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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: State Agencies (20 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State agencies or bodies not currently included under Schedules 1 and 2 of the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9026/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Expenditure (26 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding that was given to Free Legal Aid for the periods 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10124/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Child and Family Support Agency: Discussion (28 Feb 2013)

Regina Doherty: Many of the questions that I was going to ask have been addressed by Mr. Jeyes's responses to previous questions. I have a number of technical questions. Professor Pat Dolan mentioned that what we are doing now is what we have been discussing for 20 years. It is great to see it coming together. I hope that Mr. Jeyes will not misconstrue our frustration that it is not all happening quickly...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: I am sure Deputy Feighan will come along to save me.

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (1 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: I will speak briefly about two aspects of this measure. The first matter I would like to raise, which I have highlighted previously but is not covered in the Bill, is the need to recognise that a large majority of people paid vast amounts of stamp duty over the last ten years. I appreciate from the correspondence I have had with the Minister that the expert report devised the property tax...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that is being made in bringing broadband to rural areas in County Meath, particularly in the Kilbride area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11266/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide clarity on the length of time a residency application is taking in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11277/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Strategy on Dementia (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to make this a dementia friendly society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11455/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: I have been very quiet during proceedings but that is not because I do not have questions. All my questions are for the next shower.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: I apologise. What I said sounds terrible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: I withdraw it. I meant to refer to the next group of witnesses. I do not think there is anyone present who does not completely empathise with everything our guests have stated. It cannot simply be the case that those in authority are treating our guests as badly as they do because they can and because there are no sanctions. I could go into my office tomorrow and be mean to my staff just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: I thank all the witnesses for attending this afternoon. The presentations of the previous witnesses and Ms McGuinness are chalk and cheese. One would swear we were talking about two completely different countries or two different topics. I do not know how to say this without saying something inappropriate but it is obvious that one presentation is not right. Both could not be right. A...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: The targets are great but what has Ms McGuinness done to be able to make this transition to 48-hour working weeks so quickly, by the end of June? What has changed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: Can I ask-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: The proposals on the table for the next several months are great but a significant gap remains between the reality for those who deliver the services and the stuff that is on paper. How much unrostered, unpaid overtime is being worked by NCHDs at present? Who is responsible for monitoring what are clearly buckets of hours? We have all heard anecdotal evidence about particular blackspots in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: I am still concerned, notwithstanding the plans afoot. If I am a doctor working in Ballymuckridge and I am being taken advantage of off balance sheet by the person I am working for, where do I go? Who is there to listen to me? Who is there to help me to resolve that issue today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: I appreciate what Ms McGuinness has said. If my problem is being caused by the senior manager in question, can I get the name of somebody else? Where else can I go in that situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: What happens when study leave is withheld, or things like that? Where can those disputes be resolved if they are-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pay and Conditions of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors: Discussion (5 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: Thank you.

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Mar 2013)

Regina Doherty: The State of the Nation's Children report, published last year, revealed Ireland has more than 1.1 million children, which at 25% of the total population is the highest percentage we have ever had and higher than in any other EU state. The Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, recently said that these children represent unprecedented potential for Ireland's economic future and that we must look after...