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Finance Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill, particularly in light of the pressing and important issues facing the country at the present time. The importance of the economy and the impact that economic policy, be it good or bad, can have on the lives of ordinary people cannot be underestimated. While it would be naive to suggest that everything begins and ends with the economy,...

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: The Swiss architect, Le Corbusier, famously once described a house as a machine for living in. The machine metaphor and the capitalist undertones embedded within it provide a clue to what can happen when the machine itself becomes the perceived source of financial power, speculation, and class status. When this happens, a clear disjuncture emerges between the house as a machine and the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (20 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the decision by the Moroccan authorities to place 23 Saharawi civilians and human rights activists on trial before a military court on 1 February 2013; and if he will raise this human rights issue with the Moroccan ambassador. [8843/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Travel (20 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the travel plans of Government Ministers have been finalised for Saint Patrick’s Day this year; the countries that each Minister will visit; and the expected cost of these trips. [8849/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (19 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I acknowledge the extraordinary efforts of the local community groups and sporting clubs in the area. I am delighted the Minister of State is prepared to meet me. Will he give an undertaking to embark on an information campaign regarding specifically targeting the sports capital programme at clubs and organisations working with disadvantaged people in disadvantaged areas?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (19 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: Does the Minister of State accept that many clubs got it wrong?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (19 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will explain the reason he rejected funding applications under the sports capital programme for public sports facilities in disadvantaged Rapid areas in the south inner city (details supplied); if he will meet with a delegation from the local community to discuss this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8966/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (19 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: The Minister of State will be aware that Willie Pearse Park, Crumlin, St. John Bosco Football Club, Brickfield Park, Drimnagh and Bushy Park in Terenure belong to Dublin City Council. The fact that these are public facilities makes them of high value to the local community. A variety of clubs and sporting organisations in the area use the facilities on a weekly basis for boxing, soccer and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (19 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 12 February 2013, if she will change the rule to allow persons on social welfare allowance to travel for medical treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8751/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria (19 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will have inspectors, independent of local authorities, inspect local authority houses to investigate the number that are up to the 2008 housing regulations and that a grant be made available to upgrade all stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8176/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Review (19 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will raise the age limit for joining the navy and army to at least 30 years old; in view of the fact that this would give young persons who have been made redundant the opportunity to gain meaningful employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8179/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services (19 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that persons who spent time in Besborough House in Cork and other such institutions around the country be given access to their records for the time they spent there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8687/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (19 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue generated annually from national car testing since its introduction; the amount generated from re-tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8320/13]

Other Questions: Health Service Executive Savings (14 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail where the €15 million in savings in probity on local schemes, as outlined in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013, will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7467/13]

Other Questions: Health Service Executive Savings (14 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail where the €15 million in savings in community schemes, as outlined in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013, will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7466/13]

Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. This is flawed legislation that clearly has not been properly thought through. From an environmental, social and economic point of view it is a deeply problematic item of legislation and, yet again, we see the hand of Fianna Fáil all over its pages. It was Fianna Fáil which initially dreamt up the idea to charge households for...

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this exceptionally important and worrying issue. Sinn Féin is completely opposed to the promissory note arrangement. I refer, of course, to the so-called deal that was rushed through Dáil Éireann last week and that has been trumpeted by the coalition and its erstwhile partners in this debacle, Fianna Fáil, as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Tackling Obesity: Discussion with Operation Transformation (14 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: Every single one of the witnesses looks amazing. It is probably one of the better presentations I have heard, and one of the most interesting. We can see the results in front of us. Reference was made to a seven-point plan, which clearly works. We have evidence of it sitting in front of us as well. When I was younger children played outside all day. The television was not put on until...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (14 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 7 February 2013, if he will ensure that the school is given back the bandwidth of at least four as it had prior to Christmas when it was reduced from four to one without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7984/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Agencies (14 Feb 2013)

Sandra McLellan: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Information and Quality Authority are reviewing the situation of waiting list times for persons requiring epilepsy monitoring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7780/13]