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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Application Numbers (2 May 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the number of applications from city and county councils for funding under the sports capital programme in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20981/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Application Numbers (2 May 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give a detailed account of the reason applications from city and county councils were rejected for funding under the sports capital grant scheme 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20982/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Application Numbers (2 May 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends introduce the next phase of the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20984/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Diaspora Centre Establishment (2 May 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of his emphasis on the Gathering, if he has any plans to establish a world class museum of the Irish diaspora; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20983/13]

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Bill. Housing is one of the core issues relating to an individual's well-being and his or her life situation. Even more importantly, it is a fundamental expression and building block of society. One could go further and say that housing has much to tell us about the values, identity and integrity of a given society. If we...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Domestic Violence Policy (1 May 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to treat domestic abuse as a serious cause of social housing need and homelessness; and if he will prioritise the addressing of this need in the interests of protecting vulnerable adults and children. [20494/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (30 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 414. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts of funding available to heritage projects under the rural development, LEADER programme 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13136/13]

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

Sandra McLellan: 551. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20000/13]

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

Sandra McLellan: 593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of random financial reviews that have been carried out on medical card patients whose cards were not due to expire until 2021; the number of reviews that are due to take place, of the reviews that have taken place the number of persons that have lost their entitlement to a full medical card and have had it replaced with a general practitioner...

Other Questions: Dublin City Designation (25 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I ask this question in the context of the recent announcement by Dublin City Council of plans for a new cultural quarter around Parnell Square. I welcome the initiative but I am concerned that it does not go far enough. Dublin has a number of things going for it. It is the capital city and it houses all the major national cultural institutions of theatre, music, museums and galleries. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I apologise for Deputy Ó Caoláin's absence. He must shortly leave for a meeting of the joint executive of the North-South Interparliamentary Association in Stormont. He wishes that he could have been present. I thank our guests for their presentations. We also received presentations last week. Our guests are more than welcome, as this is an important issue. We support an opt...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their very interesting presentations, which follow on from those given last week. It was lovely last week to hear emotional stories from live donors and to see recipients and how they benefited. I read some of the opening statements last night and was struck by how little I knew. I did not know that Ireland did not have a specific transplant...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 44. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether considering the size of the Irish market and the downturn in the economy the focus solely on philanthropy as a source of funding for the Arts is realistic and his further views on whether a broad acknowledgement of multiple sources of public and private investment is vital; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (24 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 5 March 2013, in which she stated that a person must be employed for 104 weeks before they have a reasonable attachment to employment in order to receive a redundancy payment, her plans regarding a potential reduction in this criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18833/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (24 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which her Department’s website will reinstate the practice of showing a statistical breakdown of redundancy figures based on industry, county and gender. [18832/13]

Public Sector Pay and Conditions: Motion [Private Members] (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: Now that it is in opposition, Fianna Fáil is calling for reform of the public service. It complains about "the inconsistency of treatment of different categories of public sector employees". To call for fairness and balance in the aftermath of the rejection of Croke Park II is typical Fianna Fáil manoeuvring and reeks of hypocrisy and political opportunism. When it was in power,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Statistics (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs in exporting enterprises; the number in the domestic economy; and changes in these since 2007. [18618/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the current rates of change his views on when an additional 100,000 jobs will be created in the economy. [18619/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt women who do not receive a full salary top-up from their employers from the proposed tax on maternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18224/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money generated from VAT annually; if he will provide a breakdown of the way that the money is spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18816/13]