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

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 64. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the recently announced proposals to safeguard Ireland’s historic houses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43498/15]

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

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 75. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the measures she is taking to improve the working environment for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43500/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) regarding a social protection payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44157/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process for grant-aid for tillage facilities to be included in the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43850/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what tillage facilities under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II will be eligible for arable under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43851/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when arable farmers will be able to apply for grant aid for tillage facilities under targeted agricultural modernisation scheme II, the moneys that have been allocated to this scheme, when grant aid will be paid out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43852/15]

Order of Business (9 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I wish to raise the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill again. This Bill was introduced in the Seanad and Committee Stage in the Dáil was completed in March 2013. The Bill has profound implications for people who have had convictions imposed on them and who now want to move on with their lives. They are being impeded from doing that due to the lack of legal provision to deal...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I assume every Member will want to congratulate the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, and the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, on coming up with a resolution that has resulted in the deferral of threatened industrial action in our accident and emergency departments, but, unfortunately, a consequence of the late resolution of the problem was that hundreds of patients across the...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister for Health said that next year's budget will maintain existing levels of service but we all know what that means. Interestingly, last weekend, the chief executive officer of the HSE, Mr. Tony O'Brien, said, "The health service has been on death row since 2011" and there is no money, no plan and no vision. Does the Taoiseach agree with Mr. O'Brien that there is no money, no...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Taoiseach had a plan in 2007 to get rid of trolleys. He had a plan and made a promise to introduce universal health insurance which was abandoned last month by the Government. He got rid of the National Treatment Purchase Fund which was working effectively. The Taoiseach has agreed a plan to deal with the situation in emergency departments. It is clear that it will add to waiting...

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It is not meaningless to the people on trolleys.

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Why did the Taoiseach not do away with it? Why did he not abolish it?

Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Taoiseach has had five years to do it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I think the Taoiseach will accept there is widespread public concern about crime in urban and rural areas. Over the past 12 months we have probably heard more about rural crime than we have ever heard before although an analysis of the figures shows that crime is a problem in our urban areas as well. It is good to hear the Taoiseach proposes to convene a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We are talking about crime.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I will come back to the issue at hand.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We have seen the closure of 139 Garda stations. We were told that this would allow greater flexibility and that gardaí would be more visible, active and high profile but in reality, that has not happened. One also wonders what is happening with those 139 stations. The buildings were all of some importance in their local communities. In Kildare, for example, we saw three Garda...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Taoiseach has undoubtedly been busy. I have some questions about the Cabinet Committee on Health. The Taoiseach told us some time ago that this committee was going to drive forward reform as identified in the Fine Gael manifesto and the programme for Government. The universal health insurance process was the major plank of reform the Government identified, together with the abolition of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Only on health.

Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I wish to raise two items, although at this point one wonders about the value of raising questions on promised legislation. Given the consistent and horrendous flooding families have been experiencing in recent times, will the Taoiseach confirm that the Government is investigating the implementation of a Bill similar to the UK Water Act 2014? This matter was raised in the House last week by...