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Situation in Libya: Statements (24 Mar 2011)

Ann Phelan: I welcome this, my first opportunity as a new Dáil Member, to make my contribution to the international debate about our concern for the embattled people of Libya. I thank the people of Carlow-Kilkenny for returning me to the 31st Dáil. Abraham Lincoln, who is commonly referred to as the father of democracy, once said: This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit...

Leaders' Questions (6 Apr 2011)

Ann Phelan: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (12 Apr 2011)

Ann Phelan: Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will continue the decision of the last administration to rationalise the local processing of medical cards for persons under 70 years to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7829/11]

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (13 Apr 2011)

Ann Phelan: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will continue the decision of the last Administration to amalgamate vocational education committees. [7823/11]

Written Answers — Prospecting Licences: Prospecting Licences (19 Apr 2011)

Ann Phelan: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider changing the old royalty-free tax regime applying to existing oil and gas exploration licences. [8520/11]

Written Answers — Court Accommodation: Court Accommodation (19 Apr 2011)

Ann Phelan: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the situation regarding the deteriorating condition of the court house at a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the future use of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8571/11]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (3 May 2011)

Ann Phelan: Question 503: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his considered concerns as described in the recently drafted Welfare of Greyhounds Bill will be reflected in the reported export of greyhounds to the People's Republic of China and elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9262/11]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (10 May 2011)

Ann Phelan: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the widespread practice of mis-selling of insurance protection policies imposed by lending agencies on mortgages and other borrowing products in past years, which in some cases amounted to an extortive demand; and if he will investigate the matter by seeking details from all such lending institutions from all...

Written Answers — Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking (10 May 2011)

Ann Phelan: Question 299: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the report Globalisation, Sex Trafficking and Prostitution: The Experience of Migrant Women in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10734/11]

Order of Business (11 May 2011)

Ann Phelan: It has been blown up.

Order of Business (12 May 2011)

Ann Phelan: Forewarned is forearmed.

Written Answers — Commercial Rates: Commercial Rates (17 May 2011)

Ann Phelan: Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious commercial difficulty for traders in a town in County Kilkenny arising from the lack of action to eliminate the flood risk to their town, the scale of which is identified in an Office of Public Works-Kilkenny County Council Flood Risk Management Study in 2010,...

Order of Business (1 Jun 2011)

Ann Phelan: Legislation is promised to merge local and national enterprise agencies and job support functions into the local authorities. When does the Taoiseach envisage this promised legislation coming before the House?

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (1 Jun 2011)

Ann Phelan: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the assurance that can be given to prevent any further delay and inaction regarding the processing of medical card applications now centralised in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13806/11]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)

Ann Phelan: I wish to share time with Deputy Eamonn Maloney. I congratulate the Government and the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, on bringing the Bill before the House. I preface my words by stating that fraud does not take place only in the social welfare system. Fraud is at large in the country in general. Most reasonable people would consider that if this amending legislation...

Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)

Ann Phelan: We should thank Deputy Ellis for flagging the issue.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2011)

Ann Phelan: She did not suggest that.

Written Answers — Army Barracks: Army Barracks (23 Jun 2011)

Ann Phelan: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Defence his future plans for retaining the Army presence in Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16865/11]

Welfare of Greyhounds Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Jun 2011)

Ann Phelan: I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate on the Welfare of Greyhounds Bill 2011. As a person who understands that both animals and humans must co-exist, I welcomed the enactment of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. The Minister has been quick out of the traps with this Bill. Gandhi once said "the greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jun 2011)

Ann Phelan: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, and/or Temple Street, Children's Hospital in Dublin, is unable to support the urgent need for an insulin pump in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, after this child's Type 1 Diabetes medical needs could not be treated by the Paediatric Diabetes...