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Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: I am just applying Standing Orders.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: I must apply Standing Orders. If there is another round, the Deputy may come in again.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: If there are no further speakers on this grouping, the Minister has unlimited time to reply.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: Amendment No. 49 is in the names of Deputies Coppinger, Murphy and Higgins.

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: It is in order.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, will not prescribe the drug Lemtrada to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 despite support from a consultant neurologist and a general practitioner and in view of the fact this drug has been approved for use by the Health Products Regulatory Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11109/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Annual Policing Plan 2015: Garda Commissioner (25 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: I thank the Chairman and welcome the Commissioner to the committee and wish her every success in her new role. I may not need the full three questions because some of them have been asked already. I want to raise a question about crime and vandalism and how it impacts on public transport and what strategy the Garda Síochána has to deal with that. I am thinking, in particular, of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Annual Policing Plan 2015: Garda Commissioner (25 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: Can I ask a supplementary question about the Luas? Mr. Twomey mentioned the talks he was having with the operators of the Luas. There is a particular problem on the red line from The Point to Tallaght and particularly during the tourist season when people are coming and going by train from Heuston Station, a quite serious level of pickpocketing takes place on that Luas. The Luas lends...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Annual Policing Plan 2015: Garda Commissioner (25 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: My last question is about anti-social behaviour in housing estates. I am thinking of housing estates in the Dublin 17 area. I attend the local joint policing committees and they play a very valuable role but there is still a particular problem in housing estates where there may be low level anti-social behaviour as well as the kind of behaviour that is related to crime and drugs. Very...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (31 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: 288. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of requests his Department received from the Department of Foreign Affairs in the years 2013 and 2014 for permission to employ additional staff; the job title of staff it sought to employ; the number of requests that were approved, pending or refused in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (31 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: 382. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request An Garda Síochána to adopt a zero tolerance approach to anti-social behaviour at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 13; the number of persons dealt with by gardaí at that location over the past 18 months, regarding anti-social behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12932/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (31 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: 464. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through sales at the shop and restaurant in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12933/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (31 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: 629. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is legislation proposed to deal with the matter of dogs barking in residential areas, particularly at night time, considering how annoying and upsetting it is for a person to have to listen to a dog in distress for prolonged periods of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12883/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (31 Mar 2015)

Seán Kenny: 709. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps Iarnród Éireann will take to tackle fare evasion; the amount Iarnród Éireann lost through fare evasion in the years 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12931/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Kenny: Most of the questions I intended to ask have already been raised, but I do have one remaining. It is a fact that people who are perceived as being illegal immigrants in this country are frequently subjected to abuse and sometimes to physical attacks. What is the witnesses' view on whether using language such as "armadas of immigrants," talking about people coming here and "giving two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Kenny: It was my question which has not been answered at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Kenny: I got no answer. The witness did not answer the question I asked about the fact that people are being physically attacked and racially abused-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Kenny: -----because of the language used by organisations such as the Immigration Control Platform. He has not addressed that in his answer whatsoever.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Undocumented Migrants: Immigration Control Platform (1 Apr 2015)

Seán Kenny: The witness did not address it at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Virgin Atlantic Airlines (2 Apr 2015)

Seán Kenny: I thank Virgin Atlantic Airlines for coming before the committee and Mr. Thompson for his statement. He is urging us to act on behalf of the Irish consumer. Although I am speaking on my own behalf, I am sure it is true for all Deputies and members of the committee that this is uppermost in our minds. The interest of the Irish consumer and the Irish air traveller is the uppermost priority....