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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: Please do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: No; we will discuss them in private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: No, not necessarily.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: We will discuss the submissions in private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: That would undermine the report. We can discuss the matter in private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: I shall refer to a couple of the issues in private session. I call Deputy Michelle Mulherin and Deputy Corcoran Kennedy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: We have to conclude.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: We will finish this part of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change: Discussion (21 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: I thank Mr. McCarthy. Gabhaim buíochas don ghrúpa as bheith i láthair inniu agus as an gcúnamh a thug sé dúinn. I thank the witnesses. Cuirim sin críoch leis an seisiún seo. Cuirfimid an cruinniú ar fionraí agus tiocfaimid ar ais i gceann cúpla nóiméad. We will suspend the meeting for a few minutes now.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Closures (22 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: 193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the current status of a Garda Station (details supplied) in County Donegal; if there is a threat to its existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24558/13]

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (22 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: I ask members to turn off all mobile phones. This meeting has been convened for the purpose of the consideration of the Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, Mr. John O'Neill, principal officer, and Mr. Gabriel O'Duffy, assistant principal. The Bill is very simple. I will ask the Minister of State to say a few words and will...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Message to Dáil (22 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government has completed its consideration of the Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013 and has made no amendment thereto.

Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: That is a disgraceful. It is a mean-spirited attack on people who are starving.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (28 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers from primary and second level schools throughout the country who were employed at any stage by his Department and State Examinations Commission, including those who were employed for just one day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25034/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (28 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who were employed for State Examinations Commission practical and oral exams in any subject in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25035/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (28 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who have been employed as supervisors or readers for State exams in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25036/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (28 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retired teachers who will or have been employed as exam secretary in a school for State exams in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25037/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (28 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: 305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a ban on making Office of Public Works sites available for commercial use where it would bring revenue into a local area and promote the local region; if he will re-consider this in the context of a site (details supplied) in County Donegal [25230/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (28 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: 350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to a situation that has arisen due to the change in the rules in contributions for a contributory pension from 260 to 520 whereby some persons are only discovering the discrepancy when they reach retirement age, by which stage it is too late to remedy the situation (details supplied); and if she will make a...

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

Michael McCarthy: Is that gender neutral?