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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: If I could finish, I am minded of the many health facilities that have been developed but have not been opened because the money to equip or staff them has not been made available. Has this matter been considered by the Cabinet committee on health? Given that the Taoiseach announced 12 months ago that he was assuming personal oversight of the health budget, does he accept any responsibility...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: All Members acknowledge that in recent times, the Department of Justice and Equality has been going through a difficult and traumatic period, which perhaps culminated in the resignation of the former Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter. At the time of his resignation, Members were promised a reform plan and that it would make the justice system far more open and transparent....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (11 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In the spring of 2011, the Taoiseach made a firm commitment to the Irish people that he would undertake a democratic revolution and he was ably abetted by the then Tánaiste in that firm commitment. I put it to the Taoiseach that he has fundamentally broken that pledge the Irish people and in doing so, he has done enormous damage to the Irish body politic, and we are seeing a type of...

Order of Business (11 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I wish to ask briefly about a couple of pieces of legislation. The commission on low pay was announced with great fanfare as part of the revamped programme for Government. Will the Taoiseach indicate when the House can expect to have the opportunity to consider the heads of the Bill? A reformed consolidated domestic violence Bill is promised. The Bill is meant to reform and consolidate...

Order of Business (11 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Staff were protesting outside the gate about the conditions in which patients were being treated in the hospital. When will the health reform Bill be introduced to deal with such issues?

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (11 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 114. To ask the Minister for Health if he will honour the commitment with regard to no fees for general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42769/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 139. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his plans to address the ongoing delays in accessing the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42768/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (11 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 319. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43280/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (11 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 446. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 825 of 4 November 2014, the situation that arises where their Irish citizenship is not in question, both adoptive parents are now deceased and the twins do not have copies of their birth certificates; the way in which a person may obtain such birth certificates; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (11 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce proposals to address the issue of school enrolment; if her proposals will address the concerns in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43135/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (11 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 542. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address the issue whereby a couple, both old age pensioners and residing in a nursing home, are expected to pay a tariff to Irish Water for a service they are not benefiting from; if he will rectify this issue as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43281/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reserve Defence Force Reorganisation: RDFRA (12 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I will be brief because, as we are aware, there is a critical debate under way in the Dáil at present. I thank you, Chairman, for facilitating today’s meeting. It is very important that the committee agreed to invite the representative body before it and it is to be lauded on its actions. Given the day that is in it, the time available will not perhaps allow for the type of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Reserve Defence Force Reorganisation: RDFRA (12 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: None other than how they feel we should undertake the review to which they referred.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Contracts (13 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will revise the 21 year rule to enable members of the Defence Forces who are willing and able to continue in service to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43462/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Contracts (13 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In this question, which is of great importance to serving members of the Defence Forces, I seek to identify what action the Minister is in a position to take at this point with regard to the 21 year contract for serving members of the Defence Forces. It is tabled in the context of clarification provided to the House by the Minister's predecessor prior to his rather hasty departure from the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Contracts (13 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister for his response. We must first consider the profile of those who are being discharged under the 21 year rule. They are largely young men and women aged in their late 30s and early 40s who are carrying heavy mortgages and have considerable family responsibilities arising from the overall costs of day-to-day life. These individuals are to be discharged into an economy...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Contracts (13 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I appreciate what the Minister is saying and we are not at odds on this issue. My point is that people should be able to continue to serve where they are capable of doing so, have the necessary level of mental and physical fitness and in the context of the huge investment the Defence Forces have made in their training. Changes have already been made in that commandants can now serve until...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 4. To ask the Minister for Defence his views on recent claims about the standard of living of members of the Defence Forces that were made at this year's PDFORRA conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43463/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It is unusual that the annual conference of PDFORRA would make the news headlines for two consecutive days, as it did this year. It did so because of issues concerning the standard of living of members of the Defence Forces. The question directly challenges the Minister to establish what he proposes to do about the very difficult standard of living many members of the Defence Forces must...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Nov 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We all accept the Defence Forces have been leaders in change management as far as the Irish public service is concerned. To a certain extent, it has become victim of its own success. The issue of people sleeping in the car is the direct consequence of the radical changes made by the Minister's predecessor in terms of the closure of barracks and creating situations where people were forced...