442: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way he will subsidise farmers in County Donegal availing of laboratory facilities in the Six Counties as is the case for farmers based in the Six Counties [25964/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 549: To ask the Minister for Health the amount that the Health Service Executive paid in rent to private landlords from 2007 for temporary facilities to take care of psychiatric patients while awaiting the completion of the new psychiatric care unit adjoining Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal. [25955/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Contracts: Hospital Contracts (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 550: To ask the Minister for Health the details of all private cleaning contractors who have secured tenders for laundry services at Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; the cost of each tender; and the rationale for the different tenders. [25956/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 559: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the number of patients that Letterkenny General Hospital, LGH, County Donegal, caters for on an annual basis and the scale of medical specialties available in the hospital, if he will now upgrade the status of LGH from general to regional. [26154/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Sep 2011)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Question 560: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a nine month waiting list for an echocardiogram appointment (details supplied) at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26169/11]