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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a person (details supplied) who travelled here last summer to have his eye replaced in Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin after a tear gas canister hit him in the face and destroyed his left eye, and who was sentenced on 28 January 2013, to six months in prison in Bahrain on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (20 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the projects and programmes that will receive funding from his recent decision to approve an additional €4.7 million of Irish Aid money to the humanitarian crisis in Syria. [8847/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (20 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on a higher education grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8989/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (20 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on a higher education grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8990/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (20 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is considering an appeal against the decision to refuse a higher education grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8991/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (20 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Health the standards, guidelines, protocols and procedures which are in place for the support and supervision of school-going children with Type 1 diabetes in their efforts to control their blood glucose levels; if he will outline measures used to ensure these are adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9183/13]

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

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: This Bill implements budget 2013, which I can only describe as being thoroughly reprehensible. It punished individuals and families on low and middle incomes, cut social welfare, cut health and other essential public services, and has clearly deepened the recession. Austerity is not working and our economy is stagnant, despite all the public relations efforts of the Government to convince...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives (21 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he intends to make a response to the Cross-Border Economic Renewal Report of the Centre for Cross Border Studies. [9056/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives (21 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the consideration being given to creating a special economic zone along the Border counties to counter the regional economic disparities; and if he will raise the issue with his counterpart in the Northern Executive. [9057/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome Mr. Fitzgerald and Ms O'Brien. I get a sense from our scrutiny of the proposed EU directive that more stick than carrot is being used to address tobacco use. With all the empty seats facing us this morning, the picture is not complete. An awful lot of carrot is needed and we should perhaps have the Department of Education and Skills here with the officials from the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: In private session before the witnesses attended, we addressed the issue of the roll-your-own tobacco manufacturing that is taking place within the jurisdiction. In the context of what Mr. Fitzgerald stated about taking a lot at the issue, I will add a further comment. The issue is between dissuading and the potential to displace. Dissuading is my preference by a long shot. That is why I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The 12.5g and 25g are to go.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: The profile in question is of young people. I can understand the ten cigarette pack argument in terms of young people, particularly a cohort of young , but they are not the image that comes to mind when I think of roll-your-own cigarettes. It is a different cohort of users, people who generally have the choice and invariably have a particular common economic circumstance. I do not know...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: -----instead of 12.5g or 25g packs. I ask that the witnesses take this point on board and consider it. The measure will not aid any of the objectives that we have in common. It is important that this be emphasised because some will interpret, and others will suggest even on this committee, this as meaning that some of us are weak in this regard when that is not the case. We want to see...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (26 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of participants on the springboard initiative to date; the total number of participants aged under 25 years and the total number of participants under 25 years and unemployed for 12 months or more prior to participating in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10015/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (26 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of participants on the back to education initiative in 2012; the total number of participants aged under 25 years and the total number under 25 years and unemployed for 12 months or more prior to participating in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10016/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (26 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of participants on the VTOS programme in 2012; the total number of participants aged under 25 years and the number aged under 25 years and unemployed for 12 months or more prior to participating in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10017/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (26 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of participants on post leaving certificate courses in 2012; the total number of participants aged under 25 years and the total number aged under 25 years and unemployed for 12 months prior to participating in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10018/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (26 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of participants on the local training initiative in 2012; the total number of participants aged under 25 years and the total number aged under 25 years and unemployed for 12 months prior to participating in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10019/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (26 Feb 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of participants on national traineeship programme in 2012; the total number of participants aged under 25 years and the total number aged under 25 years and unemployed for 12 months prior to participating in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10020/13]