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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (15 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in issuing a decision on an oral hearing held on 3 March 2014 for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17547/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (17 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 2. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the development of the national monument on Moore Street. [18129/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (17 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: Given that Moore Street is the most important historic site in modern Irish history, will the Minister give us an update on the development of Moore Street?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (17 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: I know the Minister will agree that there is a need to protect and develop the Moore Street national monument. That is a given. As I said, Moore Street is an area acknowledged as the most important modern historic site in Ireland. Unfortunately, the Government has taken a light approach to the development of Moore Street. The Government's proposals to turn 14 to 17 Moore Street into an...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (17 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: I accept the Minister has responsibility for 14 to 17 Moore Street, but if there is evidence that some of the other fixtures predate 1916, that would be his responsibility. In another state, these laneways of history would be preserved and would be a vital place of remembrance. The entire Moore Street battlefield site should be developed and protected as a national monument. This would be...

Other Questions: Wildlife Conservation (17 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: And red deer.

Other Questions: Film Industry Development (17 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 12. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Finbarr Flood report on the film industry will be published. [17783/14]

Other Questions: Film Industry Development (17 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: I am asking the Minister when the report by Finbarr Flood on the film industry will be published.

Other Questions: Film Industry Development (17 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister for his answer. It is an industry that has yet to reach its full potential. The stated goal is to employ 10,000 people in the film industry by 2016, but in the most recent Creative Capital report, there are claims that 5,000 people were employed in the industry in 2007. However, these figures have been disputed by employees in the industry. The Department of Finance's...

Other Questions: Film Industry Development (17 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: I understand there are great difficulties associated with employment contracts, employment and employees in the industry. Is the Minister prepared to convene a meeting of stakeholders, including trade unions, to conclude a new set of agreements that will uphold the rights and entitlements of employees in the film industry?

Other Questions: Film Industry Development (17 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: My understanding is that there are considerable difficulties with employment contracts.

White Paper on Universal Health Insurance: Statements (Resumed) (17 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: Sinn Féin believes that health care is a right, not a privilege. It is an essential service that should be accessed on the basis of need, not income or private health insurance. Consecutive Governments comprising Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Labour Party have failed the Irish people in the delivery of health care. Our health services are in crisis and in need of serious,...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (17 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the planned 1916 centenary events and an update on any other related works planned for completion before the centenary of the Rising in 2016. [17784/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Criteria (17 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding special areas of conservation on which turf cutting is still taking place. [17782/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 755. To ask the Minister for Health the reason podiatry testing has been withdrawn at the Living Health Clinic in Mitchelstown County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18728/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (30 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 816. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for a review of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19065/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 865. To ask the Minister for Health the reason after over a month of sending back further information to PCRS that it still has not been looked at for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19339/14]

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Sandra McLellan: That really is a good one.

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 May 2014)

Sandra McLellan: We all agree the country is facing a housing and homelessness crisis. The number of people sleeping on the streets is growing, the housing lists in all the local authorities are lengthening and the bills for emergency accommodation are spiralling. Our solution is that local authorities need to be adequately funded to become, once again, the primary supplier of social housing. This housing...

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 May 2014)

Sandra McLellan: Shocking.