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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Emergency Services Personnel (11 Jun 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 738. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the measures in place to protect emergency service drivers in the course of their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27699/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Haddington Road Agreement Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 883. To ask the Minister for Health if he will deal with the following matter (details supplied) regarding the Haddington Road Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27795/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospice Services (11 Jun 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 892. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in opening the 24 bed Blanchardstown Hospice, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27172/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Numbers (11 Jun 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 923. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive has any plans to implement redundancies in the near future; and if so, will they be targeted at certain groups of person that is working mothers and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26699/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (11 Jun 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 931. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding plans to implement free general practitioner visit cards for under fives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26801/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (11 Jun 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 1006. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the Health Service Executive fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27586/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 1011. To ask the Minister for Health if an implementation plan for the national neurorehabilitation policy will be developed by his Department; if he recognises the importance of implementing a policy in view of the fact that only 1 in 6 of the 15,000 people here who need specialist neurorehabilitation each year receive same due to a lack of services; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (11 Jun 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 1086. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the guidelines set by his Department in relation to criteria for works to be completed by county councils; if guidelines issued to county councils are different from one council to the next; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27017/13]

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I too welcome the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013. This Bill gives effect to a number of social welfare and pension reforms, some of which will bring about savings to the annual budget of the Department of Social Protection. We know that the Department has already made substantial savings this year and hopes to achieve net savings of €390 million for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Reports (30 May 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 258. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if inspection reports of creches will be added to her website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26413/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Development (28 May 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns surrounding the proposed development of an offshore windfarm off the Kish and Bray banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25891/13]

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2013)

Terence Flanagan: The Minister has one minute to conclude.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2013)

Terence Flanagan: It is not less than one minute.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2013)

Terence Flanagan: There is no limit.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Redundancies (23 May 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on a query (details supplied) regarding redundancies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24798/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I have a question for Dr. Fletcher. In regard to head 1, when does she believe a life becomes human and when does it acquire human rights? What rights does life acquire? I refer to the panel and medical ethics. There are many genuine concerns in this Chamber and in the Oireachtas as we look around at other jurisdictions and as we see what has happened in the United Kingdom, where medical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I join in the welcome for the expert witnesses before the committee. I wish to inquire about head 12 which relates to conscientious objection. Reference has been made to patients, doctors and midwives being allowed a conscientious objection, but does an institution have a right to conscientious objection, as endorsed by the Council of Europe? Should head 12(3) be removed? Could the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (21 May 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I have two questions for Dr. Mills. Does he think that the evidence presented in the X case would have been sufficient to justify a termination under this draft Bill? I ask him to comment on the testimony of Dr. Sam Coulter-Smith, the Master of the Rotunda Hospital, that the inclusion of suicidal intent as grounds for a termination was not evidence-based. He said that it posed major...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (21 May 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any consideration will be given to opening an Irish Embassy in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24002/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance Issues (21 May 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding fraudulent claims (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23694/13]