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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We have all learned something. As I rise, I feel like a person in the early Alzheimer's advertisement, which asks whether the person keeps asking the same question again and again and again. This matter has arisen again and again and again during our sessions with the Minister. He has indicated to the House that he intends to consider the request for consent, but we have reached the point...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We will forgive the Acting Chairman on this occasion.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé riachtanach pobal na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta a aithint mar gheallsealbhóirí i gcur i bhfeidhm na Straitéise Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [26306/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall gan an iomarca ama a thógáil. Tá mé ag seasamh isteach don Teachta Kitt, atá as láthair inniu. Glacann chuile duine go bhfuil an tAire Stáit tógtha go hiomlán leis an Ghaeilge. Níl aon amhras orm ina thaobh agus ní dóigh liom go bhfuil amhras ar bith ar éinne eile. Tá amhras...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Caithfidh an tAire Stáit glacadh leis nach bhfuil na heagrais Gaeilge timpeall na tíre sásta le rudaí mar atá siad. Níl siad sásta leis an gcóras atá ann dóibh chun teagmháil a dhéanamh leis na húdaráis. Cad é an uair is déanaí ar tháinig an fochoiste faoi choimirce an Taoisigh le chéile? Cé...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Fodder Crisis (30 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 231. To ask the Minister for Defence if grass cut on lands at Baldonnel, County Dublin, or any lands under the control of is Department, will be made available to farmers, whose animals are suffering as a result of the shortage of fodder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26400/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (29 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 208. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of relevant childcare facilities in existence in County Kildare; the procedures in place to conduct regular inspections of such facilities; if anything has emerged in recent years that has given cause for concern in relation to the operation of such facilities; if any such facilities have been closed within the past three...

Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The health (amendment) Bill has profound implications for voluntary health providers and, more importantly perhaps, for their customers. The Bill seeks to provide an updated framework for charging all private inpatients in public hospitals to meet current budgetary requirements. Could the Taoiseach tell us whether the heads of the Bill have been to Cabinet and when the Bill might be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Presidency Engagements (28 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: As the Taoiseach will be aware, public discontent with the EU is at its highest level ever and, with 27 million people unemployed, nobody believes it is taking serious or urgent action to help. I have to mention the plague of youth unemployment, particularly in countries such as Greece and Spain, which have youth unemployment rates in excess of 50%. The escape valve of emigration has kept...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (28 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I agree with the Taoiseach it is a very positive development that the chairs of these boards are now coming before Oireachtas committees and have an opportunity to set out for themselves in a clear way the vision they have for the development of their respective organisations in the years ahead, and also that the representatives of the political parties, and of none, have the opportunity...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Staff Numbers (28 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Notwithstanding what the Taoiseach has said, we all realise the difficulties the public service is facing in terms of reduced numbers across the board. We do not have, as yet, a number of women, particularly in senior posts, in the public service. We all accept that women are adversely affected by anything that may be seen to be not family friendly or favouring the area of work-life...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (28 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It is customary for these vacancies on State boards to be notified through the Public Appointments Commission and we welcome that. While this is a welcome development, all of the evidence to date is that it has made absolutely no difference to those who are being appointed to serve on boards. The main development is Ministers, in conjunction with the Taoiseach, are getting the people they...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Staff Numbers (28 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. He indicated that a total of 29 members of staff in his Department are working part-time, but how many of them are female? In raising this matter, I am particularly conscious of the need to continue as far as possible to maintain family-friendly work practices. How will the Haddington Road agreement impact, if at all, on people who are working...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25953/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (28 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 29 January 2013 the way his Department has justified a situation in which €207,854.02 is approved in funding for a special educational unit at a school built as part of the same bundle of PPP schools while another school in that same bundle received approval for only €13,500.00 for its...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (28 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection If she will expedite an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25373/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (28 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns raised regarding the grandfather clause in the Building Regulations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25349/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Defence Forces Equipment (23 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I agree with the vast bulk of what the Minister of State has said. Of course our personnel are well trained. Of course they are suitable to undertake the tasks they will face in Lebanon. Of course the equipment supplied to them is more than adequate for the challenges they will meet. However, the Minister of State did not really respond to the specific issue I raised. He reiterated the...

Topical Issue Debate: Defence Forces Equipment (23 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: So would I.

Topical Issue Debate: Defence Forces Equipment (23 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: In other circumstances, I might be inclined to complain about the non-presence of the Minister for Defence, Deputy Alan Shatter, but I suppose he has other questions on his mind today. However, I warmly welcome the Minister of State, Deputy John Perry, to the House to take this issue. On the face of it, this might not seem like an earth-shattering issue but nonetheless when we look back...