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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (27 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland appeal in respect of a person (details supplied). [10549/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Report (27 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if he will support the survivors of symphysiotomy in 2013 in obtaining justice for the suffering the survivors have endured (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10499/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (27 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will return the maximum numbers of carriages on the DART at peak times (details supplied). [10553/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion with User Voice (27 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: I offer a warm welcome to Mr. Johnson and appreciate his coming to address the committee. I commend the work of his organisation. This committee is very interested in the causes of crime and in dealing with issues. It tries to assist prisoners and come up with new and radical ideas. I have some brief questions. Mr. Johnson mentioned the gap he wanted to bridge. Does he mean the gap...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion with User Voice (27 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: As a politician who has been in prisons on a few occasions, I have been pleasantly surprised by the compassion shown, and the relationship between the prison officer and the prison. Recently we took a trip to Cork Prison where there was an energy and determination shown by the staff. My personal reaction was that this was really good public service. I watched the body language between the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion with User Voice (27 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: That is the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion with User Voice (27 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: Mr. Johnson mentioned the I-walked-in-your-shoes experience of people like him and other ex-prisoners who are trying to influence current prisoners or young people. Do these people really listen? Will a person aged 17 or 18 years listen to an ex-prisoner who is 35 or 40? Before I got involved in politics I worked in a disadvantaged school that was involved in a project called Breaking the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Penal Reform: Discussion with User Voice (27 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: The walked-in-your-shoes experience.

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: That is outrageous.

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: It is outrageous to cut services in Darndale.

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: What about youth services in Darndale?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Traveller Participation in Education (28 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the participation of travellers and the reason so many are leaving post primary education. [10836/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (28 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the number of posts of responsibility by grade lost in primary schools each year since the imposition of the moratorium on promotion in the public service; the number of applications for alleviation received by his Department in each year and the number of applications upheld by his Department in each year; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure (28 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total expenditure in 2012 on the capital programme at primary level in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10893/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Matters (28 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a request for mutual legal assistance has been made in respect of persons (details supplied), if he will support such a request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10870/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (28 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 [10835/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the supports available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 [10837/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (28 Feb 2013)

Finian McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the refusal of treatment under the treatment abroad scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the criteria on which the refusal was based and where the treatment is available here. [10839/13]

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)

Finian McGrath: They shafted the workers again.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)

Finian McGrath: Hear, hear.