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Order of Business (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Where stands the defence (amendment) (discipline) Bill 2013 that has been promised for some time? To follow up on points raised by my party leader, Deputy Martin, in respect of the Government’s announcement today about discretionary medical cards, does the Taoiseach envisage any legislation on medical cards being brought before the House in the near future?

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The point about rent control is very interesting. If we were to move to the continental model whereby so many people live indefinitely in rented accommodation, we could only make that move if we had a situation in which there was some form of effective rent control. I wonder if the Minister of State has had any engagement with the Minister for Finance on that particular matter because I can...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: If legislation is to have any relevance, it should at least attempt to set out the minimum best practice. That is what Deputy Ellis has done with his amendment, which provides for not less than three refusals. The Minister of State has accepted that circumstances arise in which certain local authorities are giving less than three options. What is wrong with amending the legislation to...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I support the principle of the amendment which proposes a review of the implementation of various sets of proposals. Everything that has been said to date indicates that there is a need to be able to review the position to see that it is working effectively because of the consequences for individuals and families if the proposals in the Bill do not have the desired effect the Minister set...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I will try not to repeat myself. The HAP is at the centre of this legislation and although the coming into being of the payment is entirely positive, the idea that once a person gets the payment, he or she is taken off a housing waiting list is entirely negative. Does the Minister of State accept that her officials contacted Kildare County Council to indicate that everybody involved with...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Why not put that into the Bill?

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Notwithstanding the validity of several of the points that have been made by previous speakers, I think it is the case – the Minister of State can correct me if I am wrong – that some employers, for example, can agree with local authorities to facilitate deductions at source where tenants, for whatever reason, feel it would be useful to them. In terms of social welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the post office in Drogheda, County Louth, is being used as a general reference point for all schools in the town when, under the school transport scheme, Bus Éireann measures the distance persons in the Drogheda and east Meath area live from their local schools; if so, the reasoning behind this decision; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 615. To ask the Minister for Health if discretionary medical cards will be immediately returned to a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25258/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 675. To ask the Minister for Health if a discretionary medical card will be immediately returned to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25664/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 634. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange for an urgent surgical procedure to be provided for a child (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25359/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 682. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has ceased to allow community access to a building in its ownership, including the use of the building as a day-care centre and for day care services for Alzheimer's patients; his views on whether the closure of this facility was undertaken without adequate notice; if he considers that the renovations of the building...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Accident Investigations (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1. To ask the Minister for Defence when the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces will sign off on a military court of inquiry into the crash of an Air Corps aircraft in County Galway on 12 October 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26111/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Accident Investigations (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: On 12 October 2009, a tragic air accident occurred over County Galway resulting in the loss of the lives of two personnel on board a Pilatus PC-9, Captain Furniss and Cadet Jevens. There was subsequently a military court of inquiry into this incident. When will that court of inquiry report be finalised?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Accident Investigations (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and I acknowledge his deep personal interest in this matter. He will be aware that the Jevens family has grave concerns about a multiplicity of matters surrounding the court of inquiry. They understand it was the third of three inquiries held into the accident but in numerous correspondences, they raised serious issues relating to what they see,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Accident Investigations (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Notwithstanding what the Minister of State has said, will he confirm that the Secretary General and the Chief of Staff stated to the family that an addendum would be attached to the report? Will he also confirm when the report will issue with the agreed addendum? This will satisfy the family to some extent in so far as it will put on the public record their concerns about the reputation of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Air Accident Investigations (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: When?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Naval Service Vessels (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 4. To ask the Minister for Defence the measures being taken in relation to asbestos on naval service vessels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26112/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Naval Service Vessels (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In April I raised a topical issue arising out of media reports that asbestos had been found on the Navy vessels the LE Aoife, the LE Ciaraand the LE Orla. Recently, there is renewed speculation about the LE Eithneamid reports that up to 150 military and civilian personnel may have been impacted or exposed to the asbestos material. We seek to establish the position from the Minister of State.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Naval Service Vessels (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Can the Minister confirm the number of Navy vessels that are tied up as a result of this difficulty? Will he further confirm that consultants were engaged previously by the Naval Service to assess the fleet and that the consultancy found that asbestos was not a problem aboard these vessels? The Minister tells us there has been screening of those who potentially may have been exposed to the...