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Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: Intellectual snobs.

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: It is actually higher.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (10 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding life insurance in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30494/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (10 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: 192. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug eculizumab will be sanctioned for a person (details supplied) in County Laois. [30491/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (10 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the drug eculizumab is not being sanctioned for a small number of persons with a life-limiting disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30492/14]

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this important Private Members' motion on the elderly, the free travel pass scheme and the disastrous review of vital social services such as the medical card fiasco. We must all stand up for our senior citizens and their valuable contribution over the past 50 or 60 years. Independent Deputies in this House will always do so and I...

Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: Hear, hear. It is a good point.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (9 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on trade, tourism and business transactions with Cuba; current policy on the blockade of Cuba; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30307/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (9 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request Bank of Ireland to stop restricting services to customers here who do business with Cuba; if he will challenge US policy on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30272/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (9 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the US is preventing Bank of Ireland customers from doing business with Cuba, with the bank saying it can no longer process international transactions to or from the island; and if he will act on this matter. [30273/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (9 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding VAT and excise duty for all businesses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30306/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Availability (9 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: 214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding access to credit for all businesses (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30305/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (9 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: 337. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of voluntary homeless charities in the Dublin area; the amount of public money that they receive each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30271/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (9 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: 487. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs not to allow the closure of a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30388/14]

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: I thought cronyism was dead.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: Bring back John Gormley.

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Staffing (8 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: And no ducking the question this time.

Other Questions: Special Education Review (8 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: It is sad that the Minister of State has said he does not understand what the ghettoisation of schools means. It occurs when the mix in a school is lost. If all disadvantaged and disruptive students, as well as students with special needs, are in one school and the natural mix is lost, that is not good for the pupils and education. We hear a lot of talk about the allocation of resource...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (8 Jul 2014)

Finian McGrath: 151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will push for more action from the United Nations and European Union to de-escalate the violence in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29760/14]