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Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Health (Amendment) Bill is on Second Stage in the Seanad and will come to this House when it is concluded in the Seanad. The process is under way. The second issue relates to an integrated care agency and I will get the Minister to revert to the Deputy.

Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: There is a series of commitments in the programme for Government but the Deputy is this afternoon asking about the Health (Amendment) Bill. We are only half way through our term in Government.

Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The commitments on the care of the elderly will need to be judged at the end of our term and we are not resiling from any of them.

Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: We should be judged at the end of the term.

Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: My understanding is that the heads of the national paediatric hospital Bill are being worked on and it will be published later this year. The heads of the gender recognition Bill are currently being drafted and although I cannot give an exact date for the legislation, I expect we will see it this year. There is no Bill listed relating to pensions but my understanding is that the Minister,...

Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I agree with the Deputy on the need for radical reform of how our democracy operates and this Government is determined to carry that out. We have already done a number of things, including ending corporate donations, introducing gender quotas and a proposal to abolish the Seanad and change the function of the Dáil to make it more efficient and downsize it. We have significantly reduced...

Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I understand we will see the foreshore and marine Bill this summer and we will see offshore renewable energy legislation before the end of the year.

Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I will not rise to the bait and this Government has the utmost respect for the Garda and its work.

Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The legislation will be seen before the end of the year.

Order of Business (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The probation service Bill will be published next year. There is no date as yet for the publication of criminal justice (victims rights) Bill but I will ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to reply to the Deputy directly on that matter.

Regulation of Moneylenders Bill 2013: First Stage (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: No.

Trade Union Movement and Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:“at the start of a centenary of commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 1913 Lock-out, recognises the landmark struggle for workers' rights as a significant milestone in a decade that saw enormous convulsion in the emergence of an independent nation; recognises...

Trade Union Movement and Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: Members of the Labour Party will speak.

Trade Union Movement and Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The centenaries of several momentous events will take place during the coming decade. The Dublin Lock-out began on 26 August 1913 when all the trams on O'Connell Street stopped as workers sought pay rises ranging from one to two shillings a week. In response, the Dublin Tramway Company locked out members of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union who refused to sign a pledge to leave...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme from the person named was received in my Department on 29th November 2012. The process of ranking and selecting all AEOS applicants was clearly set out in the scheme documentation. Acceptance into the scheme was established using the pre-determined selection criteria as follows: 1 farmers in the Boora region of Co. Offaly who chose...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Issues (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: I have referred this matter for investigation to An Garda Síochána.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbour Authority Properties (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy is aware that I have been considering the introduction of charges for parking within the Fishery Harbour Centre at Howth for some time. As I have said previously, I have been reviewing all aspects of the matter, taking account of the views of the various harbour users, the potential earnings for the Fishery Harbour Centre Fund, the possible impact on the harbour businesses and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: The person named is one of a number of applicants under the 2012 Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, whose cases are impacted by the requirement to have achieved a minimum stocking density of 0.3 livestock units per forage hectare in 2011 and who applied for and were refused derogation in this regard. However, a subsequent appeal was received on 27 May 2013, which, following further examination of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: Coillte Teoranta was established as a private commercial company under the Forestry Act, 1988 and day-to-day operational matters, such as land transactions, are the responsibility of the company. The company has, however, advised that the area involved is approx 1.2ha (subject to survey) of clearfelled lands and that, prior to sale, full consultation was conducted with local landowners and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (18 Jun 2013)

Simon Coveney: An application under the Agri-Environment Options Scheme from the person named was received in my Department on 27th November 2012. The process of ranking and selecting all AEOS applicants was clearly set out in the scheme documentation. Acceptance into the scheme was established using the pre-determined selection criteria as follows: 1 farmers in the Boora region of Co. Offaly who chose...