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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Irish Farmers Association (6 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: I wish I could have come up with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Irish Farmers Association (6 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: Mr. Downey nearly forgot it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (7 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to a person (details supplied) who is severely disabled following a stroke but who wishes to return home as soon as possible. [34778/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 145. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a hernia operation carried out in St. Vincent's hospital in Elm Park in Dublin 4. [34875/15]

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: What was Fianna Fáil doing for 14 years?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Work Initiatives (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason unemployed persons who do not have a social welfare claim in their own right, namely, they are classed as qualified adult dependents, are excluded from the Tús - work placement initiative, even though spousal transfer is allowed for the rural social scheme; the reason unemployed persons under 25 years of age who...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Work Initiatives (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the maximum 12 month duration on a Tús - work placement initiative, on a case-by-case basis, particularly for social and child care placements, where the service users respond better to staff they know and trust, and allow participants gain the minimum experience required, in addition to their...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Work Initiatives (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the recent directive that allows self referrals to apply for participation in a Tús - work placement initiative, where the main criteria is that the person self-referring must not have engaged in the initiative for a period of more than three years, given that other community employment schemes have only...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 483. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Carlow was charged for respite care; and the way this overcharge will be refunded. [36392/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 495. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow with a serious skull deformity will be called for a Peek Cranioplasty in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 [36445/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the replacement of old prefabricated units which are in poor condition, and the provision of a suitably fitted-out autistic spectrum disorder unit in a school (details supplied) in County Carlow. [36277/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials and thank him for his comprehensive report. As Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill said, his final remarks sum up the whole issue. The contribution the industry makes to rural Ireland, in particular, goes without saying and it would be hugely detrimental if anything happened to it. The Indecon report which was published a year and a half ago...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: Briefly, Chairman, with regard to the proposed legislation and assuming that there is no election in advance of it, will the committee have the opportunity of pre-legislative scrutiny?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: I welcome the Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation. I have a couple of brief questions that follow on from other members' questions. The federation says - and nobody debates this - that it is the industry's watchdog. However, a number of other organisations around the country would argue that they are also watchdogs. Does the federation represent all the owners and breeders in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: The Morris report. What is the expectation of the Morris report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: I have a couple of questions. Returning to the role of the watchdog, everybody accepts that the Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation is the watchdog. How many affiliated members are there and is there a cost of affiliation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: How many owners and breeders are there in the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: Approximately.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: How many members are there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: My question is how many of that 7,000 does the Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation represent.