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Excise Duty Refund for Public Transport
To ask the Minister for Transport the measures in place or proposed to be put in place to replace the imminent abolition of the excise duty refund for public transport services. To ask the Minister for Transport if an alternative mechanism has been developed and confirmed as feasible to substitute for the loss in the […]
Probiotics in Treatment of MRSA
To ask the Minister for Health and Children the research available in relation to the use of probiotics in the treatment of gastrointestinal conditions such as c-difficile within hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. The Health Protection Surveillance Centre published Guidelines for the Surveillance, Diagnosis and Management of Clostridium-Difficile-associated […]
Education Pupil Teacher Ratio Dail Speech
It would appear that the Government has broken its promise in its programme for Government to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio to 20 or below. The 28 schools listed in this Motion face the prospect of losing staff come next September. The former Minister for Education and Science made it clear that while she would have […]
Thornton Hall Prison Dail Speech
A Ceann Comhairle I wish to contribute to this motion from the Juvenile Justice aspect. As part of the Mountjoy complex, St. Patricks Institution dealing with 16 to 21 year old offenders is to close when Thornton Hall prison is complete. The Government has also decided to develop new children detention facilities on a State […]
Ennis Water Dail Speech
A Ceann Comharaile I welcome the opportunity to raise this issue about the provision and management of the public water supply. In Ireland, 83% of drinking water originates from surface water such as that from rivers and lakes with the remainder originating from groundwater and springs. According to the EPA this is particularly so for […]
Palliative Care
To ask the Minister for Finance the take up there has been from the private sector in relation to the amendment to the Finance Bill 2008 regarding the provision of hospice beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. – Joe Carey. * For WRITTEN answer on Tuesday, 27th May, 2008. Ref […]