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Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: Our interest is in preventing cancer and, while I understand the Minister of State's argument, I am none the less perplexed by the assertion that we cannot act under the heading of equality. We would achieve equality by banning them outright.

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: We cannot legislate for private use but, given our population profile and the predominance of skin types I and II, further protections are necessary. Discouragement and disseminating information are useful but, sadly, further measures are required in the context of public health. If a measure has been successfully employed in another jurisdiction, it is not beyond our gift to undertake a...

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I was not aware that the Bill had the capacity to address the issue of people buying sunbeds for private use. It is academic as to whether people in Cavan-Monaghan go north of the Border to secure these services or stay here.

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: If one gets them, one gets them; that is it. I will not labour the point. It is clear that this is not something the Minister of State believes she can progress at this time. I am willing to accept this is something we may revisit in the future. I hope that good public sense would increasingly prevail and that this is an issue that would self-regulate by virtue of people staying away....

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I move amendment No. 2:In page 5, after line 36, to insert the following:“Prohibition on sale or hire of sunbed to certain persons 6. (1) A person shall not sell or hire or offer for sale or hire, or permit to be sold or hired or offered for sale or hire, a sunbed to a person unless—(a) they have assessed the person’s skin type in accordance with the Fitzpatrick skin...

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: As the Minister has been gracious enough to acknowledge, I hope he has his sunblock on when he is in Greece. I acknowledge the input of the officials on the evening we took Committee Stage. I tabled my amendments from Committee Stage again just in case the Minister might backtrack on me and I would need a vehicle by which to raise the matter again. I am happy to acknowledge that the...

Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome both the publication of this important and long-awaited legislation and the opportunity to address it. The topic of the mandatory reporting of knowledge or suspicions of the harm or abuse of children has been an issue in Ireland since the early 1990s. It was first recommended by the Law Reform Commission in 1990 and later by the Kilkenny incest inquiry in 1993, slightly more than...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Timetable (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has decided on a date to bring forward Budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18864/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Data (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 21 January 2014, if the number of homeowners who have availed of the home renovation incentive to date is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18865/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has not been assigned a reader for their exams; the way they can get one in view of their mild learning difficulties; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that failure to assign a reader to this student will impede their performance in their examinations. [18787/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the report on the evaluation of the skills development and work experience phases of the momentum programme has been published; if not, when he plans to publish this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18838/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Uniforms (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the survey of parents by school boards on uniforms; if his attention has been drawn to the number of schools that have undertaken a survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18839/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Funding (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual budget for the Youthreach programme in each of the years 2008 to 2013, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18840/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Funding (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of participants who completed the Youthreach programme in each of the years 2008 to 2013, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18841/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Expenditure (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual budget for the VTOS programme in each of the years 2008 to 2013, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18842/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Expenditure (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of participants who completed the VTOS programme in each of years 2008 to 2013, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18843/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Funding (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training, travel, accommodation and meal allowance payable to Youthreach participants for those aged under 18 years and above 18 years in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18844/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Funding (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training, travel, accommodation and meal allowance payable to Youthreach participants for those aged under 18 years and above 18 years in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18845/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Education and Training Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if as outlined in the Irish Youth Guarantee Plan published on 29 January 2014, her plans to reduce the minimum duration of unemployment required for young persons to be eligible for participation in momentum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18837/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Death Certificates Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 282. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is possible for a person to apply for a modified version of the cause of death to be entered on a death certificate of a relative, for example, where suicide is the cause of death the addition of the words "by hanging" can cause distress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19327/14]