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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Guardian Status (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 368. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the position of a family (details supplied); her plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6067/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Stay Safe Programme (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the names, roll numbers and locations of all the schools that indicated to her Department, in respect of the 2012 Lifeskills study, that they were not implementing the Stay Safe programme; and the interaction her Department has had with these schools since then with a view to ensuring 100% implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on concerns (details supplied) regarding teachers in schools, other than in respect of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, being denied the opportunity to take part in the reading recovery programme. [5817/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the building project in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13; if planning permission for the project has been applied for yet; when the school will go to tender; when construction will commence; and when the new building will be completed. [5991/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that her Department is planning for sufficient school places in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 13, in view of the number of children in the area and the fact that the existing school is heavily over-subscribed. [5992/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on the current building in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13, since the school opened; the amount that was spent on the main building; the amount that was spent on pre-fabricated units; and the additional cost of providing more pre-fabricated units for the next school year. [5993/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Council Accreditation (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the involvement she and her Department have had with the request for Medical Council accreditation from the Royal College of Surgeons, Bahrain; if her attention has been drawn to concerns that have been expressed by Members of the Oireachtas and human rights bodies regarding the hospital environment in which the Royal College of Surgeons,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students are now required to answer all the questions on the mathematics paper in the junior certificate examination, and no longer have a choice of questions, and her views and concerns (details supplied) regarding same. [6103/15]

Order of Business (5 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Istanbul Convention aims to prevent and combat violence against women. We have a deplorable record in this country of addressing this issue over the generations. We are in a happy and positive situation at the moment where we have more women around the Cabinet table than ever before. I see that as a positive development. Yet, the Tánaiste's Government has not tackled this issue...

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: What have Labour councillors been doing for the past three years on those councils?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (3 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department is developing a primary online database; the reason her Department is seeking to collect data in relation to the ethnicity and religion of students; the length of time which it is planned to store data collected via the primary online database system; the places this data will be stored; the persons that will have...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (3 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 657. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the studies available within her Department to identify Famine graves as they are dispersed across the country; if a register of these graves exists; if local authorities maintain any records in relation to Famine graves; her plans to mark any as yet unmarked Famine plots; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4594/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (3 Feb 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 658. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will designate a specific day, for example the second Sunday of May, in each year as the national Famine commemoration day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4595/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (29 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works owns the premises in Newbridge, County Kildare from which social protection services are currently delivered; his Department's proposals for future use; if his Department will make the building available to the local authorities or the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4208/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (29 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department or the Department of Social Protection owns the premises in Newbridge, County Kildare from which social protection services are currently delivered; his Department's proposals for future use; if his Department will make the building available to the local authorities or the local community; and if he will make a...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Department of Defence (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I concur with the Deputy and I am grateful to the Minister for briefing us on this occasion. More than anything, it will put the minds of family members across the country at ease. We extend our sympathy to the family of the member of the Spanish defence forces who lost his life. The Minister will be keeping the situation under review and we would appreciate it if he continued to brief us,...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Department of Defence (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We are all conscious of the pressures in various Departments because of staffing constraints. I am thinking, in particular, of the difficulties in the Department of Social Protection, for example. In the Defence Forces there are 9,500 personnel. On staffing, it strikes me as being considerable that in the Department of Defence there are 352 full-time equivalents. How does this figure...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Department of Defence (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: One of the most critical issues facing Defence Forces personnel is the 21 year contract. Should this matter be resolved in a manner that allows people who have 21 years-----

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Department of Defence (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I was looking at the wrong subhead.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Department of Defence (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Should the issue of the 21-year contract be resolved in such a manner as to allow a significant number of able bodied personnel to continue to serve beyond 21 years? Would such an outcome have a significant impact on the figures before us, given that persons who have accrued 21 years service would be at a considerably higher level on the payscale than persons joining the Defence Forces?