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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2006
54 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to establish a National Diabetes Register. [27275/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2006
32 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the expected impact of the decentralisation of his Department to Killarney in 2007 in terms of the numbers of persons with disabilities employed by the Department in the short term; the transfer rate of persons with disabilities from Dublin to Killarney compared with other employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26958/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2006
26 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of publicly available reports commissioned by his Department since 2002; the key recommendations arising out of each; if these recommendations have been rolled out in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26960/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2006
142 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of major incidents that have been declared in hospitals between 21 June 2005 and 21 June 2006; the reason, in each case, for those major incidents being declared; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26776/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2006
112 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the European Commission’s investigation into broadcasters here, following the Commission’s ruling against Dutch Government aid paid to NOS; the communication he has had with the Commission in this regard; and the bearing the Commission’s ruling will have on the proposed legislation for the establishment of a new Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. [26598/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2006
81 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the implications of the EU agreement on €4 billion fisheries fund for the National Strategic Plan; and the plans he has put in place for the allocation of the fund. [26597/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 July 2006
75 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science if an audit has been carried out into the number of primary schools which, for practical reasons, are unable to provide regular swimming or water safety classes due to a lack of a nearby pool; if her Department has had discussions with the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25983/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2006
248 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the conditions that circuses are required to meet before being given permission to open here, with special reference to the circumstances under which the animals are kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25359/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2006
183 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action he will take to ensure that Waterways Ireland co-operate with Dublin City Council in reinstating the antique lamp standard on Huband Bridge, Percy Place, Dublin 4 as soon as possible. [25365/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2006
182 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money Waterways Ireland receives for the purpose of cleaning the canals; if he is satisfied that the cleaning of the Grand Canal in Dublin takes place on a regular enough basis to justify the payment of this money; if he has received a recent report regarding the cleanliness of this canal; and the action he intends to take to ensure that this canal is cleaned on a regular basis. [25364/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2006
103 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the EU-US Summit; the discussions which took place on the issue of CIA extraordinary rendition flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25206/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2006
148 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the criticism levied by the Council of Europe on Ireland regarding CIA extraordinary rendition flights and the use of Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25497/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2006
71 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress which has been made in negotiations to join the Nordic battlegroup; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25205/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2006
3 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the circumstances surrounding the transporting of a handcuffed US marine through Shannon Airport without the necessary permission being obtained by the US from the Irish authorities; the subsequent discussions he has had with the US authorities regarding this incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25496/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2006
140 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to help the victims of symphisiotomy; if she has met the victims; and the action she intends to take to assist them. [25284/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2006
137 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the medical card scheme providing payment to general practitioners who employ a full or part-time physiotherapist in their practice, thus reducing demands on hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25194/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2006
136 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of physiotherapists who qualify here each year; the number of sanctioned posts here for qualified physiotherapists; when this number was set; when this number is due to be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25192/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2006
135 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) who has a European health insurance card can be given kidney dialysis treatment here if they come home here for a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25191/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2006
103 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance the persons to whom information regarding political party policy costing requests are made available; the persons to whom they should not be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24810/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2006
33 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance if, in view of the reforms to the value for money and policy review process that he recently announced, the decentralisation policy will be undergoing an analogous review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24811/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 June 2006
209 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the information she has received from the Health Service Executive on its investigation into awarding of contracts in its Dublin north east division; if her attention has been drawn to the scope of the investigation, the personnel responsible for conducting it, and when the investigation will be complete; if her Department will be conducting its own investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24648/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 June 2006
68 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties for potato growers; and the improvements by way of grant assistance and so on she will make for this sector. [24633/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 June 2006
60 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the range of missions that the EU battle groups will be participating in; if they are broader than the Petersburg Tasks adopted in the Amsterdam treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24137/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 June 2006
25 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the latest contacts he has had with his counterparts in Sweden regarding Irish participation in the Nordic battle group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24136/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2006
179 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the need for Waterways Ireland to clean up canals; the cleansing works taking place; the funds available for this; if he will request Waterways Ireland to deal with same matter as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24040/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2006
178 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the need for Waterways Ireland to clean up the Grand Canal particularly in and around the graving docks at Camden Lock, Dublin 4; if he will request Waterways Ireland to take action on same as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24039/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2006
