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Written Answers — Irish National Opera: Irish National Opera (24 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if she will provide an update on the establishment of the national opera company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27186/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (29 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied with the method of recording and calculating fraud control savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27923/10]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (29 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 209 of 9 March 2010 and 118 of 9 June 2010, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the child psychiatry service in counties Laois and Offaly is currently suspended to all routine referrals, due to a backlog in work and very limited resources; the number of referrals on the waiting...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (29 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 209 of 9 March 2010 and 119 of 9 June 2010 regarding child psychiatry services in counties Laois and Offaly and the backlog of work and very limited resources, if she is now in a position to reply thereto. [28382/10]

Crime Prevention (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that protocols agreed with banks in respect of tiger kidnapping are operating satisfactorily; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28668/10]

Crime Prevention (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: I join the Minister in offering direct condemnation of the latest tiger kidnappings in the State, including one which occurred most recently. Together, they add up to a serious problem as these despicable acts are occurring at a particularly frightening frequency. What role does the Minister see for himself in addressing the matter of tiger kidnappings? While I do not wish to comment on any...

Crime Prevention (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Does the Minister agree that the net issue is the ease with which criminals can access cash, whether by way of tiger kidnappings, ATM cash robberies or cash in transit heists? As this money is insured in any event, protocols agreed can be cast aside with some ease. I ask the Minister to ensure that efforts are made to reduce the circumstances under which large volumes of cash are carried....

Commercial Rent Review (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: They are not.

Garda Recruitment (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the details of the Garda recruitment programme currently underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28669/10]

Garda Recruitment (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: I remind the Minister that it is almost a year since, in response to media speculation, he, along with a number of his Government colleagues, stated that regardless of the state of the public finances or the depth of the recession front line Garda services would not be affected. In the context of the retirement last year of an unprecedented number of gardaí of varying degrees of rank,...

Garda Recruitment (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: I have asked about the Minister's commitments.

Garda Recruitment (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister is conveniently abdicating responsibility.

Garda Recruitment (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: They were in the system.

Garda Recruitment (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: The Minister is responsible for the provision of front line services.

Garda Recruitment (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: In the context of the new panel and new recruitment campaign, what is the status of those who have already passed their examinations and who, in some cases, have completed the interview process and whose position is on hold owing to the embargo? Where stand these people in so far as the panel is concerned? I accept what the Minister had to say in regard to garda levels. Where stands any...

Prison Building Programme (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: That is a weak argument.

Prison Building Programme (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: The Government has run it into the ground.

Prison Building Programme (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: He was at the Cabinet table.

Prison Accommodation (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to address prison overcrowding in the short term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28667/10]

Prison Accommodation (30 Jun 2010)

Charles Flanagan: We on this side of the House have raised this issue continually over the past 18 months. The crisis was flagged to the Minister and I remind him of his comments in September 2009 on the publication of a most damning report on the Irish prison system by Judge Michael Reilly, the inspector of prisons. Judge Reilly spoke about prisons being dangerous and unsafe. In response, the Minister said...