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Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (27 Nov 2013)

Terence Flanagan: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if he has concerns regarding the new study undertaken by NUI Maynooth that shows there has been a 60% increase in the prescription of drugs for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the past six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50887/13]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2010)

Terence Flanagan: ...that as many as 600 unfinished housing estates are scatted throughout the country, roughly equating to 300,000 empty properties. I know the Construction Industry Federation and academics in NUI Maynooth have differed as to the number of empty housing units in the country. There is certainly a large number of them, probably as many as 300,000. The vacant houses in these ghost estates are...

Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Terence Flanagan: ...is certainly not good enough. Ireland only spends 4.6% of its GDP on education compared to the OECD average of 5.5%. If we are serious about education, according to a professor of education at NUI Maynooth, the Government needs to spend 7% of our GDP on education; an increase in funding would certainly enable the deficiencies in education to be addressed. The Government has underfunded...

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Second Stage (25 Oct 2007)

Terence Flanagan: ...them anonymity in court, which is certainly unprecedented in Ireland. The Bill, however, must deal with the fact that those who are trafficked can still be jailed or deported. Last week an NUI Galway report highlighted the case of a trafficked woman being picked up by gardaí and sent to Mountjoy jail. That is completely wrong and the Minister should not be criminalising victims. I...