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Other Questions: Arts Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I think it was a Visual Artists Ireland survey recently which indicated that young artists throughout the country are earning about €17,000, and that income is very precarious. One of the things we can do to assist them is to provide subsidised living accommodation, or subsidised workshop or gallery space. That is why the Limerick Arts Office is to be particularly praised for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I compliment the Minister on securing funding from the sale of the national lottery in particular for the works planned for the national city of culture in Limerick and the projects commemorating the decade of centenaries. This is the sixth successive year of cuts in funding to the Arts Council. Everyone in this House is conscious of the vital contribution the arts make to the quality of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The National Campaign for the Arts has been a fairly stern critic of the Minister's in terms of how it envisages the cuts impacting. It believes that arts programmes will be impacted rather than the costs of administration. How does the Minister respond to that? Can he give the arts community an assurance that in 2015 it will not experience similar cuts impacting across the board? What...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 53. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects that will be deferred and the schemes that will be curtailed in his Department as a result of the reduction in his Department's revenue in Budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44628/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (22 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 134. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the future of Newbridge Credit Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44182/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (22 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had, or if he plans to have, discussions with the regulator of credit unions and the Central Bank of Ireland in relation to the recovery plan for Newbridge Credit Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44644/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Newborn Screening Issues (22 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 527. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the National European Rare Disease Plan; if glutaric aciduria type 1 will be placed on the list for newborn screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44386/13]

Topical Issue Matters: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (17 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I must first acknowledge that the procedure over the years in this country has been far better than it was in the United States of America where the drug was widely prescribed and that the screening adopted by the military authorities in this country is one that I acknowledge has been particularly effective. If the Minister believes there is not a growing controversy on the issue then he is...

Topical Issue Matters: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (17 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for accepting this issue. According to media reports yesterday, a study on the use of the controversial anti-malarial drug, Lariam, received by the Minister for Defence, Deputy Shatter, whom I welcome in the Chamber, is legally privileged and will not be published. The use of Lariam has been a topic of concern for some time, and not only under the current...

Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Yes, it was. The other day the two Ministers had to get out to the media to communicate the Government’s message. I must take my hat off to them as they have been very good at it. Is this House the pre-eminent representative body? Does it deserve respect such that Members such as the Minister for Finance would remain here for the debate on the Budget Statement? I believe it does.

Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Last year we spoke about getting more women involved in politics. There is nothing in this package of reforms that is in any way family friendly or will make it easier for women or other home-makers to become involved in politics, which is regrettable.

Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: When we started this process two and a half years ago there was genuine enthusiasm among all the Whips. There was a willingness to work together to try to achieve the sort of reform that we considered necessary. Many of us were approaching this in the context of the intention, expressed by the Government parties during the election campaign, to effect a democratic revolution. It has been...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Issues (17 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) whose predicament was raised with him before, if he has had or will have direct contact with the Greek Ambassador to Ireland on this matter; if he shares this Deputy's concerns about the plight and welfare of this Albanian citizen who is married to an Irish citizen;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Divorce Process (17 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the costs involved in progressing a legal separation or divorce in the State; his views on whether the costs of such activities may well be excessive; if he will consider means to control or reduce such costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44017/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Report (17 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the key elements of Vision for Change that have been implemented; the key elements that have yet to be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43961/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (17 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a medical procedure is carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44015/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 222. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a family whose child underwent a variety of tests at a hospital (details supplied) in County Meath have not yet received results of those tests, if he will arrange for the results to be provided as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44040/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (16 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43848/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 82. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures being taken by his Department to encourage a carbon reduction policy in the concrete industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43713/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (16 Oct 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 94. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has received any submissions from the County Managers' Association in relation to local authority loans; if any such correspondence, having been received, indicates an approach that might be adopted by local authorities to housing related loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43843/13]