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Other Questions: Commemorative Events (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 9. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will be making grants available to local authorities to assist in the planning of 1916 centenary events. [24473/14]

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: Will the Minister be making grants available to local authorities to assist in the planning of 1916 centenary events? The Minister will agree that local authorities are well placed to deliver local centenary events, but they will need financial assistance to do so. Can the Minister clarify how funds will be made available and distributed?

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the Minister for his answer and acknowledge that he has a calendar of events to mark the centenary of 1916 which includes a number of capital projects for completion by Easter 2016. Does the Minister agree that funding needs to be made available to local authorities to ensure that communities across Ireland play a central role in commemorating 1916? It is essential that with under...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: The decision to grant permission for the development of Moore Street is tantamount to providing for the obliteration of what has been described by the National Museum of Ireland as the most important site in modern Irish history. The Government's proposal to turn Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street into an interpretative centre, while welcome, is inadequate as it fails to match the importance of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: The cross-party group on Moore Street met the Minister and outlined its deep concerns at the proposed developments. Members of all parties believe strongly that the area should not be levelled to make way for a giant shopping mall. As guardian of the monument, the Minister could have done more to avoid the destruction of an area of major historical importance. Sinn Féin wants Moore...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 2. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made in preserving the national monument in Moore Street. [24472/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Monuments (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: I know the Minister will agree there is a need to protect and develop the Moore Street national monument. Can he give the House an update on the progress that has been made in preserving the national monument at Moore Street?

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Invasive Plant Species (11 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 11. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in removing rhododendron from the oak woods of Killarney National Park. [24474/14]

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: No Deputy could be unmoved by the discovery of nearly 800 babies buried in a mass unmarked grave. In fact, the grave was a septic tank. Added to this are recent reports of old medical records showing that 2,051 children and babies in care homes were given a one-shot diphtheria vaccine for the international drugs giant Burroughs Wellcome between 1930 and 1936. The report adds that no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Children Reports: Office of Ombudsman for Children (10 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the witnesses for their informative presentation. I would like to make a few observations and ask some questions. Dr. Muldoon said that the Ombudsman for Children's Office "is ten years old this year and... has received more than 10,000 complaints from children" in that time. Is the level of complaints increasing? The average annual number of complaints over the last decade is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (10 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons employed by Caranua; the salaries of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24158/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clause (10 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Government policy ensures when awarding large State contracts that a percentage of contractors are employed from the local community for the duration of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24142/14]

Order of Business (5 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: I would like to raise with the Minister the Walsh and Murphy reports on symphysiotomy. Last July the Taoiseach told the Dáil that the Walsh report on symphysiotomy would be published soon. In November Judge Yvonne Murphy was appointed to examine the issue of symphysiotomy and her report was to be completed in eight weeks but neither report has been published. In a letter to Teachta...

Order of Business (5 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: Families across the State have been put through unnecessary hardship and this is an opportunity to clarify if this legislation will result in medical cards being handed back.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: Citizens have been confronted in recent years with one revelation after another regarding the abuse of people in religious-run institutions that were supported by this State. The scale of the abuse perpetrated against Irish women and children that has been exposed by these cases is absolutely horrific. In order to get to the truth of these scandals, it was necessary to have the Commission...

Leaders' Questions (5 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: The Minister did not indicate in his reply whether the Government will initiate a full public inquiry. That is the question I asked.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: News that the remains of some 800 babies have been found on convent grounds in Tuam has shocked the people of Ireland. Only for the efforts of a local historian, Catherine Corless, these children would forever remain nameless in the ground, forgotten in death as they were in life. This scandal of neglect and maltreatment causing the deaths of children has understandably made headlines across...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Annual Overview Report on the Regulation of Designated Centres for Older People 2013: HIQA (5 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the HIQA representatives for their report and wish Dr. Tracey Cooper the very best in her new role. Can the witnesses explain the provisions in place regarding enforcement? They indicate that one provider had its registration cancelled. What does that mean? Does it mean that the centre was shut down? If it was shut down, what happened to the residents from that centre? Where...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (4 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 63 and 64 of 27 March 2014, if a site has now been identified as media reports would suggest; where the site is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23836/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (4 Jun 2014)

Sandra McLellan: 104. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the grants programme operated directly by his Department rather than through agencies under its auspices; the organisations and persons that have benefitted from these grants; and the criteria used to assess the way in which these grants are utilised by their recipients. [23831/14]