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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Gender Balance (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is committed to gender equality on State boards under her remit; the reason the general scheme of the National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2014 does not include a strict gender guideline with regard to board appointments; her views that her direction over that institution as envisaged in the Bill is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Gender Balance (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am afraid that my first question relates to national cultural institutions and the boards thereof, but I suspect the Minister has heard enough about such institutions and their boards to last her a lifetime. Nonetheless, I raise the very serious and important matter of the proposed legislation pertaining to the National Concert Hall, NCH, and in particular, the lack of a proposal for clear...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Gender Balance (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I welcome the fact that the Minister has indicated a willingness to consider further the legislation as proposed. What we have before us at present states quite clearly that the Minister will "endeavour, to the greatest extent practicable" to achieve an equal balance between men and women on the NCH board. The phrase "endeavour, to the greatest extent practicable" has no legislative...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Gender Balance (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Regrettably, what the Minister is saying to us today and what the general scheme of the Bill is saying are not one and the same thing. Why would the Minister want to be in a position to direct the board of the NCH? That the current or any future Minister should be in a position to direct the activities of the board is bizarre in the extreme. Indeed, it is the antithesis of how a government...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Funding (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the budget granted by her Department since 2011; the changes that have been made to ensure transparency and accountability with regard to the allocation of funds from the Arts Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40150/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 33. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the development of the national monument on Moore Street, Dublin 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40151/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to address the funding challenges of the National Museum of Ireland and the National Library; if she will outline the Oireachtas grant-in-aid to those institutions in tabular form from 2011 to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40147/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 35. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in detail the plans for the centenary of the 1916 Rising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40152/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 38. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update with regard to the restrictions on turf cutting in certain counties; the number of turf cutters by county who have been compensated; the average compensation package awarded; the total spend on compensation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40148/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Psychological Services (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 116. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the circumstances in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the reason the Health Service Executive has failed to provide psychology or psychotherapy; the reason a requested appointment has not been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40623/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Availability (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the school bus service; if she will address the issues raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40569/14]

Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We have in excess of 40,000 people in the country living with dementia. I understand from the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, that the number will more than treble between now and 2041 when we can expect to have 132,000 people living with that particular condition. In April 2013 the Government appointed an advisory group to work on a national dementia strategy. How far has the...

Order of Business (21 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It is a very important issue.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Promotion (14 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 393. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of funds loaned to production companies by the Irish Film Board in each of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 that were returned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39047/14]

Order of Business (8 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: No. 11 on the A list is the promised planning and development Bill. When will it be published and will it address the issues raised by the chief executive of the Housing Agency in the past week? He was quoted as proposing that the size of apartments and local authority dwellings should be reduced.

Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I was not going to take part in this debate but, having listened to previous contributions, I decided to change my decision in that regard. I am conscious of what was stated in this House and at meetings of the old Eastern Health Board - on which the Minister and I both soldiered - by our colleague, former Deputy Charlie O'Connor, to the effect that our political views and positions are...

Order of Business (2 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In the light of the fact that the Minister of State, Deputy Paul Kehoe, is sitting beside the Tánaiste, I want to return to the issue of legislation promised in the Department of Defence included in the B and C lists. Two Defence (Amendment) Bills are listed at Nos. 36 and 65. I refer to that legislation in the light of the fact that in the past two days reports from the PDFORRA...

Order of Business (2 Oct 2014)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Will the items of legislation mentioned address these major shortcomings? The Tánaiste made reference to the memorandum from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, on the appointment of members to State boards. When the Government was established, it set out various procedures and protocols to be followed in the filling of State board vacancies, one of...

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

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Are you expecting a vacancy?

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...