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Order of Business (4 Dec 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Will you pay your bin charge?

Leaders' Questions (4 Dec 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (3 Dec 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I can change my mind again.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (3 Dec 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I commend the Senators on bringing forward this Bill, which the Government does not intend to oppose. I agree with the points made regarding the beauty and fragility of free speech and democracy. Some weeks ago I was stuck in traffic outside the Romanian Embassy when I saw long queues of Romanians living in Ireland waiting to vote in the elections in their home country. It was to see...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Estimates of Public Expenditure for 2015 are not yet finalised. The 2014 allocation for the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration was €2,312,000, of which €968,000 was for pay, and €1,344,000 for non-pay expenditure. Expenditure from January to end November 2014 was as follows: - € Salaries, wages and allowances 844,057 Travel and subsistence...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I understand that the Integration Centre was established in 2009 as a result of the amalgamation of Integrating Ireland and the Refugee Information Service. The only funding the Integration Centre has received from my Department was a payment made in 2010 in respect of monies owed to Integrating Ireland. Details of payments to Integrating Ireland and the Refugee Information Service since...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 337 and 356 together. I understand that the organisation in question was established in 2009 as a result of the amalgamation of two other bodies. The only funding the organisation itself has received from my Department was a payment made in 2010 in respect of monies owed to one of the predecessor bodies. Details of payments to those bodies since 2005 and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gender Balance (27 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Government is committed to gender equality and to ensuring that the rights of both women and men to participate fully in society are upheld. In particular, in line with the whole of government approach being taken to the prevention of gender-based violence, the values of respect for oneself and others are promoted in an appropriate way in a range of awareness raising campaigns, online...

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I hope the Deputy is not going to accuse us of wasting time. That would be pretty ironic.

Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: T-trot.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Maternity Leave Issues (20 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Section 7 of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004 provides for postponement of maternity leave in the case of when the child is hospitalised. A request for postponement can only be made when at least 14 weeks of the maternity leave has been taken and the employer agrees to the postponement of the leave. The current entitlement with regard to maternity leave is 26 weeks together...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policy Reviews (20 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I have no plans to establish such a commission at present but I am of course open to hearing the views of men's groups in relation to any matter within my area of responsibility.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Deputy Stanley cannot use advertisements in the Chamber.

Allegations Regarding Sexual Abuse by Members of the Provisional Republican Movement: Statements (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Ba mhaith liom a rá i dtús báire go bhfuil sé thar a bheith tábhachtach go dtuigfeadh gach éinne anseo i dTeach Laighean agus ar fud na tíre go bhfuil sé thar a bheith éasca seasamh ar son cearta, ar son comhionannais agus ar son cearta daonna nuair atá sé éasca. Tá sé i bhfad níos deacra é a dhéanamh nuair...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank Deputy Timmins for raising this important matter. The national clinical programme for acute coronary syndrome aims to increase the percentage of ST-elevation myocardial infarction, STEMI, patients who get PPCIs by ensuring that patients are being taken to the right place, their treatment is standardised and processes are in place to ensure prompt investigation of all acute coronary...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Deputy raises a valid point. I will be sure to relay to the Minister his concerns as well as Deputy Kelleher's two points about health issues in his constituency and those disadvantaged areas nationally with a higher proportion of people who suffer cancer. Deputy Timmins has raised issues and deserves a comprehensive response from the Minister concerned. I will endeavour to ensure that...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I genuinely appreciate the opportunity to discuss this crucial issue with the Deputy. In effect, the life expectancy of certain people in certain parts of Ireland is lessened. We need to take this serious issue on board. I will present the reply from the Department of Health to the House on behalf of the Minister and we can expand on it. As we have been making progress with cancer control...

Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Provision (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate the raising of this equality issue by the Deputy. I agree with what he has said about the schools system. Children do not live in schools. They are influenced by many things outside the school system. They start school at the age of four or five when so many things have already happened to them and influenced their lives. They key to this is empowering the parents in terms...

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence Refuges (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am taking this topical issue debate on behalf of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy James Reilly, who is in Armagh attending a North-South Ministerial Council meeting with his counterpart from Northern Ireland. Cuan Alainn, situated in Tallaght, is a refuge for women and children who are fleeing domestic violence. Since the centre opened in 2012, a total of 55 women and...

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence Refuges (12 Nov 2014)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and will raise his concerns again with the Minister upon his return. The Child and Family Agency is a major reform and has been welcomed across this House. The issue in the Deputy's constituency will be the subject of a meeting next week and we will follow up with discussions after that.