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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Agencies Funding (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 732. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to Culture Ireland in each of the past ten years and the proposed funding for 2016. [45695/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Legislative Process RIA (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 736. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of Bills her Department has published since 9 March 2011; the number and Title of those Bills that included a regulatory impact assessment in advance of publication; the regulatory impact assessments published; the number of promised Bills for publication; the Bills that will include a regulatory impact assessment; the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Air Services Provision (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 747. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual cost of the air service to na hOileáin Árann. [46217/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commencement of Legislation (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 750. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the Acts currently in force for which she has lead responsibility and that have Parts or sections yet to be formally commenced, including the purpose of same, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46278/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (16 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 94. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Permanent Defence Force on the most recent date available and the estimated full-year cost of increasing this number to the 9,500 agreed level. [45651/15]

Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I wish to raise two items, although at this point one wonders about the value of raising questions on promised legislation. Given the consistent and horrendous flooding families have been experiencing in recent times, will the Taoiseach confirm that the Government is investigating the implementation of a Bill similar to the UK Water Act 2014? This matter was raised in the House last week by...

Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Not too many of them were built after 2009.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Only on health.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Taoiseach has undoubtedly been busy. I have some questions about the Cabinet Committee on Health. The Taoiseach told us some time ago that this committee was going to drive forward reform as identified in the Fine Gael manifesto and the programme for Government. The universal health insurance process was the major plank of reform the Government identified, together with the abolition of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We are talking about crime.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I will come back to the issue at hand.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We have seen the closure of 139 Garda stations. We were told that this would allow greater flexibility and that gardaí would be more visible, active and high profile but in reality, that has not happened. One also wonders what is happening with those 139 stations. The buildings were all of some importance in their local communities. In Kildare, for example, we saw three Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I think the Taoiseach will accept there is widespread public concern about crime in urban and rural areas. Over the past 12 months we have probably heard more about rural crime than we have ever heard before although an analysis of the figures shows that crime is a problem in our urban areas as well. It is good to hear the Taoiseach proposes to convene a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Taoiseach had a plan in 2007 to get rid of trolleys. He had a plan and made a promise to introduce universal health insurance which was abandoned last month by the Government. He got rid of the National Treatment Purchase Fund which was working effectively. The Taoiseach has agreed a plan to deal with the situation in emergency departments. It is clear that it will add to waiting...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It is not meaningless to the people on trolleys.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Why did the Taoiseach not do away with it? Why did he not abolish it?

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Taoiseach has had five years to do it.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I assume every Member will want to congratulate the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, on coming up with a resolution that has resulted in the deferral of threatened industrial action in our accident and emergency departments, but, unfortunately, a consequence of the late resolution of the problem was that hundreds of patients across the...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister for Health said that next year's budget will maintain existing levels of service but we all know what that means. Interestingly, last weekend, the chief executive officer of the HSE, Mr. Tony O'Brien, said, "The health service has been on death row since 2011" and there is no money, no plan and no vision. Does the Taoiseach agree with Mr. O'Brien that there is no money, no...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a reduced level of rent supplement is being paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if the rate will be increased as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44937/15]