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Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: When can we expect the independent review into child deaths in the care of the State to be published, and why the delay? Can the Taoiseach give an update on when we can expect publication of the fifth report of the special rapporteur into child protection?

Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: When can we expect the fifth report of the special rapporteur into child protection?

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building project of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17307/12]

Written Answers — Special Protection Areas: Special Protection Areas (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the success rate over the past two years of appeals to designation of lands as special protection areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17446/12]

Written Answers — Special Protection Areas: Special Protection Areas (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grant assistance available to assist landowners who wish to appeal an special protection area designation (details supplied) to allow them to employ environmental professionals in order to put together the scientific evidence necessary to support their appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17447/12]

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding Irish citizens adopting children from Florida in the USA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17313/12]

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I welcome the publication of the Mahon tribunal report into planning corruption. Its publication was a sad day for politics here and for my party. It was sad for our party to see some of our former members indicted as having been corrupt by the tribunal and it was sad that the tribunal did not believe our former party leader gave a truthful account of moneys to the tribunal. Both the Mahon...

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I agree. I wish to assure the House that the membership comprises of good and honest people and they are members of the party for the right reasons. They have spent many years knocking on doors, working in the community, organising national collections for the party outside church gates and in that case, they have accounted for every penny. It is an absolute betrayal of those members when...

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Rightly so. My point is that the findings were not exclusively against the members of one party and we must all ensure that this can never happen again. This will require the Government parties to step up to the mark to ensure that they take responsibility on their side. The Moriarty tribunal found that a Minister who sat at the Cabinet table with many of the members of the current...

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I note that the former Minister who initiated those inquiries has criticised the Government.

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: They are ongoing now but the Government has been in office for a year. I ask how much longer they will continue. The Mahon tribunal cost €300 million and we being informed it will be one or two months before the Minister will issue a statement. If the Government was serious about it, the independent investigations should have been continued when the Government came into office-----

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Independent investigations had been done previously and they should have been continued by the Government. I note the lethargic attitude of the Government as to the continuation of this work and it gives out the wrong message as a response to the Mahon tribunal findings. The Government should initiate those independent investigations. I acknowledge it is unfortunate the House has to spend...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (28 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce a policy that public events and festivals be supported by the State through a policy of ensuring that no charges be imposed on voluntary committees by the Gardaí for the provision of Garda services for events thus ensuring that the organisation of local events and festivals are encouraged rather than penalised...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (28 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in State care who were charged or convicted of any criminal offence in 2010 or 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17059/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will list the Bills published by her since the new Government took office. [17116/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the Bills she intends to publish before the end of 2012. [17117/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the Bills she intends to introduce to Dáil Éireann if this Government runs its full five year term and the approximate time frame in which she hopes to publish each Bill. [17118/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the necessary speech and language resource will be provided to ensure that a specific speech and language disorder class can be established in a school (details supplied) in County Donegal from September 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17131/12]

Pension Provisions (28 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the status of Aer Lingus' pension deficit upon privatisation; if he will ensure that the taxpayer will not have to fund the deficit as a condition of the sale of the 25% stake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16886/12]

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Following the announcement by the Tánaiste yesterday that the fiscal compact referendum will take place at the end of May, can we have a reassurance that the Tánaiste is at one with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs that the children's referendum will take place during 2012? Perhaps the Tánaiste can update us on whether the national vetting bureau will be published before...