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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates (11 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, in County Kildare are being forced to pay for the reduction in rates given to large companies and semi-State bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17565/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates (11 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the companies in County Kildare that have received a rates reduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17566/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commercial Rates (11 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the detail of the 60% down and 40% up adjustment to commercial rates in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17567/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Projects (11 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to streamline the guidelines for planning the construction of solar energy farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17471/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 477. To ask the Minister for Health when it is envisaged that home help hours allocated to counties Kildare and west Wicklow will reach the level that was available in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17472/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (11 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 480. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a gender pay gap in the rates of pay made between male and female carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17499/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (11 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18256/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 632. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18271/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal Charges (11 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 708. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to offer an allowance for pay-by-weight refuse collection to those households where the elderly and sick are being cared for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17501/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (6 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: The youth worker was only sanctioned last week. The person has not been appointed and has not started.

Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (6 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I do not know whether the Minister of State has ever had an opportunity to visit my home town of Rathangan in County Kildare.

Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (6 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: That is good because I was going to invite the Minister of State to visit. Perhaps she will visit the town again another time.

Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (6 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: As the Minister of State and the Acting Chairman both know from visiting Rathangan, it is a very vibrant and close-knit community. It is a small town of just over 2,000 people with a very strong community spirit. Over the years, we have had more than our fair share of tough times and tribulations. It has had a high level of unemployment and it continues to have a high level of...

Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (6 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I would say it will not.

Topical Issue Debate: Youth Services (6 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I thank Deputy Buckley for his support on this important issue. I assume that when the Minister of State came to Rathangan in previous years with youth groups, they stayed at the camp in Killinthomas Wood. I am glad she got a great welcome and she would continue to receive such a welcome, in particular if she helps us with this very pertinent issue. We are having a community event on 30...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Colscaradh) 2016: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Divorce) Bill 2016: Second Stage (6 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Divorce is very difficult and traumatic for people emotionally. I do not believe anybody makes the decision to leave marriage lightly. Having gone through to that stage of irretrievable marriage breakdown, I believe the process of getting a divorce should be more straightforward and practical. Divorces and separations can be very bitter and contentious. The longer the process to get to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (6 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: 181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17302/17]

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: Well said.

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: There is no doubt this is a very historic turning point for the country and Europe and the European Union. I am glad to hear the Minister mention Northern Ireland because it seemed to me from previous dialogue that the special circumstances of Northern Ireland had not been appropriately or properly acknowledged. There is no doubt that there needs to be a special status for Northern Ireland...

Maternity Leave and Benefit: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2017)

Fiona O'Loughlin: I wish to share time with Deputies Anne Rabbitte, Niamh Smith, Aindrias Moynihan, James Brown and Frank O'Rourke. I start by saying, as one premature baby to another, that there are many of us around. When one thinks about how many premature babies are born every year, it should not be unusual that a number of current Deputies would have been born prematurely themselves. There is no...