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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Retirement Scheme (25 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 833. To ask the Minister for Defence when he will reply to the claim submitted by PDFORRA to his Department regarding the issue of extending privates and corporals beyond 21 years service in the Defence Forces; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost to the Exchequer will be greater than if these men and women were to remain within the Defence Forces; if he considers it to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (25 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 837. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider purchasing an aircraft carrier to protect Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13857/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (25 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 1049. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those working as home help and being paid by the Health Service Executive are being paid 28 cents less per hour if they elect to be paid by cheque instead of having their wages transferred directly into their bank accounts; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are about 40 such persons in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Land Acquisition (25 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 1242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 28 February 2014, if he will provide further clarification which identifies the party with whom CIE held the relevant land sale negotiations between 1994 and 2002; the volume of negotiation that occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13059/14]

Other Questions: Job Protection (13 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: It is only about 70 miles away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (12 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: While I welcome the debating of this issue in any forum, I see the logic in recommending that it be sent to the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality and the Joint Committee on Health and Children. From the point of view of the petitioner, it shows that it definitely was not a waste of time contacting the committee - in fact, it was anything but. If, as a result, it is discussed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (12 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: In ten years' time it is possible that the idea of signage as we now know it will no longer be relevant, given the development of electronic devices as the equivalent of Moses's tablets being brought down from the mountain and with self-driving cars on the way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (12 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: We can have a pint on the way to the pub in our self-drive cars.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (12 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: It would be an excellent opportunity to bring the topic into this building for discussion. At times I feel as though being a whistleblower in this country is like the cartoons I used to watch as a child. In one cartoon there was a dog whistle which nobody but the dog could hear. I wonder whether there is a certain pitch of whistle that is never heard in this country. Dr. Horgan has been...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Will we bring the warmonger in to do it?

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I will be echoing many of the sentiments expressed by the previous two speakers. It is stomach-churning to listen to the authorities in the United States of America and the Taoiseach refer to the sovereignty of states and talk about how borders should be respected. One does not need to be a genius to realise that this is hypocrisy of the highest order. The people who are preaching to us...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: The Government has convinced the EU that things are going well. It must be noted that between the third quarter of 2011 - when unemployment, in absolute numbers, was at its highest - and the fourth quarter in 2013, the numbers in unemployment fell by 75,000. However, the number of working age people emigrating was 116,000, while the number on labour activation schemes - training,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Quality Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I thank the Minister. In the meantime, while people are waiting for all this to happen, I ask the Minister to provide funding to the council, or whoever he wants, to get water to people in my county. It is unsustainable for people who are already put to the pin of their collar to have to spend €500 to €600 a year on water. The Minister might think that is excessive but when...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Quality Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I agree.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Quality Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I repeat, in the meantime they have to buy this water, so can something be done for them? They do it in other countries where there is a problem with water. They did it in Galway when the water was polluted there. People were given water, but they are not being given it in County Roscommon. I am reluctant to say the water is so bad because it puts people off coming but, at the same time,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Quality Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 5. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ask Roscommon County Council to provide bottled water for the residents of the county as compensation for not being able to drink the council's supply for which the public pays through direct taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12211/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Quality Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I wish to know whether the Department will provide money to Roscommon County Council to provide free bottled water for people already paying through the general taxation system for their water.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technology in Schools (11 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 27 February 2014, the reason the Professional Development Service for Teachers (Technology in Education) is sanctioning the use and purchase of iPads by students, when a much cheaper and more useful tablet is available on which one can use Microsoft Office Applications and study for ECDL and many...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (11 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 27 February 2014, the reason boards of management of schools are now being asked to involve themselves in curriculum matters such as decisions on the use of workbooks; his plans to involve them in other teaching or curriculum matters; if he will advise the way the matter is resolved, when the chosen...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Correspondence (11 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 200. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding formal correspondence to Ministers; if he will confirm that all communications sent which are deemed to have come to the Ministers' attention are dealt with in an appropriate manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11742/14]