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Statistics (1926 Census) Bill 2013: First Stage (9 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Statistics Act 1993, in relation to the first census of population of Ireland taken since the establishment of the State; to afford that census a special heritage status and to have such released to the public for genealogical, historical and other research.

Statistics (1926 Census) Bill 2013: First Stage (9 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Housing (Purchase of Voluntary and Co-Operative Housing) Bill 2013: First Stage (9 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make further provision for purchase by existing tenants of dwellings owned by voluntary housing bodies, under incremental purchase arrangements, in circumstances where the voluntary housing body and the local authority agrees that it would be beneficial to a tenant and a relevant local authority area to dispose of a...

Housing (Purchase of Voluntary and Co-Operative Housing) Bill 2013: First Stage (9 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has many reforms in store for the cultural institutions. When will the national cultural institutions (amendment) Bill be forthcoming?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (9 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 31. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care who now have an allocated social worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21854/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Scrutiny Reports: Discussion with Department of Defence (8 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I have another question on the same matter. There is a sense in the country at large that we look to the UN above and beyond every other international agency as the first port of call in terms of solving international conflicts. I seek reassurance in the context of an improvement in EU-UN relations that other agencies are not beginning to challenge the UN on the basis that it has in some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Scrutiny Reports: Discussion with Department of Defence (8 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I have one more question and I will be brief as I do not wish to hog the meeting. I was enormously struck by the comments made on the ALTHEA mission in Bosnia by Lord Paddy Ashdown. He described international participation in Bosnia as absolutely disastrous. Does Mr. Howard have a comment in that regard? We all echo the comments about Colonel Beary and the good wishes to Colonel Aherne....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Scrutiny Reports: Discussion with Department of Defence (8 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Will I run through all the questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Scrutiny Reports: Discussion with Department of Defence (8 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank Mr. Howard for his presentation. It has been very useful. One would not know this was the first time the group has come before us. I pay tribute to Mr. Howard, the Minister, Deputy Shatter, and everybody else involved in the Department's work on the Irish Presidency. The Minister has prioritised EU-UN relations and has said that the development of the EU-UN relations would be one...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Negotiations (8 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in the negotiations on the common fisheries policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21479/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (8 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 45. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline in tabular form the adjusted figures for farmers following the revised CAP reform who had a single payment of €100/ha, €200/ha, €300/ha, €400/ha and €500/ha respectively in 2005, based on the best possible outcome under the proposals contained in the Council of EU Ministers...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Placements (8 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider correspondence from a person (details supplied) who is seeking a suitable internship placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21649/13]

Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister for his work on this legislation, as I know he has pioneered it. I also thank his officials in the Department who are responsible for bringing it to fruition. Fianna Fáil made it clear throughout that it had no interest in opposing the Bill. I hope that in the course of our contributions we managed to put in context the reasons the severe sanctions were imposed...

Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We welcome the relative progress achieved in Mali, particularly northern Mali, in recent times. We pay tribute to the French and the approximately 6,000 African-led troops who have been involved in the initiatives. Will the Minister inform the House whether he himself is in favour of sending Irish troops to Mali and indicate if approximately 400 soldiers is the number in question? Will he...

Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 77. To ask the Minister for Defence if it his intention to deepen the Defence Forces participation in any UN mission in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21299/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Obviously, I do not agree with the Minister. Would he agree it is fair that Army generals - under his proposals, not ours - will lose 14% while Army privates lose 6%? Does he accept it is fair that - under his arrangements, not ours - new recruits to the Defence Forces will enter at reduced salary scales, unlike the arrangements that appear to have been arrived at for teachers and possibly...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Minister is not addressing the issue of why one group will lose 14% and the other 6%.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 75. To ask the Minister for Defence the savings that will be secured in the Defence Foces budget this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21515/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Expenditure (7 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Once again, it is welcome that expenditure is constantly monitored by the Minister's military personnel. It is also welcome that Defence Forces numbers have been fixed at 9,500. I would like to remind the Minister of the responses he gave to parliamentary questions approximately two months ago. Does he agree that he accepted on that occasion that military personnel went way above and...