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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (6 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider a reader for a student (details supplied) due to sit their leaving certificate in view of (details supplied). [11850/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Drugs Strategy (6 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline his strategy to combat the problem of drugs in communities; and his plans to resource this. [11759/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Statistics (5 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department no longer shows redundancy figures as detailed previously with statistical breakdown by industry, county and gender on its website. [11383/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Mar 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the one-parent family payment scheme; and the number that will be affected when this change comes into effect in July 2013. [11381/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Sector Staff Issues (28 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Programme for Government’s commitment to introduce a two-year cooling-off period for workers leaving the civil service to join the private sector will be implemented; and if National Treasury Management Agency staff will be included in any such period. [10585/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I hope the Secretary General will come before the committee shortly. Essentially the responsibility for these matters lies with the Department of Health. The Government has been in place two years whereas the Ombudsman had raised her concerns about matters over a decade. That is the reason we have invited the Secretary General of the Department of Health to come before us. I hope he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. We will now move on to petition P00081/12 from Mr. Stephen Dwan, who wants video games to be included in the English curriculum. Members have had a chance to consider this petition and I invite them to make recommendations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We can all agree with that proposal. That is great and the joint committee will thank Mr. Dwan for his petition. The next item is petition P00002/13 from Mr. Joerg Thieme regarding the implementation of legislation to permit the right to an abortion in Ireland. This petition has 75 other signatures along with that of Mr. Thieme. Again, we have had a chance to deliberate on the matter and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There has been considerable deliberation in the Houses on these matters and the Government will move soon. Consequently, we will correspond with Mr. Thieme to let him know we have passed on the concerns expressed by him and the other signatories, which will be taken as part of the deliberations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Absolutely. We will close this petition and note the joint committee has agreed that all petitions it has discussed are closed. It has been agreed to close them and a course of action has been agreed on. This petition also is closed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: That is no problem and I thank the Senator. For the purposes of clarity, I will read into the record that the joint committee has agreed a recommendation that petition P00073/12 is closed. Members also have agreed a recommendation that petition P00076/12 is closed. As just stated, petition P00081/12 is closed and petition P00002/13 is closed. We will move on to petition P00075/12. While...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The joint committee is agreeing to the recommendation made by Deputy Nolan. The next point to make concerns petitions P00074/12 and P00064/12, both of which are inadmissible. The reason for the inadmissibility of P00074/12 is that it has been raised with the Ombudsman and any matter that is currently under her eye is not something members will second-guess or with which they will deal....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Absolutely, showing the present position. I thank colleagues for their co-operation, as that deals with all the petitions before the joint committee today. The final item concerns the announcement last night by the Minister for Health and his Department that the two schemes pertaining to the motorised transport grant and the mobility allowance will be discontinued. As members are aware,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are now in public session for a meeting of the Joint Sub-Committee on Public Petitions. Petition No. P00073/12 from Mr. Arindam Halder is regarding what the petitioner sees as an unjust hike in the registration fee by the Garda National Immigration Bureau. We have had a chance to deliberate on this, so are there any recommendations or proposals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. The next petition is No. P00076/12 from Mrs. Sheila Ferris suggesting that greater use be made of resources in community employment schemes in the year of The Gathering, and that historical groups in local areas transcribe, collate and make available electronically all church records held in each parish, and also investigate how these records could be made available...

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (Resumed) (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As I have outlined before, Sinn Féin welcomed the apology from the Taoiseach on behalf of the State to the women incarcerated in the Magdalen laundries. While we commend those involved in putting together the McAleese report, it really only scratches the surface of what went on in Ireland during that time. This should be seen as a starting point in the healing process of the wounds...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Remuneration (27 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action he will take to protect the current pay arrangements for prison officers. [10440/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (26 Feb 2013)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a licencing option has been granted to a company for oil off the County Kerry coast, the stage it is currently at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9980/13]