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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Review (13 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: 373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the current review of the free travel scheme will be completed; when the new scheme will be in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21199/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (8 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: We have been given a great deal of information. I think members will agree that we will reach out to Paula Bradley and her group, and we will work with the delegates on that. We can still pursue the promotion of principles, but we appreciate the realism of the delegates. Ms Fitzmaurice mentioned the funding call for this October, and I am sure members are thinking of the different women's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (8 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: I thank Deputy Conlan and other members for their contributions. It is obvious that there is an appetite among committee members to further deliberate on these issues after today's meeting. I now call on the panel to make their concluding remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (8 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: I will be interested to hear the witnesses' response to Deputy Feighan's challenge that women are smarter than men.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (8 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: No, I will be ruthless because Deputy Ferris has indicated and I am working in a systematic, chronological fashion. Senator Moran will speak after him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (8 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: We will resume. I had an opportunity to congratulate Deputy Frances Fitzgerald on her appointment as Minister for Justice and Equality. Reflecting on our deliberations and probably the informal conversation of members, the posts of Chief Justice, interim Garda Commissioner, Attorney General and Minister for Justice and Equality are held by females. It is not a bad starting point but there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (8 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: A division has been called in the Dáil and, with members' agreement, we will suspend for the vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (8 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: I thank Ms Fitzmaurice. That is helpful. A number of members are indicating. Deputy Seán Conlan will be followed by Deputy Seán Crowe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (8 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: I thank the Deputy for his intervention on two counts. It is only right to acknowledge the funding allocated to Justice for the Forgotten which formally thanked the joint committee for its intervention. There is something we can do on the British-Irish aspect of the issue. There are a number of advocates present. Deputy Frank Feighan is chairman of the sovereign matters committee of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (8 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: I will get the response to Deputy Wall straight away because he is under time pressure but I believe that was a constructive suggestion with regard to the North. There may be an opportunity for the joint committee to contact Paula Bradley, as head of that delegation. The witnesses may have a few thoughts on that and I thank the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (8 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: I will open up the meeting to the floor now for questions. We will come back to Orlaith Fitzmaurice and Melanie Hoewer. I believe we have a new Minister for Justice and Equality as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (8 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: We will ensure that this transcript lands on her desk. We have had a good conversation this morning. As Deputy Wall is under pressure time-wise, I invite him to speak first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (8 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: I am sorry but could Deputy Wall please switch off his phone to prevent interference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (8 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: I welcome the delegation to discuss UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. As members will be aware, the national action plan on the Council resolution on women, peace and security was launched in November 2011 by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and the former President, Mary Robinson. The plan sets out how Ireland will, across...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (6 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on introducing extra support measures for one-teacher schools in the form of a classroom assistant to comply with health and safety regulations, in acknowledging the teaching and administrative burden on the teacher and, furthermore, to acknowledge that parents are willing to continue sending their children to one-teacher schools...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (6 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: 218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on providing extra support for widows, widowers, elderly single people, elderly persons who fall a few years short of retirement, in response to the withdrawal of fuel allowances, in view of the fact that married couples require the same level of fuel purchase as a single dweller, and can share the cost of property tax and the upcoming...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: 404. To ask the Minister for Health his views on oral surgery patients being transferred to Beaumont Hospital from the Letterkenny General Hospital waiting list; if the Health Service Executive exhausted all other options or potential solutions such as availing of services across the Border in Derry; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Western Trust, which operates...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 May 2014)

Joe McHugh: 427. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the present situation facing persons in County Donegal who are suffering from age-related macular degeneration and who are required to attend hospital in Sligo every six weeks for treatment, as the service is not available at Letterkenny General Hospital; his views on recent talks between the ophthalmologist in Sligo and Letterkenny General...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (30 Apr 2014)

Joe McHugh: 423. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total number of post offices here that have closed each year, from 2007 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18696/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (30 Apr 2014)

Joe McHugh: 739. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the transposing of the EU patient mobility directive into Irish law, the implications for the Irish health consumer; the consequences for Irish hospitals, changes in interrelationships on both a North-South and European basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18699/14]