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Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: They think the people can be taken for fools again. They think they can stand on the back of a lorry every second week. The Government's credibility has been shot on these and many other issues. Whether the election is in one week, a year or in 15 months, the Government will be found out in that regard. I note that Dr. Crotty, a consultant haematologist in Tullamore and a spokesperson for...

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: I am just about finished, although I will not get to complete reading the letter. The Minister of State asked me and Deputy Kelleher what was our policy. Our policy is allowing people such as this correspondent the opportunity to realise their dreams and take part in a society they can be proud of. That person should be allowed to become a nurse, but she cannot continue her studies or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and when the person can expect an appointment with the mental health team in the hospital. [2109/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 151. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical or career break, broken down by zero to six months, six to 12 months, one to two years, two to three years, four to five years and more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2480/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 152. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since he came to office, including costs incurred from the use of the ministerial allowance; the list of occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; if there is a policy...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consultancy Contracts Data (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 153. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since he came to office; the list of uses of the external public relations firms; the internal departmental policy with regard to employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2482/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 154. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2483/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 155. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has renegotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2484/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 156. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies in State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies in State boards under his Department's remit publicly advertised since March 2011 to date in 2014; and the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Requests (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 157. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form per annum from 2009 to 2014, the total number of freedom of information requests received by his Department; the total refused; the total granted; the total part granted; the total appealed; the total successful appeals; the total part successful appeals; the total refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2486/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consultancy Contracts Data (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 158. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the cost per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the publication date. [2487/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Allowances (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 159. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011 to 2014, inclusive, on staff subsistence payments and staff taxi payments; if his Department has been audited for tax compliance on these payments and other benefits in kind; if these processes have been revised in view of the Revenue Commissioners' concerns over practices in other State...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legal Costs (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 160. To ask the Taoiseach the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011 to 2014, inclusive. [2489/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 161. To ask the Taoiseach the total external public relation costs incurred by his Department in 2011 to 2014, inclusive. [2490/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 176. To ask the Taoiseach the number of secondments from his Department to external private firms in 2010 to 2014, inclusive, and to date in 2015; the firms involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2582/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 177. To ask the Taoiseach the number of secondments based in his Department from external private firms in 2010 to 2014, inclusive, and to date in 2015; the firms involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2583/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff Data (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 178. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has a policy regarding secondments from and within his Department to external firms; when the policy was initiated and last updated; the details of the policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2584/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: 448. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the reason a parent of an autistic child attending a centre (details supplied) in County Offaly was informed that the child was only entitled to six sessions with a psychologist; if this is a general policy applied by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2704/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: I thank the bodies for making these submissions. They should not take it as read that what they hear today is the general consensus of the committee. We will digest and investigate all that has been recommended before making recommendations of our own. It should be taken as read that any new planning and development Bill should take cognisance of the recommendations of the recent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2015)

Barry Cowen: Both speakers have touched on these issues. From my perspective and that of my party, for a new planning and development Act to work effectively, we must learn from the lessons of the past and present in terms of how permission is enforced. That is the big issue. Even if a local authority in my county, for example, has the best will in the world and the best intentions, only one person...