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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Regulation (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 413. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown on a county by county basis of the number of electricity/natural gas disconnections; the number of prepaid electricity meters installations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18788/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotional positions, sergeants, inspectors, superintendents and so on, still available to be filled by the Garda Síochána nationally broken down by county. [18901/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 506. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving Garda sergeants, inspectors, superintendents in County Wicklow. [18902/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 507. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving Gardaí in each station in County Wicklow. [18903/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of promotional positions, sergeants, inspectors, superintendents and so on, still available to be filled by the Garda Síochána nationally broken down by county. [18901/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 506. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving Garda sergeants, inspectors, superintendents in County Wicklow. [18902/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 507. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving Gardaí in each station in County Wicklow. [18903/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: VFM Review of Reserve Defence Force: Discussion with Minister for Defence and RDFRA (24 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am supportive in general of what Mr. Cooney has said and the presentation that has been made.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures he is taking to audit and secure valuable artefacts and materials held by the State following recent high profile robberies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19540/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I commend the Minister on his response. I note that the gardaí have made an arrest in respect of one of these thefts. Two things arise. First, there is general concern among the public and the Members of this House that twice in the last 12 months, artefacts have been stolen from what we believed to be secure locations that had been acquired by the State. I suppose it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I wish I could share the Minister's optimism about the security that is in place. When I read about what happened on Balheary Road, I learned that the sole security man on the premises was tied up and that the thieves spent an hour on the premises before making off with the rhinoceros horns. Thank God nobody in this House needs the particular aphrodisiacs that are apparently produced from...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Cultural Institutions (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Nonetheless, it is frightful to think they could be stolen in such a manner. The Minister omitted to deal with the point I raised about artefacts that are out of sight. Why are we not attempting to maximise the number of artefacts that can be made available to the public, not just in the Dublin cultural institutions but throughout the country?

Other Questions: Arts Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister for his encouragement for the scheme. I wish to avail of this opportunity to ask the Minister in these difficult times to request his Department to engage more actively with other Departments to ensure that this scheme is taken up. While the Minister is correct to mention art works by our roads and in schools, it has become a feature of life recently that the NRA and...

Other Questions: Arts Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I welcome the Minister's positive response. Does he have any plans to review the 2004 guidelines, which were the last such guidelines on public art projects issued to sponsoring bodies?

Other Questions: Cultural Institutions Merger (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I welcome the fact that the legislation that is required in this context is pending. It is good news. Once again, I emphasise Fianna Fáil's party political view that the arms-length principle has been abandoned by the Minister and express our considerable regret at that. As the Minister has heard these points before, I move to ask him whether a cost-benefit analysis been completed or...

Other Questions: Cultural Institutions Merger (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That is not possible.

Other Questions: Cultural Institutions Merger (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Notwithstanding what the Minister has said, am I to understand that no cost-benefit analysis at all has been carried out?

Other Questions: Arts Centres (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To a certain extent, I understand the Minister's response but he responded to me last month on the issue of the Belltable Arts Centre in Limerick. We all recognised the very valuable contribution that centre had made and all of us expressed concern that for the sake of €300,000, that it went into liquidation. I put this question to the Minister in the context of the overarching role...

Other Questions: Arts Centres (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We will have to agree to disagree on the issue of operating at arm's length. That said, I am not expecting the Minister to micro-manage arts centres, as he knows, but it is reasonable for the public to expect the Minister responsible for the arts to have a discussion with the local authorities and the Arts Council to ensure there are proper models of financial management in place. The...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 36. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in the implementation of the Forum on Philanthropy report's recommendations within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19272/13]