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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programme (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the recent report by a person (details supplied) regarding breast health and the need for further promotion and breast awareness; his plans to continue raising awareness on this important issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48103/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Disease Strategy (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on a specific national approach to improve the health and well-being of persons with rare diseases, as recommended by the European Council action group in the field of rare diseases; the current status of a national rare disease strategy for the State in view of the number of persons estimated to suffer from a rare disease in this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (6 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way the Atlantic Corridor will be marketed and promoted and to whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48673/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (7 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to adjust the student maintenance grant, either by reducing the grant rates or by tightening the conditions for eligibility. [48817/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (7 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a capacity to grow more crops here where a commercial market price can be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48783/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (7 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to expand the range of medicines, with established safety profiles and available in other locations without prescription, that can be dispensed by pharmacists with a view to generating more savings as seen in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48828/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (13 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the fuel allowance payment should be restructured to allow for a sliding scale rather than a flat cut-off point, to prevent situations arising whereby a person who receives an income which is even less than one euro over the threshold misses out on the whole of the €520 payment. [49812/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (13 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health the projected increase in the over 65 year old population in the coming decade; if any funds or moneys are being set aside or are being planned to provide this section of the population with the future facilities and care that will be needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49532/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blind Person's Allowance (13 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health the qualifying criteria a person (details supplied) in County Kerry failed to meet in order to be registered as blind when applying for the blind welfare allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49872/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health if the 1.25 WTE podiatrist position at Kerry general hospital Tralee, which was sanctioned in April 2012 as part of the National Footcare Programme, will be filled as envisaged by the Health Service Executive’s National Clinical Programme for Diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50119/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authority Services (13 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an assessment of the outcomes that result from the pedestrianisation of main and secondary streets in regional towns in particular for retail and tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49753/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (14 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the formal establishment of Quality and Qualifications Ireland, when will new applications for training provider registration be processed and if any further guidelines, frameworks and the development of codes need to be establish prior to applications being accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50228/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the waiting time for patients for a posterior instrumented correction procedure to be carried at Crumlin Hospital, Dublin, and when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be given a confirmed date to have the procedure carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50229/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Consultations (15 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of all public consultations his Department has carried out since the start of 2012. [50752/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers (15 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if a review of the qualification criteria for the primary medical certificate is required; and if there is a need to consider the inclusion of further disabilities in the qualifying criteria for the primary medical certificate in order to permit persons, suffering from such disabilities and who are forced to make adaptions to their vehicles as a result of these...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (15 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken at a European level to address the recent revelation that Spanish banks have been securing funds at a lower risk premium than their Irish counterparts. [50741/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Consultations (15 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all public consultations his Department has carried out since the start of 2012. [50751/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Consultations (15 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all public consultations his Department has carried out since the start of 2012. [50749/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Consultations (15 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all public consultations his Department has carried out since the start of 2012. [50756/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Consultations (15 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all public consultations his Department has carried out since the start of 2012. [50754/12]