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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (1 May 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions in place to assist those who suffer from dyslexia when completing paperwork in respect of farm records, grants and so on; his views having the access officers within his Department trained in dealing with those who suffer from dyslexia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19804/14]

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: If he trusted the Taoiseach, he would have contacted him.

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Will the Taoiseach meet him?

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Will the Taoiseach meet him?

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: The Taoiseach’s Cabinet colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, described the Garda whistleblowers as distinguished. Other than that, there has been no real encouragement from the Government for those who take such courageous actions. For anyone to step forward again, it would take an even greater act of bravery than before. In the past week, I...

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: He was subsequently followed down the street by the unmarked Garda car. What was all this about? It is bad enough that the independence of GSOC is questionable. For the people about to report an incident to be put under surveillance by an unmarked squad car is, to say the least, astonishing. As the leader of this country, what will the Taoiseach do about this, bearing in mind good people...

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: The Taoiseach has just made the situation worse. The person who came to me was terrified about coming forward. He came to a Member of Dáil Éireann because he felt it was the only action he could take. I brought it into the Chamber today where many distinguished people have served down through the years but we have our Taoiseach stand up and make a joke out of it.

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: This person was terrified to come forward for obvious reasons, given that, in the past, John Wilson, for example, who is sitting in the Visitors Gallery, had a rat hung on his door for doing the right thing. Today, I was hoping the Taoiseach might give a little bit of encouragement. The bigger issue is not the individual case but the fact that no one can have confidence in GSOC so long as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procurement and tendering procedures used by the PDST in determining what tablets were to be used on the Department's initiative Points for Life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18927/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total cost of tablets used in the Points for Life initiative in his Department; if the Department received any sponsorship of these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18928/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the usage of iPads is endorsed by the Points for Life initiative which is part of the PDST programme and the reason usage of MS Surface tablets has not been endorsed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18942/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department does not endorse or promote any product for use in schools as his Points for Life initiative gets schools to sign an acknowledgement that they are using PDST owned iPads for the initiative and that they remain as part of the PDST which is fully funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Change Policy (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in regard to his recent statement that climate change deniers need to be swept aside, if he is aware that everyone accepts that the climate has been, is and always will be changing, though there are many, including eminent climatologists and scientists, who question whether that change is anthropological, or man-made; the way in which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are many outstanding moneys to be paid by those owning holiday properties and penalties are accumulating on these charges which have now been abolished; if he will refund those moneys that have been charged to persons who own holiday properties here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19233/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Generic Drugs Substitution (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 804. To ask the Minister for Health if the efficacy of generic drugs is as good as the drugs produced under patent by pharmaceutical companies; his views on whether those on medical cards who are forced to accept generic drugs will have the same level of treatment as those using pharmaceutical drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19015/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulation Review Report Implementation (30 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 962. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the inadequate, short window made for taxi owners to sell their licences, from 1 April 2014 to 4 April 2014; his views on whether the taxi industry was given sufficient notice for members to sell licences; if he will agree to re-opening the window for a month or eight weeks for the sale of taxi...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Government Bonds Disposal (17 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has investigated the effect on the State's finances of the Central Bank of Ireland accelerating its disposal of the Irish Government bonds in its investment account; if he has further investigated the potential effect on the State's finances of such an accelerated disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18328/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (16 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 8 April 2014, in view of the fact that he has accepted that there is no need for workbooks in schools, if he has told teachers to discontinue the use of these workbooks which are a huge expense and burden on parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18173/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (16 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 8 April 2014, in view of the fact that all boards of management that have been encountered are unaware that the decision on whether or not to use workbooks is for them to make, if he will ensure that all boards of management are notified that this is a decision for them to make and that it is not a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 Apr 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 8 April 2014, where he states that schools also will respond in various ways to meet the diverse needs of pupils and to ensure that the history curriculum reflects the local environment and experiences of the local community in the past, the way the curriculum will differ for students studying in...