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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (14 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding medical card applications in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1173/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: 763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow currently on schedule for delivery by the end of 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49558/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (20 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: 577. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a car tax exemption in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2842/15]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: How many more speakers are there in addition to the Minister of State and the proposer of the motion?

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: I have approximately five minutes.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: The issues surrounding this proposed Private Members' Bill have been well enunciated by Deputy Mathews and I congratulate him on bringing it forward. I am disappointed the Government does not appear to be willing to accept the legislation. It would not have been earth-shattering and would not have changed the political system, but it would have benefited our parliamentary democracy and...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: -----but I do not believe in the Whip system for issues of conscience. I believe in it from the point of view of the allocation of resources and broad policy issues, for which one must have a Whip system. When I sat on the Government side of the House I voted for many policies and much legislation for which I did not like voting; who in his or her right mind would like to cut a respite...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: The Whip is being painted as the big bad ogre, and people wonder what is the point of voting for a Deputy because he or she goes in like a sheep and follows the party Whip. Deputy Ó Snodaigh is the Sinn Féin Whip and I do not believe he is a bad individual who will bring forward draconian legislation and proposals. I am not so sure about the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: I am not sure about him.

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: I am doing so, very tightly. Trying to depict the Whip as a big bad ogre is not correct. Whips generally try to do the best they can. A pet hate of mine is hearing commentators state it suits politicians to have a Whip because it protects them from big business and protects them in their constituencies. A politician who needs the protection of the Whip should not be in politics. If one...

Topical Issue Debate: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (28 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this topic. Sometimes something so surreal or bizarre happens that it seems to pass us by and this is one of those topics. The Flood-Mahon tribunal was established in late 1997, initially chaired by Mr. Justice Fergus Flood until 2003 and then chaired by Mr. Justice Alan Mahon who completed its hearings and produced a final report in 2012....

Topical Issue Debate: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (28 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: To reiterate, the tribunal involved 17 years, 428 witnesses and, as outlined by the Minister, €159 million. It destroyed many reputations, rightly or wrongly. It brought down a Taoiseach. Yet, we do know not know its outcome. Where does accountability lie in this squalid affair? It is as if it operated in a parallel universe for which we in the House had no responsibility. ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Review (28 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: 26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of the review of An Bord Pleanála. [3435/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (28 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: 37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the impact of local government reforms contained in the Local Government Reform Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3602/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (28 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: 59. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding bursaries or grants available to a start-up enterprise providing spinning and hand weaving classes and demonstrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4076/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme Funding (28 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: 133. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding bursaries or grants available to a start-up enterprise providing spinning and hand weaving classes and demonstrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4078/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grant Payments (28 Jan 2015)

Billy Timmins: 149. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding bursaries or grants available to a start-up enterprise providing spinning and hand weaving classes and demonstrations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4074/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (3 Feb 2015)

Billy Timmins: 285. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of self-assessed taxpayers by county for the years 2011 to 2014 inclusive; the number and type of attachment orders placed by the Revenue Commissioners by county for 2011 to 2014 inclusive and to date in 2015; the amount of income collected by these means; the way taxpayers are notified if there is an attachment order; the average length of time...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (3 Feb 2015)

Billy Timmins: 458. To ask the Minister for Health the position in regard to a ward in a hospital (details supplied) in County Dublin; if the decision will be re-examined and the ward reopened as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4775/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (3 Feb 2015)

Billy Timmins: 459. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if a full status report will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4776/15]