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Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (16 Feb 2012)

Charles Flanagan: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of grants that have been awarded by the Laois County Enterprise Board for the years 2008, 2009 , 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8922/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Feb 2012)

Charles Flanagan: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give a date when a decision will be reached regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9052/12]

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (22 Feb 2012)

Charles Flanagan: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the Health Service Executive has completed a review of the operation of the contract for legal services as initiated in December 2010; if such review has been reported to the board in January 2012; if he has seen this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10107/12]

Turbary Rights: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Charles Flanagan: Briefly, I call for a compromise on this issue. I urge all parties to continue to sit around the table in an effort to find a satisfactory solution to this delicate and sensitive issue. In my constituency and in particular in County Laois, it is not about compensation but is about relocation and there are consequential difficulties in that regard. I congratulate Mr. Conor Skehan for his...

Turbary Rights: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Charles Flanagan: A well-known turf cutter.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Mar 2012)

Charles Flanagan: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois, who suffers severe illness and is scheduled to undergo a VNS procedure at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13068/12]

Written Answers — National Children's Hospital: National Children's Hospital (13 Mar 2012)

Charles Flanagan: Question 543: To ask the Minister for Health if he will procure and publish full and detailed particulars of all sums expended to date in respect of the proposed new national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13553/12]

Broadcasting Legislation (14 Mar 2012)

Charles Flanagan: I realise the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has been particularly busy in recent times but I refer the Minister of State to a suggestion in the form of a proposal currently under discussion by the BAI, namely, the children's commercial communication code, under section 42 of the 2009 Act, which, if implemented, will in effect ban the advertising of cheese on television and radio before 9...

Broadcasting Legislation (14 Mar 2012)

Charles Flanagan: I do not doubt the sincerity of the Minister of State in this matter. Does the Minister of State agree that this is an example of the nanny state gone mad? Will the Minister of State advise the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to listen to the industry and engage with it? Can I remind the Minister of State of the commitment in the programme for Government to reduce red tape and...

Priority Questions (27 Mar 2012)

Charles Flanagan: Has Fianna Fáil disbanded?

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Charles Flanagan: The Mahon recommendations must be examined systematically and acted upon within a clearly defined timeframe over the lifetime of the Government. It comprises a sad and sorry saga of widespread corruption, deceit and fraud at the heart of Government and the corrosive effect the consequences had on society and democracy. Corruption, as outlined in the Mahon report, represents a fundamentally...

Written Answers — Primary Care Strategy: Primary Care Strategy (29 Mar 2012)

Charles Flanagan: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish an update in respect of primary care centre proposals for the Laois/Offaly area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17316/12]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (18 Apr 2012)

Charles Flanagan: Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the passport service is currently examining proposals to develop an online system for the renewal of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18094/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Apr 2012)

Charles Flanagan: Question 1305: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois may expect to be given a date for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18577/12]

Order of Business (20 Apr 2012)

Charles Flanagan: The Deputy's party had 14 years.

Care of the Elderly (16 May 2012)

Charles Flanagan: I put it to the Minister of State that in the case of Abbeyleix community nursing unit, the HSE is operating in the context of a preordained policy of closure and that the consultation process is no more than window dressing. Will she outline exactly what is meant by a consultation process which will involve public representatives? As a long-standing public representative for the county in...

Care of the Elderly (16 May 2012)

Charles Flanagan: It has not happened, however.

Higher Education Grants (22 May 2012)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter. I am alarmed and perturbed to read reports emanating - from where I am not sure - that farmland and farms will be taken into consideration for the assessment of income for third level students. I am not sure if the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, is replying to this matter but I ask him to desist from...

Higher Education Grants (22 May 2012)

Charles Flanagan: Now that the Minister for Education and Skills is not in the Chamber, I hope the House has the courtesy of the Minister of State listening to the contribution. Otherwise, I will leave it.

Higher Education Grants (22 May 2012)

Charles Flanagan: On the basis that the Minister of State is offering me the courtesy of listening to what I have to say, I repeat that I hope the Minister will allay my fears, as one who represents a rural constituency, that this poorly-timed and ill-advised move will not take effect. I represent a constituency with low participation rates in third level education. It is a rural constituency with many...