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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)

Michael Creed: I welcome the Minister and his colleagues. I am always confused by the distinction between the Civil Service and the public service. I think I have a handle on the difference now. I wonder whether it is useful to distinguish between them as we try to work with unions to get more from less while delivering better public services to the public. Is it time for that archaic distinction to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)

Michael Creed: I am sceptical in some respects.

Topical Issue Debate: Commission of Inquiry (27 Nov 2012)

Michael Creed: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office. I thank the Minister of State for being present to reply to the debate but am disappointed that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, did not see fit to attend this particular debate, given its significance. On 8 July 1985, Fr. Niall Molloy was murdered. To date nobody has been brought to justice for that murder. There is a view,...

Topical Issue Debate: Commission of Inquiry (27 Nov 2012)

Michael Creed: I thank the Minister of State for the reply he provided on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Shatter. I am, however, disappointed with the content of that reply. An element of the ongoing investigation is based on a principle that has been long discredited, namely, gardaí investigating gardaí. I accept that there is a broader remit and that gardaí are also investigating - if...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (27 Nov 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their application for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52856/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (27 Nov 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork for a domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52909/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (27 Nov 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals if any to change the compensation regime for TB and brucellosis reactors particularly where herds have only a single reactor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52573/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (27 Nov 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding available in 2012 for the various drug task forces; the criteria used in the allocation of these funds by individual task forces; if the task forces are regularly audited; if he is satisfied that the distribution of funding by the various task forces reflects the work and effort by the individual members of each task force; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (29 Nov 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if lands (details supplied) will be approved for afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53568/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (4 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a claim for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54330/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (4 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their agri-environment option scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53710/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not yet received their disadvantaged area payment and their single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53739/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Task Forces (4 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Health if he has completed his review of the drug task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54331/12]

Funding for Disability Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: I welcome the motion and thank Deputy Kelleher for bringing it before the House. It is imperative that funding for the disability sector is on the basis of efficiency and transparency. The 61 voluntary bodies delivering services for people with disabilities are represented by an umbrella organisation, the National Federation of Disability Bodies. We have both efficient and inefficient...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (6 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the anomalous situation whereby a recipient of disability allowance can continue to receive a dependent allowance for a dependent who has exceeded the age of 22 years, by virtue of the fact they are in full time education on the date of their 22nd birthday, however if the dependents birthday happens to fall on a date when the educational...

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (7 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Government commissioned report of the expert group on the judgment in the A, B and C case, which has led to a broader discussion on the provisions in our Constitution and the interpretation of the Constitution, particularly with regard to the X case. I thank the members of the expert group for a report that is very legible, even for a lay person,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing a decision on a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55344/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any conditions under which a person availing of a Tús scheme may extend their term on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55617/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (13 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received any progress report from the Gardaí regarding an investigation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56057/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (13 Dec 2012)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has investigated the circumstances surrounding the theft of a file from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the circumstances under which this file was returned to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56058/12]