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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: I remind members to ensure their mobile phones are switched off. It is important as it causes serious broadcasting problems and problems for the editorial and sound staff. Apologies have been received from Deputy Liam Twomey. Deputy Ó Snodaigh is substituting for Deputy Mary Lou McDonald. I welcome the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, and his officials. The...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: If amendment No. 1 is agreed to, then amendments Nos. 2 to 5, inclusive, cannot be moved. Amendments Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, are related and amendments Nos. 2 to 5, inclusive, are physical and logical alternatives to amendment No. 1. Amendments Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, will be discussed together.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: Yes.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: Will we suspend until the vote is concluded?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 are ruled out of order.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (1 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister and his officials for attending.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Message to Dáil (1 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform has completed its consideration of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Appointments to Certain Offices) Bill 2014 and has made amendments thereto.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Children and Youth Issues: Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (2 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister for the presentation this morning. I wish to ask one or two questions with regard to the information given to members on foot of our visit to Oberstown. It is an outstanding facility, albeit that all members were struck that notwithstanding the great, state-of-the-art school, the state-of-the-art building and the plans to have less segregation, more common areas, more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (7 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: 410. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding for equipment, such as vibrating pager systems, for deaf persons under the age of 65 years is not provided for by the Health Service Executive in County Meath under the technical aids and appliances grant for the past four to five years, given that funding was available from the executive in counties Louth, Cavan and Monaghan this year....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (8 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: 238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any other company associated or previously associated with Capita plc within the Eircode consortium, such as Bearing Point, Tico or Autoaddress, or if any personnel previously or currently on the payroll or board of any of the aforementioned companies, have developed, modified or otherwise planned to launch or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is being forced to change service provider for that person's care and support by the Health Service Executive against this person's wishes for the reason that the person has moved from County Dublin to County Meath, given that the original service provider is happy to maintain consistency of service to the person; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no uniformity throughout Ireland regarding the reimbursement of the cost of spectacles for children with Down's syndrome (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28106/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (9 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the purchase of a permanent site in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28129/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (15 Jul 2015)

Regina Doherty: 317. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the nine requirements of a postcode from his Department's own postcode working group were not incorporated into the Eircode design; and the persons who and the body which specifically made the decision to exclude or ignore the nine requirements. [29262/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (22 Sep 2015)

Regina Doherty: 289. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, a list of the claimants of the coach tourism and transport scheme rebate for the use of green diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30449/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Sep 2015)

Regina Doherty: 317. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification on the tax treatment with regard to a qualified adult allowance and a State pension, specifically pre budget 2014; and if there is an obligation to declare a spouse's pension as part of that person's income. [31003/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (22 Sep 2015)

Regina Doherty: 682. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to amend section 45 of the Child Care Act 1991 to make the State obliged to provide the necessary support to foster children and young adults to remain in their foster homes, particularly in those instances where upon turning 18 a young person who has experienced trauma and-or developmental delay is not yet ready to embrace...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (22 Sep 2015)

Regina Doherty: 962. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath has not completed a course of prescribed laser treatment by their consultant in Temple Street Hospital some four years since the treatment commenced [31272/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (22 Sep 2015)

Regina Doherty: 1544. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the expenditure of State-owned entities on self-promotion and advertising to national and local sporting agencies of funding derived from individual and household payments to utility companies such as EirGrid and An Post; and the reason this finance is not being spent on lowering...

Marriage Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Regina Doherty: When listening to Deputy Lyons speaking in this Chamber today so passionately, it genuinely was humbling to be able to feel and see what he feels. I have only been in this House for a short time but I have never experienced anything like the unity of purpose of all Members of this House and of all parties. Normally, Members squabble and nitpick against one another in this Chamber but the...