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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (16 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding mineral rights and the sale of Coillte assets via the new era project; if the mineral rights in the grounds beneath the forests form part of the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57972/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (16 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the purpose to which the funds resulting from the sale of 1109 acres, 449 ha, of forest near Ballybofey, County Donegal will be put; if the funds will be diverted into the pensions of Coillte workers; if this sale has anything to do with the sale of State assets via the New Era project; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Co-operatives Societies (16 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is currently investigating the matter of share allocation and share certification relating to the amalgamation of companies (details supplied); if he will confirm that the awarded shares to co-op members who are, in value terms, at a par with the shares allocated to the members of another co-op; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Fluoridation (16 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reason that 10 local authorities and seven urban district councils have voted to ban fluoridation of water supplies and yet his Department and the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health continues with a policy of fluoridation; if he will ask the Irish Expert Body on Fluorides and Health to address the position adopted by the 10 local...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (16 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive have indemnified suppliers of replacement hips (details supplied) [58012/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (16 Jan 2013)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider amending the proposed Taxi Regulations Bill 2012 to allow for the transfer of taxi licences upon the death of the owner or in circumstances when the owner is no longer in a position to operate their taxi due to ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58114/12]

Other Questions: Transport Policy (20 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Will the Government consider a scheme I read about in the newspapers recently, which I did not think was serious at the time but it turned out it was? Swimming lanes have been developed on Regent's Canal in London in order that people can swim to work. Would the Government consider that after cleaning up the canals? One would want showers for the canals in Dublin.

Other Questions: Penalty Points System (20 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: On the penalty points system, earlier the Minister spoke quite passionately about how he intended to enforce the law for taxi drivers. That is very admirable. I hope he will be as quick to enforce the law when it comes to what is happening with the penalty points at present.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Regional Airports (20 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I thank the Minister of State for his answer. There are serious concerns about statements made in recent weeks, including a statement in the national media on 31 March. Only one meaning could be taken from the Minister, Deputy Varadkar's statement, namely, that the pesky airport at Knock would want to stop taking passengers from Shannon. The Minister stated:If nothing was done for Shannon...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Regional Airports (20 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Please ask the Minister to engage more. The relevant people feel he is not engaging. They are reasonable and good people.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Regional Airports (20 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: He is biased.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Regional Airports (20 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined the competitive impacts of the Shannon Airport support package on neighbouring airports such as Ireland West Knock and on the region it serves; his national aviation priorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57537/12]

Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Regulations (20 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: It is Christmas, although I am an atheist.

Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Regulations (20 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I have been contacted on this issue in recent months by several taxi groups, as well as by many individual taxi drivers, and they have expressed a lot of concern about it. One of their main concerns is they believe that rural taxi drivers have not been consulted properly. They have told me that many of their dealings were done in electronic format, that is, by e-mail, etc., and one taxi...

Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Regulations (20 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I am always somewhat bemused as to how the Minister responding knows the answer to the issues that are to be brought up, as well as all the details, before the Member who raised it has actually spoken in the Topical Issue debate. When the Minister of State was writing his response, he obviously knew all these things. The most interesting point made by the Minister of State was that the...

Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Hear, hear, dead right.

Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: This is a little baffling. We hear constantly we must balance the books. That is all that is important. I understand that and understand we must make things add up. The Government is answerable to the troika and must do what it is told. If that is the case, perhaps the Government should explain the situation about carers to the members of troika. If it is about money, it should explain...

Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I have no respect for this money anyway. We should never have left our currency.

Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: The reality is that even if the Government did not give a damn about carers, did not care that it is nice to stay at home with one's family where one might live longer and be happier, where everything would work out better for society, and even if the Government ignored all of that and just looked at the money equation, then it is a fairly good deal. It is all about money; nothing else...

Other Questions: Obesity Levels (19 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: They are great.