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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 1048. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of full-time/part-time, permanent/temporary staff she plans to recruit at Killarney House in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1238/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 1049. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will commence recruiting staff at Killarney House in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1239/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 1050. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way jobs at Killarney House in 2015 will be advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1240/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 1051. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the different types of jobs that will be available at Killarney House in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1241/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (14 Jan 2015)

Brendan Griffin: 1052. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her budget for employing staff at Killarney House in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1242/15]

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: On a point of information-----

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: On a point of information-----

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: On a point of information-----

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: On a point of order-----

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: I will not push it but the Acting Chairman should have allowed me to make my point.

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: That still would happen with single-seat constituencies.

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: Look at the last by-election.

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: I note by the way that the last two by-elections in Dublin were won by the Socialist Party.

Fourth Report of the Constitutional Convention on the Dáil Electoral System: Statements (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter and to thank the people who were involved in the convention. Many people gave up their time and put a great deal of effort into being involved. That is very much appreciated and should be acknowledged. I will focus on a narrow part of this report and what I consider to be a fundamental part of our democratic system, the electoral system...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: Have there been cases where people have tested negative here, gone abroad to a reputable or non-reputable clinic and obtained a positive diagnosis, returned here, been retested and found positive? In cases where people have obtained positive results abroad, what happens when they return? What happens if someone goes to mainland Europe after receiving a negative diagnosis here, gets a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: I wish to press my questions on people who tested negative here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: Were other conditions diagnosed later, even after a positive test abroad?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: Is the centre open to representations from sufferers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: Is there scope on the committee itself for someone who represents sufferers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: Can I go back to my constituent and tell her there is no way that if she is positive for Lyme disease, the labs in Ireland would have missed it on foot of the tests that were carried out? Could I confidently say that is what the witnesses are saying to her here today?