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Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: I note that the former Minister who initiated those inquiries has criticised the Government.

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: They are ongoing now but the Government has been in office for a year. I ask how much longer they will continue. The Mahon tribunal cost €300 million and we being informed it will be one or two months before the Minister will issue a statement. If the Government was serious about it, the independent investigations should have been continued when the Government came into office-----

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Independent investigations had been done previously and they should have been continued by the Government. I note the lethargic attitude of the Government as to the continuation of this work and it gives out the wrong message as a response to the Mahon tribunal findings. The Government should initiate those independent investigations. I acknowledge it is unfortunate the House has to spend...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building project of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17307/12]

Written Answers — Special Protection Areas: Special Protection Areas (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the success rate over the past two years of appeals to designation of lands as special protection areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17446/12]

Written Answers — Special Protection Areas: Special Protection Areas (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grant assistance available to assist landowners who wish to appeal an special protection area designation (details supplied) to allow them to employ environmental professionals in order to put together the scientific evidence necessary to support their appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17447/12]

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (29 Mar 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding Irish citizens adopting children from Florida in the USA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17313/12]

Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: When can we expect the independent review into child deaths in the care of the State to be published, and why the delay? Can the Taoiseach give an update on when we can expect publication of the fifth report of the special rapporteur into child protection?

Order of Business (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: When can we expect the fifth report of the special rapporteur into child protection?

Written Answers — Fuel Smuggling: Fuel Smuggling (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the working group established within his Department on the problem of fuel smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19282/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the vehicle registration tax system in any way; if he will be introducing any changes to regulations or law that will impact on VRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18911/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his recommended site size for schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17646/12]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the meaning of the word ethos within the context that it is applied in relation to the post primary education transport rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18374/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 354: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension and refurbishment works to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18781/12]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 492: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans, if any, to maintain personal assistant services for persons with disabilities through community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17732/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 563: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if former separated children or aged out minors who are in full time education and have been recognised as refugees or been granted leave to remain should get support from their local community welfare officer considering their unique circumstances as children who are outside their country of origin without the protection of their...

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 1159: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the reports into the deaths of children in the care of the State and the report into the Roscommon incest case, the specific actions she has taken to address the failings of the relevant authorities and the measures she has implemented to ensure that there can never be a repeat of such events; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 1203: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding changes to a budget (details supplied) and the way he proposes that services can be maintained to support vulnerable persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17733/12]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (18 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 1270: To ask the Minister for Health if recruitment of the 414 staff for mental health services as announced in the Health Service Executive service plan 2012 has begun and the number of posts that have been filled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18348/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Apr 2012)

Charlie McConalogue: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times the SOLAS implementation group has met since it was established; if he will commit to publishing legislation for the establishment of SOLAS by mid 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19400/12]