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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 458. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding provided by Irish Aid to India in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10395/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 459. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration is provided to Government expenditure on military, and space exploration, technology, when allocating funding, provided through Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10396/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if planning permission is required where a residential property is changed from being owner-occupied to rented; if not, his views on such an approach being a feasible proposal for further consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10164/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 582. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount invested on an annual basis by Fáilte Ireland to market County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10214/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 583. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the strategies and policies his Department and / or Fáilte Ireland have in place to promote County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10215/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department and-or Fáilte Ireland will provide a commitment to market Cork city as a destination and stop-off point for visitors to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10219/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Promotion (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the strategy his Department and / or Fáilte Ireland have in place to promote Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10216/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 585. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans and capital funding his Department and-or Fáilte Ireland have committed for developing Elizabeth Fort as a key piece of Cork city's tourism infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10218/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome everyone to today's meeting, at which we will engage in pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the public health (alcohol) Bill 2015. I remind people that mobile phones should be switched off or left in aeroplane mode, as they interfere with the broadcasting of proceedings. This meeting marks the beginning of the joint committee's pre-legislative scrutiny hearings to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Professor Murray for his interesting and challenging paper.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Tá vótáil sa Dáil. Más féidir leat, cur deireadh leis an ráitéis. We will suspend in three minutes and then return to the meeting after the vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (10 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I will allow the Deputy resume after the vote. I apologise to witnesses but parliamentary democracy requires that we vote.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (11 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Message from Seanad (11 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Seanad Éireann has passed the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015, without amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I congratulate Mr. Sloyan on his new job. I know him from a previous role. He stated in his submission that he required the company to provide full reports on the outages. Has he received all the information he required?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Sloyan's office has a budget of €1.5 billion and a staff of ten. Can he explain the roles and duties of the staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Sloyan stated that a safe lottery is a lottery in which the interests of participants are protected. I suggest to Mr. Griffin that player protection and confidence in his company's endeavours are still matters that he must strive to achieve. I do not think his organisation has made a good start and it made a ham fisted transition from "Winning Streak". It is a question of protecting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I did not get a response to my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functioning of National Lottery: Discussion (11 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I did not mean to grill him. I wish him well.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I commend the Minister on her stewardship of this Bill through the House at all Stages and praise her staff significantly for the tremendous work they have done in preparing it. This Bill is about children, the rights of the child and, as Deputy Mac Lochlainn said, cherishing all our children equally, as our Proclamation says. This Bill is important. I appeal to those who have a different...