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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: The cross-party group on Moore Street met the Minister and outlined its deep concerns at the proposed developments. Members of all parties believe strongly that the area should not be levelled to make way for a giant shopping mall. As guardian of the monument, the Minister could have done more to avoid the destruction of an area of major historical importance. Sinn Féin wants Moore...

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 9. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will be making grants available to local authorities to assist in the planning of 1916 centenary events. [24473/14]

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: Will the Minister be making grants available to local authorities to assist in the planning of 1916 centenary events? The Minister will agree that local authorities are well placed to deliver local centenary events, but they will need financial assistance to do so. Can the Minister clarify how funds will be made available and distributed?

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister for his answer and acknowledge that he has a calendar of events to mark the centenary of 1916 which includes a number of capital projects for completion by Easter 2016. Does the Minister agree that funding needs to be made available to local authorities to ensure that communities across Ireland play a central role in commemorating 1916? It is essential that with under...

Order of Business (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: My question concerns the adoption (information and tracing) Bill. In light of the ongoing controversy around the horrific events at mother and baby homes and in particular the scandal of children being taken from their mothers for adoption, it is clear from the survivors that there is a significant gap in the availability of information for children who want to locate their mothers. This...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Invasive Plant Species (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 11. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in removing rhododendron from the oak woods of Killarney National Park. [24474/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties (12 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield to the Exchequer from an increase of 10 cent, 20 cent, 50 cent and 60 cent in the excise duty on 20 cigarettes, and a pro rata increase in excise on other tobacco products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25052/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties (12 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the annual increases in the retail price of 20 cigarettes since 2001 to date in 2014 in tabular form; and if he will include the pre-budget retail price, the budget tax increase and the proportion of that due to specific tax, ad valorem tax and VAT, the post-budget price, the trade increase and the tax element of the trade increase broken...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties (12 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the difference in the proportion of excise tax applied to a pack of 20 cigarettes compared to hand-rolled tobacco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25053/14]

Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: It has been going for a year and a half.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: Yes.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: I support Deputy Ellis. Sometimes what somebody considers to be a reasonable offer may not be reasonable. A person may be offered a house on top of a hill but may have to refuse it due to ill health. There is nothing to stop the local authority offering the same person a second house in the same hill-top estate. I have known that to happen. It would be considered a person's second...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: That is the problem. It depends on the local authority.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: It is two years in Cork.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (17 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 402. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funds that will be made available to local authorities and community projects to participate and initiate 1916 centenary events; the amount that will be available; the date on which it will become available; the procedure to apply for the funding; and who will administer same. [25886/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (17 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 403. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the contact he and his Department have had with his Northern Ireland Assembly counterpart, Minister Carál Ní Chuilín, to discuss expanding the planned 1916 centenary events to ensure they are all Ireland in nature; if he intends to have further meetings in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Administration (17 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 713. To ask the Minister for Health the reason long term illnesses such as Crohn's and ulcerative colitis are not included in the long term illness scheme; if he will review this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25890/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Revised Implementation Measures under Haddington Road Agreement: INMO (17 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: I will brief. I thank the delegates for their presentation. Mr. Doran identified in great detail a huge mismatch in skills and experience resulting perhaps in lives being put a risk from what we have read in the reports. These measures were being implemented without consultation. I find this unbelievable because measures should not be implemented without consultation. I note research...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (18 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 82. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26242/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (18 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 83. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26243/14]