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 […]