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White Paper on Defence: Statements (30 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this important White Paper before the Minister brings the draft to Government for approval. Every stakeholder, including all of us here today, can provide important inputs into a process which will frame this White Paper, one which will map out the future of the Defence Forces for the next decade and beyond. The world is certainly a very...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of units identified by the National Asset Management Agency for the provision of social housing that have been allocated to each local authority in each year since 2012 and to date in 2015; the number of those identified and allocated that have subsequently been leased or purchased, in each county, in each year since 2012 and in 2015 to date;...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Social Housing Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance is he satisfied that enough is being done by stakeholders involved in the National Asset Management Agency social housing initiative in order to address the national housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25854/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is an active policy by her Department to encourage persons to use other financial institutions instead of post offices to receive their social welfare payments; if she is aware that instructions on social welfare forms are promoting this policy; the reason such instructions do not provide the option for persons to receive their payments...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (23 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of current leads being developed by the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland to bring further jobs and investment into Counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25147/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 349. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the legislative progress of the scheme of Mental Capacity Bill 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24913/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (23 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 411. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive an appointment to see a specialist consultant at St. James's Hospital in Dublin 8; the reason the person is waiting three months to be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24613/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (18 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if some of the new cohort of recruits due to leave Templemore College in County Tipperary in the next few weeks will be attached to Garda stations in Counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24451/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (18 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding from the national homelessness budget for 2015 will be allocated to the regions; the amount each region will receive; if it will increase compared to last year; the delay in the allocation of the 2015 funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24449/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (18 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the midlands region will continue to receive the same percentage of funding or higher from the national homelessness budget for 2015, in view of the fact that there is a national budget of €55 million this year, €10 million higher than last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24450/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (17 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 223. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason funding under the scheme to support national organisations allocated in May 2015 has decreased from a total figure of €1.4 million in 2014 to the current figure of €1.32 million; his views that this cut will impact on these vital services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24111/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (16 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 341. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe and targets in relation to the roll out of his Department’s regional enterprise strategy for the midlands region in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23861/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 749. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider grant assistance for proprietors of vacant units, to allow such units to be converted and refurbished into suitable apartment accommodation for single persons, who are on housing waiting lists, thereby taking persons off these lists, and also helping to revitalise towns and villages; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (16 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 804. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to announce public realm funding for local authorities in 2015; if respective funding allocations will be the same as 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23862/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (16 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: 805. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government following the recent allocation of €41,448 to MOVE Ireland - Men Overcoming Violence, the way this funding compares to the 2014 allocation; where this 2015 funding is being targeted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23863/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank the witnesses for their time this morning. Many of my questions have already been asked. One point on which I would like to focus is appeals. Deputy Collins referred to the set-up situation. I am a little bothered by the responses. Was no research done before all this started? When this was just an idea - was no research done? Was no forecasting done? Did we not know how many...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: Standard application processes are great but they do not help everybody. Not everybody in this world fits into a standard box. One cannot generalise or categorise people. What happens to someone who falls outside of the standard applications process, such as the guy I am talking about? That is where I am coming from and is why I believe that having this in the Dublin city ETB instead of a...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 88 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Restructuring the Administration of Student Grants (11 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: Is there a timeframe outside of which one cannot appeal or do anything?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ireland's Compliance with Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: I thank Dr. Farrell for coming in. I was struck by his reference to the fact that legal aid has been available in certain circumstances or conditions since the 2013 Act was introduced. What are those conditions? What are we talking about there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ireland's Compliance with Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Gabrielle McFadden: What percentage of cases would get legal aid? I would be concerned about that. In other situations in which legal aid is used, people get legal aid over and over again. They appear six months later and get legal aid again. I am concerned about what happens in this regard in the case of a death in custody. What kind of means are we talking about? Are the same criteria that are used in...