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- Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)
Luke Flanagan: So Fine Gael wanted it.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2011)
Luke Flanagan: We will give the Minister of State the benefit of the doubt.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2011)
Luke Flanagan: I am here instead.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2011)
Luke Flanagan: If there was no other option but to go down the route the Minister is taking, namely, the idea of inter-generational solidarity, it would be a good thing and one could not argue against that but the reality is that it is only solidarity among those who can afford this private health care. I do not have any health care package, and obviously I do not have a medical card, and the reason for...
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2011)
Luke Flanagan: The programme for Government is not socialist.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2011)
Luke Flanagan: The baby is hungry.
- Health Insurance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Dec 2011)
Luke Flanagan: That is inspirational stuff. Deputy Buttimer inspires me.
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (30 Nov 2011)
Luke Flanagan: Question 27: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amending the Building Control Act 2007 by removing Part 3; whether he agrees that the term "architect" should not be applied exclusively to university-qualified architects, and that since architecture is a creative art form the term "architect" should not be exclusive to any one group,...
- Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Nov 2011)
Luke Flanagan: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Health how persons with long-term illnesses such as epilepsy will be affected by the proposed charges for medical cards and the proposed increase in the charge for prescriptions from 50 cent to â¬2; the person who will eventually pay for such medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37802/11]
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)
Luke Flanagan: I commend the Sinn Féin Party motion. It is excellent and I will support it. If the Government wants to save money in social welfare it should examine rent allowance. The system must change in order that the tenant is incentivised to get the best possible value. Under the current system a tenant in my home town who is paying â¬90 per week receives a subvention of â¬59.60. However, if...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)
Luke Flanagan: The Deputy's party was in government in the mid-1990s.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)
Luke Flanagan: As usual, the Government is pushing through a Bill and claiming that it must do so due to European law. It is the first reason given in the Minister's speech. In the Bill's digest, it is pretty much the only reason we should do it, whatever about poisoning ourselves with cryptosporidium. Why do successive Governments try to pass the buck when it comes to making decisions, and then wonder...
- Written Answers — Heritage Sites: Heritage Sites (29 Nov 2011)
Luke Flanagan: Question 314: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the excavated foundations of the Swan Gate, Athenry, County Galway, have not been either moved to a new location at which they can be displayed, covered over as they had been for centuries or covered with toughened glass in order that they are visible [i]in situ[/i]; and the reason the roundabout which, while...
- Turbary Rights (24 Nov 2011)
Luke Flanagan: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the overall sums of money that have been set aside to resolve the issues arising from the designation of 54 bog complexes as special areas of conservation under the Habitats Directive; if he will provide a breakdown of moneys which will be allocated to the various resolutions put forward, that is, to relocation expenses...
- Turbary Rights (24 Nov 2011)
Luke Flanagan: There is no point in saying there are obvious differences between us on the issue and we will not go through them today because I am not asking about them. It is important to say that when the Minister mentions 15 years of compensation or the delivery of turf, that delivery is not for 15 years. Although we may be happy about aspects of that provision, it is an issue for another day. Time...
- Social Welfare Code (23 Nov 2011)
Luke Flanagan: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if habitual residence dose not apply to returning Irish emigrants, as is outlined by the EU guidelines (details supplied), when seeking social welfare, the reason local welfare offices continue to demand that returning Irish emigrants prove their habitual residence; the number of Irish nationals who were or are aware of these guidelines...
- Social Welfare Code (23 Nov 2011)
Luke Flanagan: I thank the Minister for her reply. In my experience of dealing with this issue, the only way claimants end up getting their payments is if they quote the EU guidelines. It is only when that happens that the deciding officer will say, "You are actually right", but if the claimants do not know that before meeting the officer, they will not get what they are entitled to. Can these guidelines...
- Social Welfare Code (23 Nov 2011)
Luke Flanagan: I did not table the question to address the elderly man's case. The person about whom I tabled it made clear that she was returning to Ireland to go to college having been away for three years. It was only when she pointed out the fact that EU guidelines were in place that she was told she was entitled to the payment. There is an anomaly in this regard and perhaps the Minister can discuss...
- Social Welfare Code (23 Nov 2011)
Luke Flanagan: The Minister might do that for me.
- Written Answers — Units of Measurement: Units of Measurement (22 Nov 2011)
Luke Flanagan: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the continued use of imperial size fittings in the plumbing trade and the unnecessary confusion and extra costs that imperial fittings cause especially in small scale and private work; if he will eliminate the use of imperial sized fittings; the steps he will take to bring the plumbing...