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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: If I could draw the Minister's attention this way, I would like to bring proceedings to a conclusion. I know the Minister is under severe pressure to get to a meeting with the troika. I appreciate the time he has given us. I know we are going into a different cycle next year because we will be out of the programme. As Chairman of this committee, it would be remiss of me not to reiterate,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I call Senator Barrett and ask him to keep his questions as short as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Like the wedding feast of Cana, I have kept the best wine until last. I invite Deputy Mathews to make a brief comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: You promised me you would be brief, Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Deputy Boyd Barrett is cutting into Deputy Donnelly's time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: If I try to accommodate Deputy Boyd Barrett, which I have, I would expect that he listen to me when I speak.

Topical Issue Debate: Inter-Country Adoptions (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. What I am proposing is not in conflict with the Hague Convention. In fact it would enhance the measures that Ireland has signed up to in the convention. I agree that the convention has moved toward a more child-centred adoption policy in which the child's interest is central both at the beginning and the end of the process. However, the...

Topical Issue Debate: Inter-Country Adoptions (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, for coming to the Chamber to address the issue I raise concerning Irish couples who seek international adoptions and the difficulties present in the existing system. To begin, I offer some background. Irish people who wish to become adoptive parents rightly must go through a rigorous approval programme as part of an international commitment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister. I understand he has a meeting with the troika at approximately 7 p.m., so we will have to be very efficient in our time management. Opposition spokespersons Deputies Michael McGrath and Doherty will have ten minutes each. Deputies Donnelly and Boyd Barrett from the Technical Group will have five minutes each as they are sharing time, and the remaining members,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Given the timeframe, I ask members and the Minister to be succinct in their responses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Stability Programme Update: Discussion with Minister for Finance (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I welcome the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, and his officials for a discussion on the stability programme update. The subject matter of the meeting is the European semester process which aims to secure lasting stability through a new system of economic policy co-ordination among member states. It is designed to ensure member states align their budgetary and economic policies...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 322. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the refusal of a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20272/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 411. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when an already approved grant to a community association (details supplied) in County Cork will be paid in view of commitments made and expenses incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20306/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 515. To ask the Minister for Health if recognition is to be provided to creative arts therapies and if it is intended to include the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists under the provisions of the Health and Social Social Care Professionals Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20538/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 580. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the refusal of a GMS card to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20307/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 587. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an evaluation of the performance of Limerick Regional Hospital's management of diabetic foot disease against the management standards for the condition, set down in the health Service Executive's 2011 model of care for the diabetic foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20436/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 591. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an evaluation of the performance of Waterford Regional Hospital's management of diabetic foot disease against the management standards for the condition, set down in the Health Service Executive's 2011 Model of Care for the Diabetic Foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20505/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an evaluation of the performance of Cork University Hospital's management of diabetic foot disease against the management standards for the condition as set down in the Health Service Executive's 2011 Model of Care for the Diabetic Foot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20506/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if it his intention to tax maternity benefit payments; if mothers who are not in receipt of full employer top up payments will be disproportionately affected (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19623/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Supply (25 Apr 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an unusual demand for powered milk has been recorded here due to a shortage in China; if such a development has implications, good or bad, for milk producers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19635/13]