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Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: As it is now 7:30 p.m. I ask the Minister of State to move the adjournment of the debate as we need to move on to Private Members' business.

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 are related and will be discussed together.

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Amendments Nos. 15 and 19 form a composite proposal and will be discussed together.

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Amendments Nos. 16 and 17 form a composite proposal and will be discussed together.

Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (1 Jul 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Amendments Nos. 6 to 9, inclusive, arise out of committee proceedings and may be discussed together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. What level of engagement has the commission had with Irish Water to date in respect of what it is trying to do with that company? What will happen with group water schemes? While there is much focus on people paying for water as though it had not happened across the country already, many people have been paying for water for a long time, myself...

Topical Issue Debate: Early Child Care Education (1 Jul 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the Minister for his response. While I acknowledge he would wish to have his budget doubled in size, as would I, Members must recognise there is an emerging crisis in some aspects of child care across the many different services which parents and their children need and a review of the situation should be carried out as a matter of urgency. I also understand that a pilot...

Topical Issue Debate: Early Child Care Education (1 Jul 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I welcome the opportunity to raise this important matter. As we all know, early childhood services in the past were largely informal arrangements between neighbours, families and in some urban areas the option of sending the preschooler to private playschools. In recent years Government has recognised the need for diverse child-minding arrangements for families, for example, preschool...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Charges: Commission for Energy Regulation (1 Jul 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Mar is gnách.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Appointments (1 Jul 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 321. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review a tender bid by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will provide a breakdown of the number of existing contractors to local authorities who have been re-employed by Irish Water; and if he will provide a breakdown of new contractors winning the bid for the provision of services with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Investigations (26 Jun 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the longest running case in the courts taken by the special investigations unit at his Department; and the total legal costs incurred by said case to date. [27636/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Complaints Procedures (26 Jun 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: 179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the file of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will be reviewed in its totality with a view to establishing if they were mistreated by the State. [27643/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Constitutional Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Amnesty International Ireland (25 Jun 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I welcome Mr. O'Gorman and thank him for sending us the hard copy of the document which, I confess, I have not read from cover to cover. I have a question on item number two. Mr. O'Gorman referred to how neglected issues have been brought to the fore in other countries. Will he give practical examples of what happened in other countries?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I have a question for the PRA regarding the digitised land parcels. It was indicated that there are 2.8 million land parcels, with 2 million digitised. Is there a timeframe for digitising the rest of them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank the witnesses for attending. I have a question for the gentleman from Tailte Éireann, who referred to the perceived risks in the system. Will he expand on his thinking in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: My next question is to Mr. Barnhart of Teranet. His company owns Ontario's electronic land registration system, ELRS.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: It will also own the system in Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: What of the information within the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: Has Teranet experienced any difficulty with cyber attacks? When anything moves to an electronic system, it can be vulnerable. What safeguards does Teranet have in place? Since there is a great deal of sensitive information involved, people would need to be confident.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: The Benefits of e-Conveyancing: Discussion (25 Jun 2014)

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy: I thank Mr. Barnhart.