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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (3 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated annual average cost of a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41731/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to ensure that there is no repeat of the events that happened with the mathematics paper in the leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42250/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who has no source of income will be immediately assessed for jobseeker's allowance application which is currently under appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41815/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Family Clinics (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 469. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will change his decision to close the Curragh families unit conscious of the vital service that it supplies to many army households in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41790/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 530. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a decision on a medical card renewal application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41859/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Wind Energy Guidelines (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 566. To ask the Minister for Health if he has any concerns whatsoever regarding the growing number of wind farms, existing and proposed to be built across the country; if it is considered that these developments pose any threat to public health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42168/13]

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I compliment Deputy Billy Kelleher on tabling the motion. I agree with Deputy Ann Phelan who said we do not have a monopoly of concern on this side of the House so far as these issues are concerned. I respect the acknowledgement of the fact that problems were cited by Deputies Paul J. Connaughton, Deputy Gerard Nash and even Deputy Jerry Buttimer has accepted, through his committee work,...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The motion is about an issue.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The difficulty we face is not so much that there is a problem but that there is denial on the part of the Taoiseach that there is a problem when his own backbenchers indicate there is a problem. We accept that 22,000 people who had discretionary cards now have full medical cards. We will have to look back over the history of the medical card process to see the transition from discretionary...

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Fair enough. During a Topical Issue debate, the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Ciarán Cannon, advised me to write to the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, in order that we might solve the problem. The Minister of State, Deputy Ciarán Cannon, said we had been able to solve some of these issues in the past. We did not get that particular...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Issues (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the course of a recent meeting with a group (details supplied) in County Kildare, he mentioned a specific figure as being the amount necessary to resolve issues relating to a financial institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42560/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio Issues (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 156. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, for the years 2011 to 2013, inclusive, the number of houses offered by the National Asset Management Agency to each local authority here; the number of offers proceeded with and the number of offers refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42674/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form for each of the years 2011 to 2013, inclusive, the number of local authority loans applied for, approved and drawn down in each administrative area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42675/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of his policy of encouraging more women to participate in the political process and local government, the steps being taken by him to encourage greater female participation in the upper echelons of local government administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42676/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (9 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 164. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 492 of 1 October, the total number of Gardaí assigned to the Divisional Drugs Unit in County Kildare; the number of divisional drugs units that are operational across the State; the number of Gardaí assigned to each unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42663/13]

Membership of Committees: Motion (10 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: No.

Second Report of the Convention on the Constitution: Statements (10 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am conscious that there are a number of people who will want to speak on this particularly important issue so we will try to help the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to get back on time. I thank the Minister for his response on behalf of Government. The very positive response of the Government will meet with political support from all sides of the House. The Minister has obviously given the matter...

Second Report of the Convention on the Constitution: Statements (10 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We were to be given a little bit of latitude. I will not take advantage of his kindness.

Second Report of the Convention on the Constitution: Statements (10 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Acting Chair, Deputy Mathews, is fastidious in how he does his job. Massively greater female participation in politics should be at the heart of the reform process. It will take the wisdom of Solomon to achieve that objective but even in terms of current initiatives to reform this House, we should ask ourselves the extent to which we are recognising the need to pursue family friendly...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Crafts Council of Ireland (10 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding provided from his Department to the Crafts Council of Ireland; the reason the Crafts Council of Ireland is under the aegis of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation; his views on whether his Department should have more engagement with the Crafts Council of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....