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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Report on North-South Public Service Provision: Discussion (13 Dec 2012)

Seán Conlan: I second the proposal.

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Seán Conlan: I had intended to finish on that point. However, I will take this opportunity to inform Deputy Halligan that I do not take lectures from a populist waffler like him who comes into the House with that type of rhetoric. I am trying to make progressive suggestions.

Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)

Seán Conlan: I welcome the Minister's intentions and commitment to move from a passive to an active welfare state. Everybody in this republic has a valuable part to play in its rebuilding. I note the Minister has been active in formulating activation measures to assist people to get back to work by upskilling and retraining. I note the comments she made about the previous two Governments' utter failure...

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Seán Conlan: The constitutional position on the legality of abortion has been clear for 20 years. The Supreme Court, in the X case, established that Article 40.3.3° of the Constitution permits lawful abortion in Ireland in circumstances where the life of a pregnant woman has been established as a matter of probability to be at real and substantial risk and that risk can only be avoided by a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (4 Dec 2012)

Seán Conlan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan will receive a decision in relation to their application for carers allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54117/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Application Numbers (27 Nov 2012)

Seán Conlan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures being taken to address the backlog of family income supplement payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52599/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Application Numbers (27 Nov 2012)

Seán Conlan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures being taken to address the backlog of applications for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52601/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (27 Nov 2012)

Seán Conlan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures being taken to address the backlog of applications for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52602/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (27 Nov 2012)

Seán Conlan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52605/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (27 Nov 2012)

Seán Conlan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment under the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan [52603/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons (20 Nov 2012)

Seán Conlan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason funding has not yet been made available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Monaghan, a facility which provides services for the homeless and those with addictions; if Monaghan County Council should discharge the funds directly and then recoup them from the relevant Department or is it more appropriate...

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Seán Conlan: In undertaking the journey towards recovery, the Government had to evaluate the state of the nation, identify where we needed to get to and establish how we were going to achieve that end. The start point was bleak but the consequences of not undertaking the task of delivering the people from the precipice were bleaker still. The economy was in free fall, the banks insolvent, unemployment...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (18 Oct 2012)

Seán Conlan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is in a position to provide any further funding to advance a study to narrow the route corridor of the proposed N2 A5 motorway project in County Monaghan between Clontibret and Moy Bridge between now and the end of 2015. [45241/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (18 Oct 2012)

Seán Conlan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is in a position to provide any further capital funding between now and 2016 to advance the N2 section of the N2 A5 project, in particular that section of the project situated between Clontibret and Moy Bridge in County Monaghan. [45240/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Oct 2012)

Seán Conlan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will to confirm that the N2 A5 project does not form part of the St Andrew's Agreement and to also confirm that the only funding that he is committed to providing to this project is 25 million in 2015 and 25 million in 2016 for a section of the A5 situated in Northern Ireland. [45242/12]

Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Conlan: I wish to share time with Deputies Paul Connaughton, Peter Fitzpatrick and Mary Mitchell O'Connor. The Bill is an important legislative instrument, as it seeks to advance the establishment of the State regulatory scheme for professionals, which will regulate the registration of the various professions delivering services within our health system. The delivery of this registration process...

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) (26 Sep 2012)

Seán Conlan: I am pleased to be a member of a Government which is actively pursuing a suite of legislation aimed at addressing an issue which has been at the forefront of moral, social, religious and political discourse in this country since the child abuse issue broke the surface of the idyllic society of our parents and forced us as a people to confront the demons embedded within and to accept that all...

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) (26 Sep 2012)

Seán Conlan: I am pleased to be a member of a Government which is actively pursuing a suite of legislation aimed at addressing an issue which has been at the forefront of moral, social, religious and political discourse in this country since the child abuse issue broke the surface of the idyllic society of our parents and forced us as a people to confront the demons embedded within and to accept that all...

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

Seán Conlan: I am proud to be a member of this Government, which is addressing the protection of children in a real and meaningful way, by introducing a suite of legislation, culminating in a referendum on the rights of children, to give the protection of the most innocent and vulnerable among us proper standing in Irish law. This has been a long time coming and I thank God it is here at last, as the...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (17 Jul 2012)

Seán Conlan: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a funding application for flood relief works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34646/12]