116 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he has taken to monitor and respond to the reasons for job losses in view of the 12 per cent increase in redundancies in the first quarter of 2006; and if he intends to formulate employment solutions for vulnerable industries. [23952/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2006
65 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses that will become exempted under the proposed plan to increase the audit exemption threshold to €7.3 million; and the consequent cost to the Exchequer. [23953/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2006
10 Mr. Gormley asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his speech to the UN high level conference on AIDS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23161/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2006
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the repeal of the Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) Act 1960
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2006
278 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement; and the efforts which Ireland has made to exclude the waters of the Western Sahara from the provisions of this agreement, in view of the fact that the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara has been found to be illegal by the International Court of Justice. [23587/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2006
266 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it is intended to allow Irish fishing boats to fish in the waters of Western Sahara following the agreement between the EU and Morocco despite the fact that the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara has been found to be illegal by the International Court of Justice. [23588/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2006
125 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has intentions of abolishing the limitation rule which applies when two adults have eligibility for social assistance in their own right. [23004/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2006
104 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will expand upon the visionary initiatives which he recently referred to at the launch of the information booklet Working for Work, in the context of social welfare, if the State is to adequately meet the scale of emerging employment requirements. [23005/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2006
85 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason she has refused to supply information requested in parliamentary questions in relation to building grants for schools in Dublin south east; her views on whether this impedes an opposition politician’s ability to properly represent their constituents for whom this is a crucial matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23154/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2006
33 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland will take to ensure Israel’s compliance with international law, in view of the fact that the Israeli Government has chosen calls by the Quartet to freeze settlement expansion and the construction of the separation barrier; the role the Irish Government is playing in mobilising the Quartet to give meaning to the vision of two viable States of Israel and Palestine, recognising that actions on both sides have contributed to the situation of insecurity and poverty and that without international impartiality peace will be elusive; if the Irish Government will commit to providing the aid that had been ear-marked to the Palestinian Authority and call for a full resumption of EU assistance in view of the deepening poverty levels among the Palestinian population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23286/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2006
15 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in the introduction of hearing screening for all newborn babies, especially in view of the fact that this screening programme uses relatively cheap technology and would pay for itself in less than four years by reducing the future costs of deafness to the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23238/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 June 2006
195 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the proposed anti-graffiti pilot project in the Dublin South East constituency; the measures proposed; the areas in which the project will be undertaken; the date on which the project is to commence; the length of the project; the project’s estimated cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23065/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 June 2006
78 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will expand upon the policy proposals expressed by the Secretary General of his Department at the recent conference of the Wheel. [22790/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 June 2006
62 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had collaboration with the Department of Health and Children to address the need for a specific rural health strategy as was recently advocated by the Irish Rural Link. [22789/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
100 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of his recent discussions (details supplied) with Environment Commissioner, Mr. Stavros Dimas on the issue of high levels of retrospective planning permissions and Ireland’s compliance with the Environmental Impact Assessments Directive; and his plans to introduce legislation that would reduce the levels of retrospective planning permissions. [22581/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
89 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the lack of consistency between planning authorities on the question of whether solar panels require planning permission is hindering uptake of the technology and if he will consider issuing planning guidelines setting out the conditions in which the installation of solar panels is exempt from planning permission. [22580/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 June 2006
145 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on exercise Eagle at Shannon Airport on 25 April 2006, which tested the effectiveness of the emergency services if a passenger aircraft with a cargo of chemicals crashed at Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22012/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 June 2006
44 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the numbers of Afghani nationals who have been deported in the period end 2001 to 1 June 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22205/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 June 2006
23 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the comments contained in Amnesty International’s Report 2006, warning that further flashpoints similar to the recent hunger strike by Afghani men will continue to occur under our current asylum system; the plans he has to review the asylum process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22206/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 June 2006
361 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science the measures she is taking to stop parents taking their children out of school in term time due to the fact that holidays are cheaper; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the British Government has started a campaign to deal with the problem; the extent of the problem here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21642/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 June 2006
337 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has carried out studies regarding the impact of immigration on the role of the Garda and the legal system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21771/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 June 2006
210 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to date to ensure that a person (details supplied) will be transferred to Dublin; if a person has been in communication with her Department on numerous occasions; the reason she has not treated this case with the urgency it deserves; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21772/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 June 2006
209 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has carried out studies regarding the impact of immigration on the health service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21770/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 June 2006
208 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of children diagnosed with autism ten years ago and the number at present; the reason for this increase; the action her Department is taking to address this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21769/06]