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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (14 Feb 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that are taken by the Reception and Integration Agency to ensure that staff in accommodation centres for asylum seekers are Garda vetted and trained to work with children and vulnerable adults in view of the fact that this is not included on the standard form employed by the contracted inspectors (details supplied). [7814/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (19 Feb 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Finance the potential earnings for the Exchequer of the introduction of a 1% income tax increase for all earners over €100,000. [8408/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Feb 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to the increased number of medical school graduates this year it is anticipated that there will be a shortage of intern places for the graduating classes and that completing the internship is a legal requirement to be able to practice medicine; and if his Department are putting in place the necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (19 Feb 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of recorded cases of the eleven sexually transmitted infections that are currently legally notifiable here; ano-genital warts, chancroid, chlamydia trachomatis, genital herpes simplex, gonorrhoea, granuloma inguinale, infectious hepatitis B, lymphogranuloma venereum, non-specific urethritis, syphilis and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (19 Feb 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list, in tabular form, of all locations nationwide which provide screenings for sexually transmitted infections; and if he will list the criteria for screening in each location based on gender and sexual orientation, that is, the number of screening centres for men, women and gay men and so on. [8332/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Sexually Transmitted Infections (19 Feb 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Health if we are in compliance with all EU Directives on sexual health in terms of provision of publicly funded treatment and testing centres for sexually transmitted infections. [8333/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (19 Feb 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has issued an instruction to the Irish Blood Transfusion service to conduct a review of its MSM Blood Ban, which bars sexually active gay men from donating blood and if not, if he has any intention to review this practice in view of ongoing blood stock depletion. [8334/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (19 Feb 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the issue of the lack of availability of electronic ramps in Irish Rail Stations can be addressed; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty it is causing for persons with disabilities particularly in the DART stations in Clontarf and Killester which are in the vicinity of the Central Remedial Clinic which accommodates a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (27 Feb 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the application for a partnership visa in respect of a person (details supplied); the average timeframe for a review to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10668/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Mar 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on the average waiting time to see a consultant ophthalmologist in Beaumont Hospital and if he will provide an update on the position on a waiting list in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 who has been on the list since September 2012. [11218/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff Remuneration (6 Mar 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a cost analysis has been carried out on the decision to amend the trinity tutorial allowance preventing payment to new applicants for providing the service, under direction of his Department, in view of the fact that such a move is feared to lead to the abolition of the service which is instrumental in the provision of student welfare; if not,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (7 Mar 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Health the reason six trainee medical scientists in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, who are close to the completion of their five month clinical placement which is a compulsory part of their training, have yet to receive their monthly trainee allowance of €903.98 despite the Health Service Executive memo dated 6 February 2013 outlining that all trainees were entitled...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (12 Mar 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the social, personal and health education programme currently run in second level schools as a compulsory part of the curriculum, his plans to maintain this as a mandatory subject; and if he has any plans to reform the said programme. [12931/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (20 Mar 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will clarify the situation whereby couples who commenced their international adoption of children prior to the ratification of the Hague Convention by Ireland cannot register their children with the Adoption Authority of Ireland despite being the de facto parent and legal guardian to said child; if her attention has been drawn to the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (16 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide Dáil Éireann with details regarding the extension of the free pre school year; if a cost analysis of such a proposal has been completed, if she will provide this to Dáil Éireann on the record; if not, if she will commit that such an analysis will take place; if she will provide a timeline to Dáil...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been a removal of resource teaching hours for school going children suffering from Down syndrome who are classed as mild even though they suffer from a variety of other problems including difficulties with their speech; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16048/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Trees and Hedges (16 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are laws on the size and height of trees and hedges in urban areas; and if there is a complaints process for citizens who feel their light and stability of walled structures are threatened by trees owned by neighbours. [16766/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (16 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a specific legal statutory or regulatory basis that allows Garda Superintendents to cancel penalty points after fixed penalty notices have issued to members of the public; his views on whether such a practice has a legal basis; if he will cite the section of an Act of the Oireachtas or Statutory Instrument which provides for same; if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (18 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: To ask the Minister for Health the reason National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics has refused to fund the drug Pirfenidone on financial grounds in view of the fact that Pirfenidone is the only drug available to treat patients with idiopathic lung fibrosis, a progressive terminal lung disease of no known origin, and is therefore a vital life giving medication; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (23 Apr 2013)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the closure of a centre for the elderly (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if he will indicate if a new location has been found; the timeframe for same; and when the service will recommence [19088/13]