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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Charities Regulation (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I do not suggest the Minister had anything to do with this. However, I suggest that if one does not know the reason the treasurer resigned and if it is the case that there is some continuing concern about the governance arrangements within the Red Cross, this should be of great concern to the Minister. The Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board was quite critical about the auditing of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Charities Regulation (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am talking about the resignation of the treasurer now and not about any other events.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Charities Regulation (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 13. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to reform the Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29387/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister for the apparent positivity of his response. I acknowledge that he takes a personal interest in this particularly sensitive matter. We are discussing an incident in which two members of the Air Corps, Cadet David Jevens and Capt. Derek Furniss, lost their lives. I do not in any way wish to add to the deep distress that the families of both men continue to experience....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I pay tribute to the Secretary General of the Department, whom I understand has met the family on the Minister's behalf in an attempt to resolve the matter. However, far from the matter being resolved, the family continues to identify what it sees as serious problems with safety measures and the conduct of the various inquiries to which the Minister referred. I fear that if much more time...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 10. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will meet with the parents of a person (details supplied) to discuss their ongoing concerns regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of their son; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29386/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of the estimated 500,000 primary school pupils currently within the system that are availing of swimming lessons and instructions in water safety; if he will indicate the strategies his Department is using within the primary and indeed post primary system with a view to ensuring a high level of awareness of water safety; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 329. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the strategies his Department is currently employing to minimise the number of deaths by drowning in the State; if these strategies are regularly reviewed and if he will detail the outcome of the most recent review; if he will indicate the annual expenditure since March 2011 on promoting water safety and preventing...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, having regard to the stimulus package and with particular reference to his response to a topical issue debate on 28 May 2013, he considers that a project (details supplied) in County Kildare warrants inclusion in any future stimulus programme; his views on whether the project is one to which his Department is already committed, in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (12 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 186. To ask the Minister for Defence if the personnel model adopted for enlisted personnel entrants to the Permanent Defence Forces since 1994 will be adjusted to facilitate the continued service of soldiers who meet high fitness and health standards of the organisation and who have high skill levels that the PDF needs to carry out its assigned roles; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Education Committees Expenditure (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice he has offered vocational education committees with regard to making savings in their budgets in view of reduced allocations; the number of VEC’s that have formally contacted or corresponded with him or his Department in regard to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27133/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has received an application, under the school building programme, for Stage 2B approval from a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if this school will now be allowed to go to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27167/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 404. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26667/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training College (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 748. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans, if any, to transfer the Garda Training Unit from its current location in Templemore; if so, to what location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27940/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 654. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding boy racers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28375/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 764. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel who remain in the Defence Forces having joined under the 1994 personnel model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27402/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Strength (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 773. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence forces personnel currently based in Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath; if there are any plans to transfer any of them to other locations; if so, to the locations and the numbers of personnel involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27942/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Qualifications (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 851. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the situation with regard to the implementation of the Workforce Development Plan in the early childcare sector; the aspects that have been fully implemented since its publication in late 2010; the remains to be implemented; the timeline for same; the annual estimated cost for its full implementation; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 962. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a perso (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26985/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1024. To ask the Minister for Health the capital funding that has been sought by an organisation (details supplied) in County Carlow in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the funding that has been approved in those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27758/13]