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Sixth Report of the Constitutional Convention - Blasphemy: Statements (2 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Ós rud gurb é seo an chéad uair dom bheith anseo agus an tAire Stáit nua i láthair, ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis as ucht a cheapacháin. Tá súil agam go n-éireoidh go geal leis ina chuid oibre. I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this issue and on the progressive work of the Constitutional...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Appointments to State Boards (2 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 213. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to set out the selection process for appointments to boards of statutory bodies under her aegis; the process under which this selection is carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37591/14]

Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: There are three Bills emanating from the Department of Defence which appear on the B and C lists of the legislative programme - namely, Nos. 36, 66 and 67. When will the Bills be brought before the House? Will any of them address the very serious concerns expressed at the PDFORRA conference in the last 24 hours? We are now hearing reports that 20% of members of the Defence Forces are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (30 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 83. To ask the Minister for Health the way he proposes to reduce waiting times for outpatients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36537/14]

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

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 98. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that will be put in place to tackle the difficulties in the provision of child and adolescent mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36538/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (30 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons with a water softener system in place at their property will receive an increased allowance in their water allocation as a result of costs they have incurred to improve the quality of their water supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37128/14]

Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: On the outstanding reports of the Constitutional Convention, the House was told earlier this week that there would be an item to deal with this on the business for next week. In fact, the Whips have now been told that will not happen, albeit that the report on blasphemy is ready. My real question is about the fact that the Government set a series of timeframes for the Constitutional...

Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I do not want to. I just have a final point.

Order of Business (25 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That indicates that the Ministers in control of the various Departments do not attribute the same priority to the convention as the Government appeared to attribute to it when it was initiated.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (25 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 154. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of an additional five hours per week for the preschool year. [36267/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (25 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 155. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of an additional free preschool year. [36268/14]

Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I have acknowledged on a number of occasions the good work that the Government has done on the issue of the Magdalen laundries. However, there was a specific commitment in the programme for Government regarding the 32 survivors of Thalidomide. The previous Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, abysmally failed to address the plight of those people. Can we get an assurance that the present...

Order of Business (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I appreciate the importance of the Golan Heights issue but it might have been useful to us if we had a little more time. None the less, I appreciate the urgency of the situation. I refer to the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 because, to say the least, there is a considerable amount of confusion about the impact of this Bill. It includes changes to the charges to be applied to...

Order of Business (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I will stop at this, but it is a vital issue. The disability strategy and the Disability Act committed us all to a framework whereby equal participation in society would be facilitated and encouraged. If one is going to take large amounts of money from disabled people in residential care-----

Order of Business (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: -----they will not be able participate. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his forbearance but given there was no consultation on this, will the Government withdraw the Bill and have the consultation it should have had before the Bill appeared on our Order Paper?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Employment Data (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: That is a tantalising invitation.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Employment Data (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister of State is flirting.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Employment Data (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. Notwithstanding my agreement with some of the points made by Deputy Higgins, on the whole area of labour activation, this is not the first Government to use it as a way of dealing with an unemployment crisis and Members should not underestimate its importance because in terms of society, labour activation is playing an important role. However, it can be only a...

Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I want to return to the issue of social housing, which has rightly been raised frequently in this House over the past number of years. There are currently around 100,000 social housing applicants on local authority lists across the country. Many of these people would never have envisaged having to add their names to such lists and their failure to find housing sees them sleeping in cars and...

Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I have much regard for the Minister, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, and we were told some time ago that she would engage with the Department of Social Protection to deal with the crisis in rent allowance but this problem has not been addressed. My main concern relating to the delivery of social housing is that we cannot wait for the implementation of another plan - we need a direct construction...