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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Issues (2 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government on behalf of early childhood Ireland, regarding commercial rates which are of serious concern and stress for the services in Ireland in view of the fact that they are levied unfairly and inconsistently on early childhood care and education services and pose a serious threat to the sustainability of a sector that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (2 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 212. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence regarding eviction (details supplied). [41526/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Qualifications (2 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 232. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a pre-budget submission by Early Childhood Ireland that a training transformation fund should be provided, which would support higher qualifications and continuing professional development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41405/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Qualifications (2 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 233. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on an Early Childhood Ireland proposal that a group of skilled mentors be available to work with clusters of child care services across the country (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41406/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Qualifications (2 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that trainers or tutors who deliver child care or education training must have qualifications and experience relevant to the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41407/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Qualifications (2 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 235. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on behalf of Early Childhood Ireland, if she will adopt a phased approach to the introduction of standards with training and support for the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41409/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (2 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 236. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on behalf of Early Childhood Ireland if she will ensure data from the inspection report countrywide are located and analysed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41410/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (2 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 237. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on behalf of early childhood Ireland, if she will develop blueprints with targets and timelines to link funding to quality and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41411/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Inspections (2 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 238. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will include early childhood specialists within inspection teams to build an existing expertise within the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41412/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Inspections (2 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 239. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs on behalf of early childhood Ireland, if she will ensure that services have the right to reply on all inspection reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41413/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Staffing (2 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 242. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence on behalf of Early Childhood Ireland (details supplied) seeking that special needs assistants be provided to pre-schools to ensure that every child can access a free preschool place in the year before entering primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41408/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (2 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a pre-budget submission on behalf of Irish Sport that €1 per person in addition to the funding be channelled into a specific fund to be used exclusively to create employment and fund participation programmes; the three million being directed to job creation with the remaining €1.5 million being used to fund...

Order of Business (1 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: With regard to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (amendment) Bill, it is quite extraordinary to think tonight will be an historic occasion when the issue of the abolition of the Seanad will be debated on prime-time television but the Taoiseach will not engage.

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Michael Healy-Rae: Yes. The Taoiseach is handing over the job to a man who wanted his job number of years ago. He would not give him the job then but tonight he will put him out in his place. It is extraordinary and absolutely unbelievable.

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Michael Healy-Rae: It is extremely topical.

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Michael Healy-Rae: The people of Ireland are looking up to their Taoiseach and want to hear his arguments and what he has to say on the abolition of the Seanad, but he refuses the opportunity to go on prime-time television and debate the matter with people with differing views from his own. What is the Taoiseach doing tonight that is so important that he cannot go on television to debate a matter of national...

Order of Business (1 Oct 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am not speaking to the Whip but to the Taoiseach. He knows I am making sense.

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Michael Healy-Rae: I would like the Taoiseach to answer the question.

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Michael Healy-Rae: He avoided it.

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Michael Healy-Rae: The Taoiseach could have sent the Minister, Deputy Bruton, there. It would have made more sense.