Results 141-160 of 384 for speaker:Seán Conlan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Narrow Water Bridge: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Seán Conlan: The delegation is very welcome. It is great to have before us people with vision who have been able to keep the proposal for a bridge over Carlingford Lough on the political agenda for so long. I am positively disposed towards the project because north County Louth and south County Down are beautiful areas. Building the bridge would be an important symbolic gesture of the progress that is...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Recognition (23 May 2013)

Seán Conlan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this topic of great importance not only in County Monaghan but also nationally. It should be addressed and treated as such. Monaghan Collegiate School has been teaching students since the 1500s. It is a small school of 247 pupils and operates within the Protestant ethos. It is the only Protestant secondary school in County Monaghan, although there...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Recognition (23 May 2013)

Seán Conlan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. This is the only Protestant secondary school in County Monaghan and it will be very simple for parents to send their kids two or three miles across the Border to schools in Aughnacloy, Newtownhamilton or Armagh. It would be a travesty if this school were lost by reason of the Government's educational policy. The numbers are small at 247...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jun 2013)

Seán Conlan: 984. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) had been informed by their consultant that their operation was urgent and would take place in June and has now been told that the operation will take place in August at the earliest [27418/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross-Border Co-operation in Education: Discussion (27 Jun 2013)

Seán Conlan: Clearly, research outputs are very important in the higher education sector. What possibilities are there for the strengthening of collaborative research between the two partners and what role might SCoTENS play in this regard? My second question concerns the Border region in general. Senator Jim D'Arcy referred to the link between Dundalk Institute of Technology and DCU. What...

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Seán Conlan: I met a large number of individuals and groups to discuss this issue and the proposed legislation. It is clear that the vast majority of people whom I met were very sincere and exercised in articulating their concerns about the content of the legislation. There is no doubt that many individuals who would define themselves as being either pro-choice or pro-life will be unhappy with the final...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Conlan: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan who has been awarded extra home help hours is still awaiting the implementation of the additional home help [32434/13]

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Conlan: I too propose an amendment. I apologise if any member has raised a similar point already. I propose to amend the section as follows: (4) For the avoidance of doubt, any regulations made under this section must be consistent with and acknowledge the right to life of the unborn.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Conlan: The reason for the amendment is explicitly to limit the power to create regulation and to ensure that it complies with Article 40, 3.3o of the Constitution. I have already forwarded proposed amendments to the Minister, so he will be aware of my amendment, but it is important to ensure we comply with Article 40.3.3o of the Constitution.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Conlan: With regard to the institutions, I am concerned about what is stated at the end of section 3(1).

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Conlan: I know, but I want to ask about the institutions. I listened very carefully to what the Minister said on Second Stage about ensuring that private clinics could not be included in the Schedule. I am concerned about section 38 of the Health Act 2004. If that last part of section 3(1) was excluded from the Bill under discussion, that would mean that no future Minister could change the Schedule.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Conlan: I have a question on section 9(1)(a), as amended. I would welcome if the Minister could comment on the legal opinion he has received on the following matter. Where a woman presents, which woman has no history of mental illness, and states that she is suicidal and the practitioner forms the opinion that there is a real and substantial risk to her life but the woman refuses alternative...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Conlan: I was very happy with the Minister's response on the issue on certification. It clarifies matters. Deputy Billy Timmins's question illustrates the reason I asked the question. He has attended all of the Oireachtas hearings and understands the issues involved. He posed the question about a pregnant woman presenting and the doctor assessing there was a real risk but the woman then refusing...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Conlan: It is based on something Deputy Denis Naughten asked. He said that if there was no underlying mental health issue, psychiatrists were bound to certify. I am posing the question based on the situation under the Mental Health Act 2001 where it is not permitted to impose a treatment. How does that tie in with what I asked concerning a situation where a pregnant woman refuses treatment? One...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (10 Jul 2013)

Seán Conlan: 174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there has been a delay in the appeal of a decision to refuse a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33838/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Cross Border Co-operation in Education: Discussion (11 Jul 2013)

Seán Conlan: I welcome the Minister and his officials to the meeting. I come from County Monaghan. A true university of Ulster would have to encompass the whole nine counties of Ulster, not just the six in Northern Ireland. None of the other three counties has a university. Traditionally in Monaghan prospective students would have been very aware of what courses were available in both Queen's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (18 Sep 2013)

Seán Conlan: 1383. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cavan has been waiting over a year and a half for a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37644/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Dáil Reform (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Conlan: I commend the Taoiseach on fulfilling his promise to Fine Gael and the people prior to the last election that he would afford them the opportunity to express their views in a referendum on the abolition or retention of the Seanad. It is refreshing to witness a Taoiseach take a political risk in order to fulfil a promise and long may it continue. I also acknowledge the Dáil reforms this...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Conlan: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated total revenue that will be generated by VAT on the construction industry in 2014 from private sector sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41983/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Conlan: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of revenue generated by VAT on the refurbishment and resale of older houses in 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41984/13]