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Topical Issue Debate: Criminal Legal Aid (20 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: I fully respect the need for a fair trial and the efforts the Minister has made to reduce the costs, but the message we are sending out is that all the rights are with the criminals. What about the victims? It is as simple and straightforward as that. I was told recently by a member of the Garda Síochána that the head of a household which was getting €41,000 in social...

Topical Issue Debate: Criminal Legal Aid (20 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue. I wish to address the criminal legal aid system currently in place. The first thing I want to do is state that I am not trying to deny any citizen the right to a fair trial. I also acknowledge that in 2012, there was a reduction of 10% in the amount spent on free criminal legal aid. I recognise that solicitors must be paid their fees...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Funding the Broadcasting Sector: Discussion with Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (20 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: At a local level people can be somewhat more identifiable than at the national level. Do broadcasters have to pay to broadcast certain events? We know there are television packages for the Champions League football but are payments requested to broadcast local Connacht championship matches or other sporting events?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Funding the Broadcasting Sector: Discussion with Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (20 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: Does IBI get any other supports apart from funding from Sound and Vision? The delegates mentioned the levy. What percentage of income is it for a local radio station? Could it be €60,000 or €70,000 a year? If there are no supports and the IBI is paying that kind of money and it has 34 stations, the State is benefiting from local radio rather than supporting it. Is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Funding the Broadcasting Sector: Discussion with Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (20 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: I welcome the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland delegation. Many of us have met them in recent years and realise the need for change, as in many other areas, and RTE probably recognises the need for change also. We all acknowledge that the face of Ireland has changed in the past 25 years in the area of broadcasting, particularly in local radio stations. Coming from Mayo, Midwest Radio is...

Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: Has progress been made on the gambling control Bill, which is due for publication this year? Has the Cabinet discussed the Bill? We hear every day about the problems of online gambling.

Order of Business (19 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: What progress has been made on the Bill?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Debt (19 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: To ask the Minister for Finance if endowment mortgages will be catered for in the Personal Insolvency Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8297/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (19 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8882/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (19 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on their application for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8980/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (19 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disdavantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (14 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on a Student Universal Support Ireland grant appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7842/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (14 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on a Student Universal Support Ireland grant appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7843/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (14 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a decision on a Student Universal Support Ireland grant appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7982/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (14 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a review and decision will issue on an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7826/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Regulation (14 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: To ask the Minister for Health if he has requested the Competition Authority to examine private health insurance who are charging and including benefits in a policy that will never be claimed for example maternity benefit for men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7790/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (13 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their disadvantaged area scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7609/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (12 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions No. 292 of 7 February 2012, No. 249 of 8 May 2012, No. 395 of 3 July 2012 and No. 156 24th October 2012 the progress that has been made on this case; when payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6730/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Application Numbers (12 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person's social welfare payments have been reduced in order to recover some of the cost of free criminal legal aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6790/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Application Numbers (12 Feb 2013)

John O'Mahony: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a system to record the number of times a person has got free legal aid; the maximum number of times a person has been granted free criminal legal aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6793/13]