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Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Charles Flanagan: I indicated I wished to contribute on Priory Hall earlier.

Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)

Charles Flanagan: I welcome the Taoiseach's recent pronouncement regarding the resolution of the current Priory Hall debacle. Will he put a process in place such that all public representatives will be kept up to date with all developments, in addition to the residents' committee? Could liaison on this be carried out through the Department of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government?

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Farm & Rural Stress Helpline (18 Sep 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 1569. To ask the Minister for Health if the farm and rural area stress helpline offered by the Health Service Executive South will be extended to the Dublin Mid-Leinster region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38568/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (24 Sep 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 412. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the unfinished housing estates waiver list for the household charge to include a housing estate (details supplied) in County Kildare, in view of the fact that this housing estate was included in a waiver list for the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39737/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (3 Oct 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 231. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of specialist palliative home care in each county; if he will provide in each case the percentage of these costs paid by the Health Service Executive and that paid by voluntary hospice groups towards these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41631/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (8 Oct 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full breakdown of the total cost to the Exchequer of the current reduced VAT rate of 9% for each year since its introduction in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42323/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions Received: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Charles Flanagan: Having considered these petitions, I believe we should make a recommendation to the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government with responsibility for housing that legislation be enacted to deal with this issue and, further, that consideration be given to the model that is already in place under the noise pollution legislation. We should ask the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (15 Oct 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any steps will be taken to assist those who were previously self employed but now are unemployed and not in a position to sign on the live register as their spouse is working, therefore unable to avail of the back to work initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43025/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (15 Oct 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 244. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the work of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43545/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (16 Oct 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a third level student, who is in receipt of the back to education allowance will receive a full maintenance grant if the household income falls below that of the income limits for a special rate of maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43751/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Security of the Elderly (23 Oct 2013)

Charles Flanagan: I merely want to impress upon the Minister the importance of the scheme, which provides great comfort and reassurance to people over the age of 65. It allows them to avail of grant aid support for a pendant alarm through their local Community Alert group. I acknowledge the importance of Community Alert throughout my constituency of Laoighis-Offaly and beyond. Communities that may not have...

Topical Issue Debate: Security of the Elderly (23 Oct 2013)

Charles Flanagan: I am pleased with the Minister's reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman and Information Commissioner: Discussion with Nominee (23 Oct 2013)

Charles Flanagan: I join Senator Ó Clochartaigh in extending a welcome to Mr. Tyndall to the committee. We were advised in private session before Mr. Tyndall came in that we are not an interview panel and that we were not to regard the meeting as such. We always take the advice of the Cathaoirleach in these and other matters. That notwithstanding, I note that Mr. Tyndall is on the public record on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (24 Oct 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the concerns expressed by communities regarding wind energy development have been properly addressed by wind energy companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45037/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (24 Oct 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that a full technical and economic analysis of the wind energy export project is carried out in advance of an intergovernmental agreement between Ireland and the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45036/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Referendum Campaigns (5 Nov 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 684. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the recent referendum voting turnout, if he will arrange for appropriate research to be carried out on the reasons persons vote and the reason persons did not vote, to ascertain the factors that may be considered to ensure greater voter interest in further constitutional referendums in the future. [46438/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 1235. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46892/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 1236. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Laois will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46893/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (5 Nov 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 1275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of regulations governing the maximum height of any vehicle on roads with particular reference to HGVs, if he will accommodate vehicles drawing vital fodder stocks from time to time to the West of Ireland, which height is to the order of five meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46414/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (5 Nov 2013)

Charles Flanagan: 1302. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the hardship that will accrue for farming and business interests if the maximum vehicle height is reduced to 4.65 meters; if he will extend the deadline beyond the set down date of 31 October; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47130/13]