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Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (22 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I feel a little inadequate raising an issue of this nature in the immediate aftermath of a discussion on a fodder crisis and animal welfare. However, I agree with the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht that heritage and cultural issues need to be at the heart of the national recovery we are working towards. Perhaps on that basis I should not feel so unhappy about raising the...

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (22 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Minister of State for clarifying the position. Dubliners will be delighted to be reminded that the Floozie in the Jacuzzi is located outside the Ashling Hotel rather than in the Croppies Acres area. There was concern in the past that this small park would form part of the National Museum complex and be integrated into that but the Government and the OPW have decided to go down...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (22 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student (details supplied) in County Kildare, undertaking their leaving certificate, who had, due to their learning difficulties, a full time special needs assistant at primary level and throughout secondary school, has been denied a reader and an exemption from grammar and spelling at the impending leaving certificate...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 525. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the vacant position of Community Garda will be filled at a Garda Station (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23879/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (21 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 609. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve an application for a renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23687/13]

Order of Business (16 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The programme for Government rightly commits the Government to resolving the plight of a variety of groups in society. Some time ago, the Taoiseach made very positive, worthwhile and commendable comments on the Magdalens. Can the Tánaiste tell us when it is proposed to publish the report by Mr. Justice John Quirke? In addition to that, positive statements have been made about victims...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline any discussions he has had with his EU counterparts and other Foreign Ministers with regard to military action in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23184/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (14 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 92. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he will take to reduce the waiting lists for the provision of mental health services for children and adolescents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22612/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (14 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has now completed the acquisition of land for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23010/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (14 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take immediate action to provide improved accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare or, if it is his intention to provide a new school at this location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23027/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Loans (14 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 436. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the benefits, if any, available to first time buyers from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22440/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (14 May 2013)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 446. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities together with the number of grant applications made for works-in-lieu of housing in 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22831/13]

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....