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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he has met the leader of the SDLP recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47321/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach the programme of meetings with groups from Northern Ireland which he has undertaken in the past six months. [47371/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister Cameron recently; if justice and home affairs were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48026/12]

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer the first part of my question in regard to consultation. Perhaps he will outline whether the Minister has spoken to Praveen Halappanavar and whether he or the Tánaiste have spoken directly to the family in advance of the announcement of this inquiry or in the aftermath of Savita's tragic death. It would be important to confirm whether they have or have not...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: Last week after the tragic and sudden death of Savita Halappanavar, the Minister for Health announced that there would be an inquiry. In this House, I called for a truly independent inquiry to be established. Such a tragic and sudden death deserves an exceptional response, given the rarity of such deaths in Irish hospitals. The inquiry's independence was to ensure objectivity and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new school accommodation for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if he appreciates the concern of the local community in dealing with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51086/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department was consulted in connection with the stimulus package that included primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44102/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Croke Park Agreement (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made at the meeting on the Croke Park Agreement in Government Buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45660/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Croke Park Agreement (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that was made at the recent meeting he chaired in his Department regarding potential savings in all Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45668/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Recruitment (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the economic expertise which is available to advise him within his Department. [47362/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Recruitment (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has officials or advisors within his own Department with expertise in economics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49718/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to provide additional supports for enterprise development in Tallaght, Dublin 24; if he will note that this particular need was highlighted at the recent AGM of Partas Get Tallaght Working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51087/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is planning to close the community welfare office at Wilton Park House, Wilton, County Cork after 30 years in order to amalgamate it with the Togher office; if yes, to ask that this decision be will overturned in order to continue to facilitate this large population in the area who avail of this busy office; and if she will make a statement on...

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

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation South Dublin County Council received from the Local Government Fund in 2011 and 2012; the amount by which the fund was reduced as a result of the rate of payment of the household charge in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51091/12]

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

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation Fingal County Council received from the Local Government Fund in 2011 and 2012; the amount by which the fund was reduced as a result of the rate of payment of the household charge in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51092/12]

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

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council received from the Local Government Fund in 2011 and 2012; the amount by which the fund was reduced as a result of the rate of payment of the household charge in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51093/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he has failed to reply to South Dublin County motion querying the Courts Service's failure to collect £239,000 in outstanding fines for litter offences over the past seven years; the measures he now intends to take to recoup this revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51520/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding plans for the future delivery of children's hospital services in the catchment area of the Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, following his announcement last week regarding the location of the proposed National Children's Hospital at the St. James' Hospital site; if he will appreciate that there is now confusion regarding the future of services at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health his views on concerns expressed by community drugs projects in the Tallaght, Dublin 24 area regarding recently announced cuts by the Health Service Executive, which have the potential to have a seriously negative effect on the work of those projects, if he will give assurances to these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51089/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Funding (20 Nov 2012)

Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health recognising the important role that assistance dogs can play in the care plan for children with autism and the reluctant decision now being made by the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind to no longer accept applications for assistance dogs, the funding available for the training and provision of assistance dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51094/12]