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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (11 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 581. To ask the Minister for Health if he has studied the draft agreement for the provision of services to under six year olds which the Health Service Executive has circulated to general practitioners; if there is any particular significance to the fact that the term "doctor" is not used in the draft contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12148/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (11 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 589. To ask the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft agreement for the provision of services for under six year olds, if the suggestion of a five year contract is one which may prove disruptive to general practice; if he is satisfied that the formal performance reviews envisaged in the agreement can be carried out with sufficient certainty and regularity as to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (11 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 587. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned about the number of doctors currently entering general practice; the numbers that have entered general practice in each of the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive; the strategies he and his Department are employing to ensure that the numbers entering general practice are sufficient to meet the needs of our growing population; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Evaluations (12 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of whole school evaluations that were conducted by his Department in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12411/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (12 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give an assurance that social welfare recipients will continue to receive their weekly payments at their post office or sub-post office and that they will not have to compulsorily open bank accounts in order to receive their payments in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12413/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (12 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 160. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding whether his Department requires planning permission from the local authority for the demolition or construction of buildings at the Curragh Camp, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12412/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 215. To ask the Minister for Health the nature of the periodic wellness assessments which general practitioners will be required to provide to all child patients under their care; if this requirement is likely to impact on the overall operation of the medical practice; if the undertaking of social work may impact on the time available for practitioners to address the needs of patients with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 224. To ask the Minister for Health pursuant to the draft contract for the provision of services to under six year olds, his views on whether it is reasonable that this draft states that doctors shall provide services which will include without limitation, health surveillance and health protection activities and the provision of information appropriate to high quality primary care or for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 225. To ask the Minister for Health pursuant to the draft contract for the provision of services to under six year olds, if it is the intention of his Department, or the Health Service Executive that general practitioners should revert to the traditional policy of visiting child patients at their homes; if he has, the way this practice, if resumed, would impact on overall service delivery;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 230. To ask the Minister for Health if the requirement in the draft contract for the provision of services to under six year olds that the Health Service Executive shall be entitled to inspect records at all reasonable times, and to receive full and true copies of records at request is a development that will impact on doctor-patient confidentiality; and if he will make a statement on the...

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Aontaím leis an Teachta Calleary gur cheart dúinn fáilte a chur roimh an athrú meoin atá tagtha ar an Taoiseach agus an Rialtas. Guím gach rath ar na hAirí agus na hAirí Stáit atá ag taisteal ar fud an domhain chun Lá Fhéile Pádraig a cheiliúradh. Tá súil againn ar fad anseo go n-éireoidh leo tuilleadh...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Unfinished Housing Developments (13 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Electric Ireland cut off, or threatened to cut off, the power to the public lighting system in three estates in County Kildare where moneys were outstanding for services provided; his views on this approach; if he considers it acceptable that such a public service would...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (13 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Electric Ireland cut off, or threatened to cut off, the power to the public lighting system in three estates in County Kildare where moneys were outstanding for services provided; his views on this approach; if he considers it acceptable that such a public service would be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 125. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to review the 21 year limit for those members of the Defence Forces who remain fit and able, who are in good health and who are well capable of continuing to serve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13940/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Question No. 1 deals with an issue raised here previously with the Minister. It asks if he will again review the position of those soldiers serving as members of the Permanent Defence Force with 21 year contracts, many of whom are coming to a point at which their 21 years will have been served. If the Minister persists with his insistence that they retire, it will have profound implications...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister for his reply but I regret that I do not sense the Minister is willing to change tack. We are all committed to having in the Defence Forces men and women who are fit and able to carry out the onerous responsibilities they have from time to time. Nonetheless, we are now looking at a situation where people in their late 30s and early 40s will be forced out of the Defence...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I accept that the operational needs of the Defence Forces are primary but in an international comparison, we are looking at forced retirement between 39 years and the early 40s, compared to Malta at 55 years of age; Belgium, 56 years; Finland, 55 years; and Australia, 60 years of age. No one wants to go back to the period when we had a style of Dad's army. We are talking about retaining...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister knows that I am not.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reorganisation (25 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 128. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the impact his recent organisational changes of the Defence Forces has had on the working conditions of members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13941/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reorganisation (25 Mar 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister's major initiative in July 2012 was the reorganisation of the Defence Forces and the move from a three-brigade to a two-brigade structure. Almost two years later, in the Minister's view has this change had any major implications for those serving within the forces with regard to their day-to-day operations?