Health & Children

62. Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the level or degree of consultation which she has entered into with the National Council on Ageing and Older People on the content and issues surrounding the Health (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2004 and the Health (Amendment) Bill 2005. [9772/05]

Mr. Gormley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the winding up the Dunne inquiry, which cost the taxpayer more than ?20 million, without completing its work; the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to explain why the Department continued with this inquiry, despite the constant objections of the parents who pointed out that the inquiry could not be properly conducted under its terms of reference; and the need to accede to the reasonable request of the Parents for Justice group.

143. Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide access to radiotherapy services for persons in the north west, in particular in Inishowen, County Donegal. [9563/05]

129. Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the recent food scare caused by the use of Sudan Red 1 in a variety of foods; and the measures which have been introduced to safeguard against these types of incidents. [6983/05]

73. Mr. Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to implement fully the recommendations in the second report of the strategic task force on alcohol; the way in which she plans to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9441/05]

61. Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the date on which the BreastCheck screening programme will be extended throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9439/05]

40. Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to promote breastfeeding and enhance breastfeeding support services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9443/05]

38. Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive working group on cystic fibrosis services, which was set up after a report labelled CF services as dangerous will report to her; her views on whether the analysis of the initial report is accurate; and if, in the meantime, she intends to act on the recommendations of the initial report. [9446/05]

37. Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there is a review planned, following the taking into State care by the Health Service Executive of five children (details supplied) with disabilities and the reversal of that order by the District Court a week later; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9436/05]

27. Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason Ireland has failed to join 31 other European states in ratifying the Council of Europe's 1997 Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9445/05]