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Written Answers — Civil Service Staff: Civil Service Staff (18 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the source of the Civil Service conciliation and arbitration scheme that partially or entirely restricts promotion from professional to administrative grades, or conversely states that certain promotions are to be limited to certain groups. [29625/11]

Written Answers — Civil Service Staff: Civil Service Staff (18 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the conciliation and arbitration scheme has a role in respect of internal Civil Service promotions; and if so, the nature of that role. [29626/11]

Written Answers — Public Service Appointments: Public Service Appointments (18 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his interpretation of section 58 of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004. [29627/11]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (18 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on questions raised in the Universal Periodic Review over the right to collective bargaining here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29577/11]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (18 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the course of action available to a private landlord under the circumstance in which the landlord has served a legal eviction notice on a tenant and the tenant refuses to leave when the notice has expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29576/11]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (18 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 445: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an up-to-date report on the Health Service Executive residential youth centre in Dublin 22; and if she will provide assurances that it is being run in a way which ensures the safety of the children in the facility and that of local residents. [29579/11]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (18 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 462: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an up to date report on plans for a nursing home (details supplied) in County Dublin; when a replacement facility will be completed; the plans of the Health Service Executive for the current site in view of the fact that it is a good location for a nursing home or senior citizen's facility due to its easy access from Tallaght....

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (18 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 457: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the cost of the drug Dona, commonly used by those suffering from arthritis in Ireland, is over six times more expensive than the drug Xicil, which is identical and used widely by those suffering from arthritis in other countries including Spain; and if there is scope for savings to his Department by substituting Xicil for Dona. [29480/11]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (19 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on making provision for an Irish sign language curriculum for use in general schooling, for example during transition year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30271/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (19 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to phase out the qualified adult designation in social welfare payments in favour of making independent payments to both persons in a marriage or civil partnership on the basis of their respective employment records and needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30269/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (19 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on reducing the number of hours per week a person must work in order to qualify for family income supplement, in order to eliminate a potential poverty trap; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30270/11]

Written Answers — Nuclear Safety: Nuclear Safety (19 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the recent report by the United Kingdom's Chief Inspector of Nuclear Installations on the nuclear facilities and storage of radioactive material at Sellafield. [30272/11]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (20 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health the research or evidence upon which the decision not to roll out the BreastCheck service to women over 65 years, as planned in the national breast screening programme, was based; if he has taken into account the concern of Active Retirement Ireland about the non-rollout of the NBSP to women aged over 65 years; the reason the programme has not been...

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (25 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which crystal methamphetamine has become a problem for the Garda; if he regards crystal methamphetamine as having the potential to cause widespread social damage as witnessed in the United States of America; the number of seizures of crystal methamphetamine in each of the last five years; and the steps the Garda and his...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (25 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the action being taken to address the issue of the use of transfer pricing to reduce tax paid here by multinational corporations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30811/11]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (25 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures FÁS has put in place to enable person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 and approximately 20 young persons currently receiving work experience with Dublin City Council to finish their carpentry apprenticeships after the period currently covered by FÁS, which ends on 1 December 2011, which will leave them short of the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reduce the maximum rates payable for rent supplement, either in general or in a number of specific local authority areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30839/11]

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (25 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider extending the right to vote in EU and Dáil elections to non-EU immigrants who have been given leave to remain here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30810/11]

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (25 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 547: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the extent to which general practitioners are double or triple jobbing. [30875/11]

Written Answers — General Practitioner Services: General Practitioner Services (25 Oct 2011)

Robert Dowds: Question 548: To ask the Minister for Health if double or triple jobbing is an issue when general practitioners are concerned; and, if so, his views that such behaviour has a negative impact on the standard of care provided to patients. [30876/11]