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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (19 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue generated annually from national car testing since its introduction; the amount generated from re-tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8320/13]

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: The Swiss architect, Le Corbusier, famously once described a house as a machine for living in. The machine metaphor and the capitalist undertones embedded within it provide a clue to what can happen when the machine itself becomes the perceived source of financial power, speculation, and class status. When this happens, a clear disjuncture emerges between the house as a machine and the...

Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill, particularly in light of the pressing and important issues facing the country at the present time. The importance of the economy and the impact that economic policy, be it good or bad, can have on the lives of ordinary people cannot be underestimated. While it would be naive to suggest that everything begins and ends with the economy,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (20 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the decision by the Moroccan authorities to place 23 Saharawi civilians and human rights activists on trial before a military court on 1 February 2013; and if he will raise this human rights issue with the Moroccan ambassador. [8843/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Travel (20 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the travel plans of Government Ministers have been finalised for Saint Patrick’s Day this year; the countries that each Minister will visit; and the expected cost of these trips. [8849/13]

Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: In a time of fiscal austerity, cutbacks, mass unemployment and national despondency the arts offer a valuable and creative outlet for people. In a mature society that values expression and creativity, the arts have the potential to enrich lives. They help us to think about the world and our place in it in a more imaginative, innovative and abstract way. Sinn Féin again calls on the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Prompt Payments (21 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken to ensure that small businesses are not adversely affected by late payments by Government agencies. [9054/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Prompt Payments (21 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the impact of late payments by Government agencies on the small business sector. [9055/13]

Other Questions: Energy Schemes (26 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the private sector resources he expects to match Government funding in the energy efficiency fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9983/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (26 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 19 January 2013, if she is implying that a community welfare officer can use their discretion as to whether to continue payment if a person has to leave the country more than once; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10095/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (26 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the families of persons who are now deceased but who spent time in the Magdalene Laundries will be entitled to claim from the redress board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10110/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (26 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide two weeks respite care urgently to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9740/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will include children in the first phase of the introduction of free general practitioner care to all as well as to those with chronic illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10105/13]

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (Resumed) (27 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to speak again on this exceptionally disturbing issue, one of the most important to come before the House since the foundation of the State. I welcome the Taoiseach's official apology to survivors of the Magdalen laundries which he gave in the House on 19 February. It was moving to see so many of the surviving women and their supporters, friends and families in the...

State Forestry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: Sinn Féin is absolutely opposed to the Government's proposal to sell off the harvesting rights to our national forests. That the troika prompted the sale of such an important national asset to proceed is, to say the least, simply shocking. It is shocking from a number of aspects, economic, environmental and recreational. More importantly, in the context of employment, the sale of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (27 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person with multiple sclerosis who had a house built to their specific needs will be exempt from paying the property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10518/13]

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Further Education and Training Bill 2013, which comes before the House at a time of severe fiscal and economic adjustment. This adjustment is further complicated by a process of major restructuring in the labour market, particularly in respect of employment opportunities. This seismic shift has resulted in mass unemployment in almost every EU...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (28 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried out an impact assessment on the potential effect on the numbers in mortgage distress if local property tax is introduced. [10566/13]

Health Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: The Deputy may have another minute of my time.

Health Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion and thank Fianna Fáil for giving Members the opportunity to discuss this important issue. Like my colleague, Deputy Ó Caoláin, in theory I do not have a problem with the first section of the Fianna Fáil Private Members' motion. However, in keeping with Sinn Féin policy and my views on this subject, I have serious...