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Topical Issue Debate: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Issues (29 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: I wish the Minister the best of luck with it. The cessation of the turf cutting compensation scheme has caused much concern for quite some time, and major concern in recent weeks because legal agreements were sent to those who signed up to the scheme. A frequently asked questions document was sent with the legal agreement and one of the questions was with regard to what the letter was...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (29 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: 195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason calves born with the BVD virus and found to be persistently infected animals do not warrant compensation in the same way that those found with TB or brucellosis do; if he will consider reviewing the current situation with regards to compensation for PI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25967/13]

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: The discussion relating to this issue seems to focus on pay and on how much it costs to pay people. It has been stated that civil servants in Ireland are paid more than their counterparts in other countries. However, one does not hear the other side of the argument. In the same way that there are two sides to a balance sheet, there are two sides to this debate. The aspect of this matter...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Teachers' Remuneration (28 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage in discourse with ISM school in Tripoli, Libya, on the issue of payment of moneys owed by ISM to 17 Irish teachers; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to banking restrictions in Libya, ISM can only pay outstanding moneys into a Government bank account; if he will organise and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (28 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons (details supplied) completed an application form for the Central Bank of Ireland to become regulated as a retails credit firm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25549/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (28 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage in discourse with ISM school in Tripoli, Libya, on the issue of payment of moneys owed by ISM to 17 Irish teachers; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to banking restrictions in Libya, ISM can only pay outstanding moneys into a Government bank account; if he will organise and facilitate a payment schedule on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: One can accuse me of being picky but language is very important concerning the alcohol and drug debate. I consistently hear - as I did from the Chairman, although I am sure it was not deliberate - that in talking about alcohol the term "and drugs" is thrown in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Yes but the point about language is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Yes, misuse or abuse. It is of massive benefit to the alcohol industry to refer to alcohol and then refer to drugs as something separate. Alcohol is a drug, no matter how difficult that might be for people to hear. It is a mind-altering substance. How one deals with it and regulates the substance does not make it something else. We need to keep saying that alcohol is a drug. It is a bit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Fair enough. I wonder what is happening about this. Is there something being done about the price of and ease of access to alcohol? Is anything happening? I attended all of the meetings of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications on the ban on alcohol advertising. Given the scarity of resources and that it costs the State €3.7 billion a year, I wonder what is happening...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: What was done with the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: The Minister is in a minority.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Must it relate to a question that had been tabled?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Affairs: Discussion with Minister for Health and HSE (23 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: This question is for the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. In respect of the Happy New Ear campaign group, what exactly will be taken into account in the business plan? For example, will the provision of special needs assistants in classrooms, who potentially would be required for people who did not receive such implants, be taken into account? Similarly, does it take into account...

Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: I wish to share time with Deputies Maureen O'Sullivan and Thomas Pringle.

Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: I am grateful to Deputy Thomas Pringle and the Technical Group for tabling the motion. It is a subject that was overdue for debate in this House and I hope that after this debate it will be debated further by the media and the people, as it is one of the most important issues facing us. Deputy Olivia Mitchell accused Deputy Thomas Pringle of sedation, which is incorrect. It is more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Budgetary Position and Editorial Policy: Discussion with RTE (22 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: I am paraphrasing but Mr. Curran has said the cuts the senior presenters have taken are big cuts. However, the only reason they are big cuts is because they were on huge money in the first place. If they were on €100,000 then a 30% cut would be a large cut. Although 30% of €400,000, €500,000, €600,000 or €700,000 is, in percentage terms, a big cut, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Budgetary Position and Editorial Policy: Discussion with RTE (22 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: I thank the Chairman. What was the purpose of the PricewaterhouseCoppers involvement because at this stage it crops up virtually every time we switch on the radio or television. There was reference to how it benefits the economy. I presume that means that the money people gave to RTE benefited the economy and that it includes the licence fee. It is rather like a Deputy commissioning a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Budgetary Position and Editorial Policy: Discussion with RTE (22 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: Fair enough. Has RTE offered any of these wonderful people who present radio and televisions shows €100,000 per year? Has it asked if they would work for that amount and, if not, that it would look for somebody else? Where would they go? Who would take them on board? I cannot see anybody taking them on board and if somebody did, so be it. With regard to how RTE employs these...

Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)

Luke Flanagan: What if they fall out with a Minister?