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Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (18 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will give details of the proposed national awareness campaign around the dangers associated with so called legal highs, including the timeframe of the campaign, the additional resources that will be made available for it and the form of media that will be employed, for example radio, billboards and so on; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (18 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to implement the findings of a recent report funded by the Family Support Agency, which recommended that she set up 37 specialist centres to facilitate meetings between children and parents who face difficulties following relationship breakdown. [15488/10]

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (18 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 582 of 20 April 2010, the number of hours the prisoners referred to have out of their cells each day. [20441/10]

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (18 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the capacity of each prison here. [20442/10]

Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (18 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 20 April 2010, the additional moneys and resources that will be put into employment and enabling services, that is, back to education and training schemes and child care provision prior to the proposed cuts to the lone parent scheme due to be made in 2011. [20159/10]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding plans to introduce new legislation governing gambling; his views on whether it is inappropriate for him to lobby in support of a casino development in the absence of this long-promised legislation the purpose of which may be to close the loopholes which casinos currently exploit in order to operate....

Controlled Drug Sales (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Justice; Equality and Law Reform the steps that are being taken in advance of the ban on mephedrone and various other substances coming into effect including whether head shop owners and other distributors are being asked to hand over the substance prior to the ban taking effect [19654/10]

Controlled Drug Sales (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome the recent announcement on the banning of certain products. I also welcome the Minister's announcement that he will present to the House legislation on psychoactive substances. Will the Minister agree that the failure to respond for such a long time to the threat posed by products being sold in head shops allowed demand to be created, and allowed the emergence of a far wider...

Controlled Drug Sales (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Reference was made this morning to the advertising, by way of leaflets in some areas, of mail ordering and phone ordering of banned substances. I encourage the Minister to ask the Garda authorities to pay special attention to any such activity, which is now a criminal offence. When will the remainder of the dangerous legal highs be dealt with? Is it a matter of waiting for the legislation?...

Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have made the point previously that the Title should read, "AT THE LÁRIONAD NÁISIÚNTA COMHDHÁLA OR, IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE". That would make it stand out from other international conference centres.

Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Bill 2010: Second Stage (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháíl leis an Teachta Rabbitte as a chuid ama a roinnt liom. I support the legislation in general. I am a little bemused as to why it has come before us in this way and why it took until almost the last minute for somebody to realise there was a problem and that a licence was needed for the national conference centre. We have no problem facilitating the...

Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will try to be brief, given the time. I have a number of issues on which I require clarification from the Minister. I have raised on a number of occasions the titles of institutions and so on. Where section 1 of the Bill states " 'Convention Centre' means the National Conference Centre", my preference would be " 'Convention Centre' means an Lárionad Náisiúnta Comhdhála or, in the...

Intoxicating Liquor (National Conference Centre) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes, but not on a Sunday. With regard to remaining open for one hour after the conclusion of a conference, I am aware from having attended international conferences that it often takes an hour to get out of the hall in which the meeting was held. Therefore, an hour might not be sufficient. I suggest it should be a period of two hours, to allow people wind down after a conference....

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes.

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Whose fault is that?

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Tánaiste should note there are seven days in a week.

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In respect of the two items of legislation I wish to raise, it is a shame the Minister for Transport is not in the House. Regarding the merchant shipping (registration of ships) Bill, there is a ridiculous situation in Dundalk where a wholly Irish-owned ship with humanitarian aid for Gaza is being prevented from leaving the port-----

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I referred to the legislation. This ship is being prevented from leaving because it has a tricolour painted on its side. That would be covered under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995.

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My other question relates to the Taxi Regulation Act. Are there proposals to take account of the problems currently facing the industry and the need for changes in the function and remit of the regulator?

Order of Business (Resumed) (13 May 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Legislation must take account of the need for a change in terms of VRT exemption for new taxis. There has been a change in regard to the nine-year rule but wheelchair accessible taxis can be ten years old, which means disabled passengers will be put at risk.