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Other Questions: National Monuments (13 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: Cut through the red tape.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Maoiniú d'Eagrais Gaeilge (13 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar thodhchaí Ealaín na Gaeltachta agus cén maoiniú a bheidh ar fáil don eagraíocht sa tréimhse atá le teacht agus ráiteas a dhéanamh ar thodhchaí Óige na Gaeltachta agus cén maoiniú a bheidh ar fáil don eagraíocht sa...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. In many respects, this is an issue unlike any other in that it highlights the extraordinary lengths to which the Government is willing to go to appease its European masters. What rationale would see differently abled people and the State supports that allow them to live with dignity as fair game when it comes to Government cutbacks? ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (20 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will restore home help hours in 2013 to at least their 2011 level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13792/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Bed Numbers (20 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Health the current number of acute public hospital beds and the number in March 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13793/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (20 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the living city initiative pilot project to the walled town network or and the walled towns historical initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13125/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (20 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will broaden the remit of the living city initiative to include a broader range of houses with the specific aim of maximizing the regeneration process and ensuring that it is more community based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13126/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (20 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the link between the selection of Limerick and Waterford due to their extremely low ranking on the Relative Deprivation Index for Irish Cities, –6.66 and -4.51 respectively, for inclusion in the pilot project for urban regeneration under the living city initiative and the refurbishment of owner occupied georgian homes; the rationale...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (20 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend tax breaks under the living city initiative to small retailers who rent premises adjacent to historic buildings and quarters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13135/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (20 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline in detail the way tax breaks for the refurbishment of owner occupied Georgian houses as outlined in the living city initiative will assist the regeneration process in Limerick and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13127/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (20 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the decision not to grant funding in respect of emergency works for a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14024/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment at the South Infirmary in County Cork in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14003/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Credit Facility for IBRC (21 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the decision of the National Assets Management Agency to provide €1bn in credit to a bust bank, the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, at an interest rate of 1.52% per annum; the reason there is not such a scheme for small and medium enterprise; and the State aid implications of this order. [14081/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues (21 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a planned date for when Ireland will no longer be subject to post-programme surveillance having repaid at least 75% of the financial assistance it has received from other member states; and the effects of this post-programme surveillance and the way any move to prolong the maturities of EFSM and EFSF loans will affect this period. [14068/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (21 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will re-instate a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; his views on whether it is acceptable not to inform a person that theircard is no longer valid even though it was not due to expire until June 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14562/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Childhood Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the witnesses for attending today and for their presentations. As Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin said, I agree that the establishment of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs is a positive development. The witnesses spoke about many positive developments. The high-level policy framework document was mentioned and it is to be welcomed. The establishment of the...

Other Questions: Coillte Lands (26 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give a guarantee that Coillte will continue to manage all of the State’s eleven forest parks and its one hundred and fifty recreational sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8604/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide assurances that the open access policy currently in operation on the Coillte Estates will remain unchanged for the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8603/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (26 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the way small to medium traders who rent premises adjacent to or in historic quarters could participate in the Living City Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14679/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (26 Mar 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered that a broadening of the Living City Initiative to include building types other than those specified could enhance and drive the regeneration process in Counties Limerick and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14680/13]