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Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: No. 68 in the Government's legislative programme dates back to the period when Deputy Pat Rabbitte was in office. It was proposed that the television licence fee be abolished and a new broadcasting charge introduced. Will the Taoiseach update us on this item of legislation and indicate when we can expect to see it being published?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Security and Defence Co-operation (18 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 17. To ask the Minister for Defence the key elements of the memorandum of understanding recently entered into with the Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom; if work has commenced on the drafting of a three-year action plan that contains the detailed programme of bilateral co-operation activities for the forthcoming year and sets the objectives for the succeeding two years; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (18 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 20. To ask the Minister for Defence when the White Paper on defence will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6888/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (18 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 29. To ask the Minister for Defence his response to concerns that the disestablishment of the 4th Western Brigade of the Defence Forces in 2012 has had a negative social impact in the midlands, west and north west of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6892/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (18 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 30. To ask the Minister for Defence his response to the arrest in Lebanon of a suspect in the murder of two Irish soldiers in 1980; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6891/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (18 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding allowances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7335/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure (18 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details, in tabular form, of the number of applications received from each local authority, for project funding, under the sustainable transport allocations for the greater Dublin region scheme; and the criteria which determined the success of an application, under the scheme. [7340/15]

Order of Business (19 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I raise three Bills, two of which are related to the Minister's own brief. A communications regulation Bill is promised to facilitate the introduction of a postal codes service and the Minister might tell us what its status is. The Minister's predecessor promised - perhaps I should say threatened - a broadcasting (amendment) Bill to provide for the introduction of a broadcasting charge,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (19 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 96. To ask the Minister for Defence to provide details on the weapons that two Russian military aircraft which entered Irish-controlled air space in January 2015 were carrying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (19 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the protocols or agreements that are in place to allow for the entry into Irish controlled air apace, or Irish sovereign air space of British military aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7471/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Issues (19 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the circumstances in which two Russian military aircraft entered Irish controlled air space in January 2015; if his attention had been drawn to the fact that these aircraft were going to enter Irish controlled air space; the details that he knew of this situation at the time; the details regarding the episode now; and if he will make a...

Order of Business (24 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Can the Taoiseach tell us what is happening in regard to the apprenticeship Bill that has been promised for some time? It is to deal with new governance arrangements relating to the area of apprenticeships, which is particularly important at present.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (24 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 145. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans for funding the school completion programme 2015. [7759/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (24 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 167. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his priorities for the school completion programme 2015. [7760/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners treat payments to Reserve Defence Force Army Reserve/Naval Service Reserve volunteers the same as payments to employees, meaning that income tax and PRSI and USC contributions must be withheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8189/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (24 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 310. To ask the Minister for Defence if there are allowances, stipends or benefits-in-kind, generally treated like wages, for the membership of the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8189/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (24 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 312. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will explain the number of routine flights over the greater Clondalkin area from Baldonnel; his views on the necessity of these flights, with due regard to noise complaints from local residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8187/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Training (24 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 313. To ask the Minister for Defence the conditions necessary to qualify for a period of paid training; the way time-in-attendance for unpaid training, including voluntary unpaid training, is recorded; the requirement for each category, in time figures, for the individual reservist to fulfil annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8188/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (24 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 419. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite final approval for a fair deal nursing home support scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7827/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (24 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 474. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the policy, in relation to physical restraints, at a hospital (details supplied); if it is the case that an elderly person admitted to this hospital was forcibly restrained, without the knowledge of the person's family; if he will take action on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8134/15]