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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sale of State Assets (4 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a clause can be built into any sale of Coillte forests to guarantee the current supply of round logs to the sawmilling industry here; if a similar clause is being put in place to protect and guarantee the supply of timber to the Coillte board plants at Waterford and Clonmel; if he will instruct New Era to establish a guarantee within...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (4 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Coillte failed to correctly predict the future supply of round logs that was to be available to the saw milling industry here from the forests that they manage; his views on whether the prediction of a rising future supply of round logs encouraged sawmillers to invest in plant, and thus creating a competitive saw milling...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (4 Dec 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the threat that the sale of Coillte forests will have on the future of the sawmilling industry here and the thousands of jobs therein and that the sale of such national assets will also threaten the future of downstream processing of timber as timber will be exported in the round to other countries; if his attention has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Ombudsman Commission (28 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will enquire into the case of the Garda Ombudsman appointing a Ballinasloe based Garda to investigate a Gort based Garda; the reason an appeal for the same investigation has not made progress (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53354/12]

Medical Treatment (Termination of Pregnancy in Case of Risk to Life of Pregnant Woman) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I congratulate Deputy Clare Daly and the members of the Technical Group that has brought forward the Bill. It is what is needed. It is an improvement on what was brought forward in April as the advice of the Minister has been taken on board. One would imagine, therefore, that he would vote for it. I also welcome publication of the report of the expert group. As someone who is relatively...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Western Development Commission: Discussion with Chairman Designate (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: There is a saying, "Fail to plan, plan to fail", of which I am sure Mr. McGuinness is aware. One of the best documents I have ever read about the west, including County Donegal and the areas covered by Mr. McGuinness, is entitled, The State of the West: Recent Trends and Future Prospects, subtitled Blueprint for the West. In July 2001 it outlined the spend that would be needed above and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Western Development Commission: Discussion with Chairman Designate (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: It is an excellent one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Western Development Commission: Discussion with Chairman Designate (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Mr. McGuinness is making a good start because he is honest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Western Development Commission: Discussion with Chairman Designate (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: Mr. McGuinness is smart, but he is not that smart.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Western Development Commission: Discussion with Chairman Designate (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I thank Mr. McGuinness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Plé le Cathaoirleach Ainmnithe Údarás na Gaeltachta (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I return to something Ms Ní Ghallchóir said. She may have taken me up wrongly. I am proud of the way I learn, but I learn in a particular way, as many do. Evidence of this is the fact that after 13 years, 99% of the pupils in my class did not know how to have a conversation in Irish. It was not that we collectively decided to be stubborn and that we would not try. We tried just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Plé le Cathaoirleach Ainmnithe Údarás na Gaeltachta (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I am also missing stuff by being here. This has to be taken up as a serious issue. The impediment is that the vast majority of those who teach learn easily from books without immersion. This needs to be taken into account if Ms Ní Ghallchóir wants the Irish language to survive. Otherwise we will put a massive amount of resources for 13 years into teaching pupils, including my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Plé le Cathaoirleach Ainmnithe Údarás na Gaeltachta (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I care about the Irish language.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Plé le Cathaoirleach Ainmnithe Údarás na Gaeltachta (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Plé le Cathaoirleach Ainmnithe Údarás na Gaeltachta (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I am not. I am telling the truth. I got a "D" in pass Irish after studying it for 13 years. Should we go down the Linguaphone route to get kids to learn Irish? What are her suggestions, as I would hate to see the language disappear? The world is becoming more and more homogenised. I have said on numerous occasions at this forum and in the Dáil that homogenisation is for milk, not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Plé le Cathaoirleach Ainmnithe Údarás na Gaeltachta (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: I am somewhat embarrassed to have to address Ms Ní Ghallchóir in English, unfortunately. However, I wish her the best of luck in the massive task she faces. She has mentioned the reports suggesting we might have just 15 years to deal with this issue. I believe that to be true. I do not come from a Gaeltacht area and have massive difficulty in learning a language if I am not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the decision to cut bus routes is taken by the National Transport Authority, Bus Éireann or his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49429/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that Bus Éireann is no longer adhering to it's social charter and continues to cut bus routes in lower population areas, if he will consider selling it off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49428/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (20 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are funds within his Department to make single farm payments; if he will confirm that he has had hundreds of calls to the disadvantaged payments section of his Department regarding the delay in payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51380/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence (20 Nov 2012)

Luke Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason abused men who deal with an organisation (details supplied) are forced to deal with women when the women's refuge do not even let men near their building; her views on whether men with trust issues with women should have to endure this; her further views on whether the stigma attached to reporting is bad enough without this...