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National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I agree that there cannot be a situation where Ministers are interfering in the artistic or cultural role of any of these institutions. That is not what I am talking about. In fact, if the Minister was proposing that level of interference, I would be on my feet, criticising and opposing it. I am talking here about balance and specifically about the strategy statement. I am not saying that...

National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I move amendment No. 4:In page 10, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following:“(3) The Minister may, having regard to the policy of the Government and alignment with the strategies as approved by the Minister of other national cultural institutions, accept without revision or make revision to the National Concert Hall statement of strategy received under subsection (1). (4)...

National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I move amendment No. 7:In page 12, after line 41, to insert the following:“(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) the Minister may, with the agreement of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, delegate authority to the Board in respect of such and so many persons to be members of the staff of the National Concert Hall and the grading of such staff, having regard to the financial...

National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I would waste the time of the House if I were to speak for two minutes, as it is clear the Minister will not accept the amendment. This is a missed opportunity. It is not acceptable for the Minister to argue that the National Concert Hall will be able to recruit a few casual staff to deal with circumstances as they arise, nor is it good enough that the dead hand of the Department of...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: She is the only one that is.

Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Wishful thinking

Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: No. 6 on the A list is a child care (amendment) Bill. That is to be published shortly. It commits Tusla to preparing an aftercare plan for young people in care. It has been my experience in recent times that children placed in care cannot be assured of proper services while they are in care, never mind after they leave care. In one recent case, somebody placed in voluntary care waited six...

Order of Business (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 11. To ask the Minister for Defence the role the Defence Forces will play in supporting employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34449/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 16. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the sale of Magee Barracks in County Kildare.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34446/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Strength (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 24. To ask the Minister for Defence given the single force concept, his views regarding the way in which the Naval Service Reserve underwent such a drastic drop of 76% in sea-going days between 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34445/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 27. To ask the Minister for Defence his views that the disestablishment of the 4th Western Brigade in 2012 has had a negative social impact on rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34448/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (13 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 145. To ask the Minister for Defence the policies, procedures and agreements in place in the event of rogue, unidentified, non-communicating, non-transcending or foreign military aircraft operating without diplomatic clearance entering Irish sovereign airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35662/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (13 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 146. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the agreed respective roles of his Department, the Defence Forces, the Irish Aviation Authority and any other national or foreign agencies which have a defined and agreed role relating to the surveillance, security and defence of Irish sovereign airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35663/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (13 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 147. To ask the Minister for Defence the agency ultimately responsible for co-ordinating the inter-agency effort to provide sovereign airspace security, including responsibility for civil and military de-confliction, in the event of an airspace incursion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35664/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (13 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 148. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that the arrangements for sovereign airspace security, including the respective roles of the different domestic and foreign agencies, are compatible with Article 15(6) of Bunreacht na hÉireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35665/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (13 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Kildare division from the end of September 2010 to the end of September 2015 or the latest date available. [35697/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (14 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 42. To ask the Minister for Defence the staffing structure his Department has in place to oversee and manage the Curragh Plains in County Kildare; the annual cost of such management; his plans to further improve the management system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35856/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (14 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the relationship that exists between her Department and the Department of Defence in relation to the operations of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will define the responsibilities in relation to maintenance and improvement works, as they relate to either Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35854/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (20 Oct 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 354. To ask the Minister for Defence if his Department requested Kildare County Council to delist any structures at the Magee Barracks site in Kildare town; if, in the event of the sale of this property, he will make arrangements for the retention and preservation of the historic gates and their allied boundary railings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36535/15]