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Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: I will conclude. The Minister for Justice and Equality recently announced a large new capital investment budget which will see the refurbishment and construction of new Garda stations. When enacted, the Bill will be just one more step in the Government's plan to tackle repeat offenders and put them behind bars for longer. I call on all sides of the House to support it and let the courts get...

Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. I commend the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, on the reforming nature of the work she has done since she was appointed to office. She has taken on the problems affecting both the Department and the Garda Síochána and shown real leadership in tackling the criminals who plague this...

Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: Deputy Mattie McGrath thinks there is no one here only himself asking questions.

Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: Bye bye, Mattie.

Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: Can I speak?

Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: As the Taoiseach is aware, many professional criminal organisations throughout the country continue to benefit financially from the proceeds of crime.

Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: When can we expect the proceeds of crime legislation to be brought before the House for debate? Have the heads been published?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (24 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41590/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authority Rates (24 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to remove the requirement for crèches and playschools to pay local authority rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41406/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (24 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 373. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include auto-immune hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis as symptoms which qualify for acceptance under the long-term illness book scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41301/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 385. To ask the Minister for Health why the Gníomh Lann learning disability day service located in Balinode in County Sligo is required to change its location; his plans for its future in the locality; the plans in place to keep the nine persons with complex needs who use this facility together at an alternative location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41385/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (24 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 388. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for an over 70s medical card by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41465/15]

Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: When will the road transport Bill be introduced?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Administration (17 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will allow recipients of the respite care grant, which will be re-introduced from January 2016, to receive two separate payments, in June and December, rather than one payment in June in order to facilitate carers at Christmas time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40206/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (17 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 295. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of his Department's response regarding compensation for the landowners in Lisnatullagh in County Leitrim, whose lands are affected by the Ash Dieback disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40550/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (17 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the Student Universal Support Ireland grant's 45 km distance policy for the adjacent rate and non-adjacent rates of grant awarded, if this distance is calculated from the student's home address to the educational institution in question, or if it is calculated from the student's townland or locality; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (17 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the National Asset Management Agency is effectively breaking residential contracts which were agreed between home owners and particular developers who are now under its remit by now making many empty housing units in certain housing estates, which were not sold at the time of the developer's...

Order of Business (12 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: On housing, when will the regulation of approved housing bodies Bill come before the House?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (12 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the formally approved allocation of €4.3 million for the proposed link building capital development project at Saint Angela's College in County Sligo, which was put on-hold in 2010; if this will be included within the new Educational Capital Plan 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39894/15]

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: I would just like to ask the Taoiseach in relation to-----