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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (1 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in County Kildare under Operation Thor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42409/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (1 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if there is a need to provide a permanent accessible Money Advice and Budgeting Service office in Athy in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42660/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (1 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 334. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has any plans to prepare draft legislation to put in place procedures that would facilitate the Comptroller and Auditor General in auditing the wards of court funds, as recommended in the report of the Committee of Public Accounts on 6 July 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42783/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (2 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has sufficient social protection contributions to qualify for a disability benefit or an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43047/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (2 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 126. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the return of a schools dental service to County Kildare, in the context of the development of a new primary health care centre on the Dublin Road in Kildare town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43098/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Status (2 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the proposed regeneration plan for St. Patrick's Park in Rathangan, County Kildare; if he is in receipt of revised plans for the project; the nature of such revisions; the time frame for the delivery of the project, in view of the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43086/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 23. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to improve and develop services at Naas General Hospital in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43007/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 69. To ask the Minister for Health if the next Health Service Executive service plan will provide for a dementia case worker in the Kildare local health office; the number of dementia-related intensive home care packages being provided in County Kildare in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43006/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Procurement Contracts (3 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 123. To ask the Minister for Defence the protocols in place for the procurement of supplies at Army barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43206/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (3 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 124. To ask the Minister for Defence the security in place to protect supplies and property in Army barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43207/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Arts Plan (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 41. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she is taking to improve the working environment for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43877/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Arts Plan (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In asking the Minister what measures she is taking to improve the working environment for artists, I am, if one likes, going to the very essence of the existence of her Department and her role as Minister. Recognising that with the indications of economic recovery spreading across the country, albeit slowly to some regions, I ask what is being done to make life better for professional...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Arts Plan (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister for her response. I recently met ARRO, the Association of Artists Representative Organisations, which represents organisations such as Irish Equity, the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild, Visual Artists Ireland, the Musicians' Union of Ireland, the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland and the Association of Irish Composers, all of which represent working artists....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Arts Plan (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister for her reply. Two issues arise in particular. The first is the issue of copyright, which has an impact on people in all disciplines, and the second is the issue of collective pay negotiations. Currently, competition law prevents actors who do voice-overs, for example, for advertisements, musicians or freelance journalists from negotiating pay collectively. I...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 46. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when Culture 2025 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43497/15]

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister has committed herself to the production of a national cultural policy and promised that it will be published in early 2016. I do not doubt that this is a very worthwhile exercise. I understand that the process of consultation throughout the country concluded on 31 October or thereabouts. Can the Minister guarantee that this report will be published very quickly?

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is this document going to be published before the general election, while the Minister is still in her current position? I assume she values the initiative she has been involved in. Are any big creative ideas emerging from the worthwhile consultation that has happened and the written submissions that have been received? For example, will they address key areas? The Minister spoke about the...

Other Questions: Cultural Policy (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister will be publishing a strategy but many of us did not have the opportunity to engage in the consultations to the extent we might have and I have not seen the written submissions to the Department. Will the Minister give Members a commitment that she will publish the submissions, or at least a synopsis of them, in order that we can get an idea of the issues that arose at the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 58. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she will take to address concerns regarding the survival of the Golden Eagles in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43496/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Papers Issues (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 62. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her timeframe for introducing a 20-year rule for the release of State papers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43499/15]