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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Oct 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering proposals to bed down the research and development tax credit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42227/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (3 Oct 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the contents of a letter (details supplied) issued from his office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42230/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (3 Oct 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the amount of rent supplement awarded in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42099/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (3 Oct 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42120/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (3 Oct 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if over 1000 persons are in receipt of invalidity pension over an extended period, including persons with severe mental health problems and at risk of suicide, have had their invalidity pension withdrawn without clinical assessments being carried out; the reason for this campaign against invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Payments (3 Oct 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has given consideration to the matter of introducing a voluntary PRSI rate for self employed persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42225/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Oct 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is open to local authority managers to make an executive decision in relation to the exclusion of councillors and Oireachtas members from attending with constituents or their agents at formal or indeed informal pre planning meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42228/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (3 Oct 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he considers it appropriate that parents of children who are separating amiably and who jointly attest to shared custody of their children are being obliged by Kildare County Council to provide legal confirmation of their custody arrangements, thereby incurring delays and significant expense prior to being included on a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (3 Oct 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made towards the development of a National Dementia Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42231/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school transport; if he will address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41434/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of persons (details supplied) in Kildare whose rent allowance was approved from a date six months after they had taken up occupancy of a residential unit and in a situation in which their father has been continuously included on the council's assessment of need since 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I am appreciative of the sharing of time by my colleague, Deputy McConalogue, and acknowledge the work he did when he was our party spokesperson on children affairs. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Fitzgerald, is entitled to considerable credit for the valuable work she and her departmental officials have done since taking office. She has hastened slowly on this...

Order of Business (27 Sep 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: To return to the important issue of the constitutional convention, I acknowledge that the Taoiseach himself briefed us comprehensively on the matter before the summer recess. In the aftermath of the most recent briefing, we were given to understand that the convention would be launched today. I accept that the process of selecting the 66 members of the public, as well as the many alternates...

Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Ceann Comhairle refers more frequently than anybody else to the role of the Whips in deciding the way in which business will be processed. He repeatedly makes that point, and correctly so. I respect the point he makes now. My point is that we were given no notification-----

Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: -----and no kind of understanding that the matter would be dealt with in this manner on the day.

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: She did not get support from the party.

Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The point being made by Deputy Murphy is correct.

Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: But, a Cheann Comhairle-----

Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I will, but-----