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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (3 Dec 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide members with a dedicated line to contact the Revenue Commissioners to make representations on behalf of their constituents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51298/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (3 Dec 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 407. To ask the Minister for Health if patients with terminal illness are subject to a means test to qualify for medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51488/13]

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I am not sure. Last week, during the course of statements on the decision not to seek an additional credit line I stated that, while welcome, the decision should not be considered to be a job done or anything approaching a certain return to times of prosperity. I took the view that amid the excitable reaction and triumphalism on the Government side there was a need for perspective. I...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: She is terminally ill.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (26 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad atá ar intinn ag an Roinn a dhéanamh lena chinntiú go bhfaighfidh scoileanna Gaeltachta a ndóthain tacaíochta agus áiseanna. [44227/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (26 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills ráiteas a dhéanamh maidir le todhchaí COGG; cad é éifeacht an chinnidh a rinne sé COGG a thabhairt faoi scáth CNCM; cad iad na himpleachtaí a bheidh ag an gcinneadh sin i dtaca leis an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge; an bhfuil an cinneadh seo fós le cur i bhfeidhm [44224/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Uniforms (26 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary schools with uniforms can discriminate against female students and force them to wear skirts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50336/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 619. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether a seven months waiting time is appropriate for an urgent pelvic ultrasound for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50440/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Prevention and Treatment of Lyme Disease: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and for sharing their very personal experiences with us today. The witnesses made reference to the borrelia ELISA and the borrelia Western Blot tests. They suggested that the latter test results in a higher rate of detection. Would they recommend that this test be available in Ireland and how important a tool is it? The witnesses said that if...

Youth Employment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I recall a time in the late 1990s and early 2000s when the Irish people genuinely believed that Ireland was finally in a position to ensure that we could keep our young people here. As many of our relatives returned to make their lives here again, we believed that emigration would become a thing of the past and be banished to the realm of folk memory - to stories of uncles, sisters and...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: The decision to exit the EU-IMF programme without seeking an additional credit line was significant and should have been discussed at greater length in the Dáil at the time. We need to be clear as to the reasons it was significant. The media hailed it as a gamble and a bold move. While some considered it reckless, others viewed it as an achievement and an end to our humiliation. All...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Issues (20 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will transpose Directive 2011/93/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 combating the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and child pornography, and replacing Council Framework decision 2004/68/JHA ahead of the transposition due date on 18 December 2013; the position regarding the Governments...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (20 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health beds available for children, in tabular form, by Health Service Executive area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49833/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Sixth Report of Special Rapporteur on Child Protection: Discussion (19 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome Dr. Shannon here today and thank him for the report, which is so comprehensive. I compliment him on the amount of work that he has put into it. I agree with everything in it. I also agree totally with what Deputy Conway said about alcohol. In 95% of cases it is the root cause of all the problems. I will not go into it because Deputy Conway has aired it pretty well. We do not...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (19 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when works will be carried out in a housing estate (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49266/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (19 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 737. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the areas for which the National Roads Authority have provided funding for in 2014 under the infrastructure and capital investment 2012-2016 programme; the amount allocated to each area; the reason Buttevant, County Cork, with one of the worst road surfaces in any town or village in the country has been omitted from funding allocation;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: Consent for procedures is a tricky area and the responsibility regarding the treatment rightly lies with the individual unless they are unable to give consent. Regarding mental capacity for consent, does McNaughton believe our mental capacity laws are adequate or do they create difficulties for those caring for people with mental disorders at the end of life? Mr. Plunkett made some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I am very sympathetic to the challenges faced by chaplains. They are reduced to meeting and greeting on many occasions. Would Ms Naughten agree there is a structural need for the health care system and hospitals to be more responsive to the bereaved and would it aid the work of chaplains if this situation was to improve significantly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: End-of-Life Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their interesting presentations. We know we have a lot to do in this regard. I commend the witnesses on all the hard work they do, of which we are very aware. A number of points came up again and again in the presentations. A significant one is the unfitness of our hospital system for end-of-life patients and caring for the bereaved. Is there a...

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I will speak to the specifics of the Bill shortly but, first, I wish to comment on the Government's supposed vision for health care. The Minister will know that we had our reservations to begin with, to put it mildly. We never truly believed that reliance on the private insurance sector, itself enfeebled and in many respects subsidised by the public system, could ever truly deliver the type...