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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a funding programme will be finalised and ready to accept applications from youth organisations such as youth cafes. [8986/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health if, in view of the recent incidence of TB, the policy of administering the BCG vaccine to newborns, which is currently the practice in all regions of the State except of the west of Ireland, will be extended nationwide [8981/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an assurance that in the event that cost is a prohibiting factor in the extension of the administration of the BCG vaccine to newborns in the west of Ireland that additional funding will be provided from his Department and the Health Service Executive [8982/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Services (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce regulations to govern private home care-givers in view of the benefit this would have for practitioners and the public alike; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8984/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if the number of intern places for graduates of medical colleges here will be increasing in view of the fact that there has been an increase in the number of medical students in recent years in view of the immense benefit such intern places are to graduates for gaining valuable practical experience. [7669/13]

Magdalen Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: It is difficult for people my age and younger to comprehend that places such as these laundries existed as institutions. It is extremely difficult to believe that people ended up in such places, stigmatised by society, forgotten, and abandoned in some cases by family. For too long Governments have not adequately addressed the plight of the women in question. This Government, following an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: The groups that have benefited are hugely impressed with the hands-on approach of these companies, irrespective of the lower than average pay the chief executive officer has achieved compared with some of the other companies in other areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: They have a genuine concern that were Galway County Council - which as a former member I respect - to get its hands on this money, it would not flow out to the peripheral areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister and his officials to the committee. I acknowledge the level of reform the Minister has initiated across a range of sectors, much of which is positive. Having read the rural challenge group's report, I realise it is difficult to consider rural areas in isolation from urban ones because there is a huge interconnection between both. My own constituency of Galway West...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: Some of them would be at the lower end of the scale, such as Comhairle Ceantar na nOileán Teo.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: It was there as a local voluntary group since 1989.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: It has a long history and was operated through Galway Rural Development at the same time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: We have the advantage of a vibrant Gaeltacht and offshore islands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: We do not need any extra. It is just a question of protecting the ones we have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: They are all very much supported by the local community. It is all very positive.

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: With the agreement of the House, I will share my time with Deputy Anthony Lawlor. Can I be the first Government backbencher to welcome the announcement by the Taoiseach and Minister for Finance and commend them for their great work in the last couple of years to get a deal on the promissory notes? This is a great step for the country. I am pleased to speak on this important topic. Few...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to ensure that doctors and medical professionals in the health service, such as non-consultant doctors, are employed on contracts with suitable rest periods and time off which is vital for the well-being of the medical professional as well as for upholding the high standard of patient care [5005/13]

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: Of all Government responsibilities, health is perhaps the most significant. The provision of health services is a vital aspect of any functioning and compassionate society and one of Government's most important tasks. Everyone requires health care at some point in his or her life. Ensuring that all who need care receive it depends on careful planning, the allocation of significant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (29 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Secretary General and officials from the Department and wish them well in the Presidency and in their efforts on job creation. Youth unemployment is a Europe-wide problem. We have heard about it in countries like Spain and Greece but the figures from Sweden are a surprise, where there is up to 24% youth unemployment. The issue is clearly linked to the global problems in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the steps that are being taken to reduce and minimise delays in the processing time for applications to the various schemes as administered by the social welfare services component of her Department. [4035/13]