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Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 232. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish eligibility criteria for home help and home care packages to provide for greater transparency in the allocation of community care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33610/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (10 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 233. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to undertake an audit of residential, in-home and emergency respite services to identify gaps in existing service levels and to assess current and future need for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33611/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licence Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a driving licence in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33679/13]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: There is genuine concern and unease among Members of this House and members of the public about the issue of late-term abortion or termination. There is concern that this could lead to death of the unborn or disability. The concern is that there is no term limit. I ask the Minister if the regulations have been received and when they will be published. Will they contain detail and content...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I refer to my amendment No. 131. The Bill impacts mostly directly on the right to life which is the basic most fundamental right of all, but another human right being threatened under the Bill is the right to freedom of conscience. The vindication of this right is the objective of the two amendments I tabled, amendments Nos. 131 and 136. The right to freedom of conscience is acknowledged...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I move amendment No. 131:In page 14, line 27, to delete “medical practitioner, nurse or midwife” and substitute “person”.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rates Reductions (16 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 283. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the 23% VAT rate on furniture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35132/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (16 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 1081. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered establishing a forum on long-term residential care to include all relevant stakeholders involved in the provision of such care for older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34713/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (16 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 1083. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the fair deal scheme is adequately resourced and future-proofed to accommodate the increasing numbers of persons that will need nursing home care in the near future and to prevent older persons in need of care having to wait to avail of the specialist care of nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34730/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (16 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 1084. To ask the Minister for Health the support his Department currently provides to private and voluntary nursing homes to meet the growth in demand for nursing home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34734/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (16 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 1085. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing an independent appeals mechanism so that persons can address the failure to agree fees for nursing home care with the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34739/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (16 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 1087. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing an independent appeals process to provide nursing homes with the opportunity to address judgements made by the Health Information and Quality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34743/13]

Child and Family Agency Bill 2013: Second Stage (17 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: Deputy McGrath, please.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2014 Issues (17 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of a wealth tax in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35672/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Jul 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant application in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35966/13]

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Terence Flanagan: A Cheann Comhairle, I wish to speak on the same issue.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (18 Sep 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is a difference in price between the English and Irish versions of the same school book (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36911/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (18 Sep 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to concerns of parents of children in fee-charging schools that further cuts to funding in their sector in Budget 2014 will jeopardise almost 2,000 teaching jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38575/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Postgraduate Course Fees (18 Sep 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that Universities and Institutes of Technology are increasing their fees for postgraduate courses each year in view of the fact that the average postgraduate course now costs between €5,000 and €14,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38426/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Participation (18 Sep 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the lack of grant support for living costs for postgraduate students prevents some persons from undertaking postgraduate studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38427/13]