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Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: They are paying their bin charges, too. They would privatise their grannies.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Deputy Joe Higgins said the same about the bin tax. Is he paying his bin tax now?

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Is Deputy Higgins paying his bin tax? Yes, he is.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Concussion in Sport (15 Oct 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank Senator Burke for raising this very important topic. He refers to the need for the Minister for Health to establish a task force with representatives from sports organisations, sports medicine bodies and primary and post primary schools in order to devise an appropriate education programme to improve awareness of sport-related concussion, its management and possible consequences...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Concussion in Sport (15 Oct 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The point is very well made by Senator Burke. This is an important issue which is not just relevant to sport but to schools and society generally. I will pass on the Senator's remarks to the Minister for Health.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Ba mhaith liom a rá ar dtús báire go raibh an tAire Stáit le freagracht as an nGaeltacht agus acmhainní nádúrtha, an Teachta Joe McHugh in ainm a bheith anseo chun an díospóireacht seo a thógáil ach gheall sé le Conradh na Gaeilge go raibh sé chun an lá ar fad a chaitheamh ag labhairt as Gaeilge toisc gurb é seo...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate the Senator's comments and will convey the case she made to the Minister. No one in either House or in government is under any illusion about the seriousness of the housing crisis in Dublin and nationwide. It is fair to use the label "crisis". The Government's response in the budget was substantial and the investment announced in public housing, the first such announcement in...

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence Refuges (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am taking this topical issue debate on behalf of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy James Reilly, who is in Armagh attending a North-South Ministerial Council meeting with his counterpart from Northern Ireland. Cuan Alainn, situated in Tallaght, is a refuge for women and children who are fleeing domestic violence. Since the centre opened in 2012, a total of 55 women and...

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence Refuges (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and will raise his concerns again with the Minister upon his return. The Child and Family Agency is a major reform and has been welcomed across this House. The issue in the Deputy's constituency will be the subject of a meeting next week and we will follow up with discussions after that.

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I genuinely appreciate the opportunity to discuss this crucial issue with the Deputy. In effect, the life expectancy of certain people in certain parts of Ireland is lessened. We need to take this serious issue on board. I will present the reply from the Department of Health to the House on behalf of the Minister and we can expand on it. As we have been making progress with cancer control...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate the raising of this equality issue by the Deputy. I agree with what he has said about the schools system. Children do not live in schools. They are influenced by many things outside the school system. They start school at the age of four or five when so many things have already happened to them and influenced their lives. They key to this is empowering the parents in terms...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank Deputy Timmins for raising this important matter. The national clinical programme for acute coronary syndrome aims to increase the percentage of ST-elevation myocardial infarction, STEMI, patients who get PPCIs by ensuring that patients are being taken to the right place, their treatment is standardised and processes are in place to ensure prompt investigation of all acute coronary...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Deputy raises a valid point. I will be sure to relay to the Minister his concerns as well as Deputy Kelleher's two points about health issues in his constituency and those disadvantaged areas nationally with a higher proportion of people who suffer cancer. Deputy Timmins has raised issues and deserves a comprehensive response from the Minister concerned. I will endeavour to ensure that...

Allegations Regarding Sexual Abuse by Members of the Provisional Republican Movement: Statements (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Ba mhaith liom a rá i dtús báire go bhfuil sé thar a bheith tábhachtach go dtuigfeadh gach éinne anseo i dTeach Laighean agus ar fud na tíre go bhfuil sé thar a bheith éasca seasamh ar son cearta, ar son comhionannais agus ar son cearta daonna nuair atá sé éasca. Tá sé i bhfad níos deacra é a dhéanamh nuair...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Deputy Stanley cannot use advertisements in the Chamber.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: T-trot.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I hope the Deputy is not going to accuse us of wasting time. That would be pretty ironic.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Maternity Leave Issues (20 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Section 7 of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004 provides for postponement of maternity leave in the case of when the child is hospitalised. A request for postponement can only be made when at least 14 weeks of the maternity leave has been taken and the employer agrees to the postponement of the leave. The current entitlement with regard to maternity leave is 26 weeks together...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policy Reviews (20 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I have no plans to establish such a commission at present but I am of course open to hearing the views of men's groups in relation to any matter within my area of responsibility.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Balance (27 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Government is committed to gender equality and to ensuring that the rights of both women and men to participate fully in society are upheld. In particular, in line with the whole of government approach being taken to the prevention of gender-based violence, the values of respect for oneself and others are promoted in an appropriate way in a range of awareness raising campaigns, online...