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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (16 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: I support my colleague on this issue. I read two pages of the briefing document in the canteen. It is outrageous we had to learn about it in this way and that we were not briefed or did not receive documentation on it. As of now there is still nothing in our pigeonholes on this. We know absolutely nothing about it. It is disgraceful and outrageous.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (16 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: No. We did not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (16 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: We did not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (16 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: We did not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Business of Joint Committee (16 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To clarify that point, a member of my party was there but he had to ring and request an invitation at a late hour.

Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important and disturbing issue. Let me say at the outset that Sinn Féin is absolutely opposed to any cuts in home care packages or home help hours. Essentially, there are two key aspects of this debate. One is the care of vulnerable people and the other is the underemployment of working class women. With regard to the issue of care, Sinn...

Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: The Minister went on to say that home help maintains people at home, giving them dignity and independence and also saving the taxpayer a lot of money. Since taking office in 2011, the Minister has significantly cut home help hours. Figures revealed by Age Action Ireland show that since 2008, HSE management has slashed home help hours by almost 20%. Almost one half of these reductions have...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide further details of his recent trip to the Syrian refugee camps in Jordan; the scale of the problem on the ground; the way that Ireland has helped to date; and his plans for future assistance. [44812/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been any recent discussions in relation to immigration reform between the Irish and American Governments, specifically regarding the status of the illegal Irish in the United States. [44825/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Issues (17 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 9 October 2012, the formula set out in legislation used to calculate means for a property; if he will provide an example of what the means of a property valued at €145,000 would be subject to and another for a property valued at €175,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45079/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Irish Language (17 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the level of Irish language advertising on RTÉ and TV3; his plans to increase the level of advertising as Gaeilge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45060/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that no further cuts to funding or services be applied to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44993/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (17 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that the European Commission has launched a new call for a proposal (details supplied), his plans to develop the specific area of eco tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35428/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (17 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to boost employment in the tourist industry; if he plans to introduce a national cultural tourism policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42034/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (17 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop cultural tourism in fishing communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42031/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (18 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the recent success of Special Olympics Ireland, his plans to assist the organisation to develop at local and regional level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45119/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry Issues (18 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans he has to redress the east west imbalance in tourism development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45117/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the ratio of councillors per head of population that will be deployed in municipal districts; and the ratio that will be for Cork city, Cork county, Galway city and in the four local authorities in Dublin. [46079/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (23 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to meet with leaders of the traveller community and local authorities to discuss the damaging effects of cuts to funding for traveller accommodation. [46198/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants (23 Oct 2012)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork did not receive a college maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46148/12]