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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (26 Jan 2016)

Eamonn Maloney: 113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is holding and if she will consider an application from an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 24 for a new community employment scheme based solely with this organisation; if she is aware of the tremendous service this organisation provides; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3114/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (13 Jan 2016)

Eamonn Maloney: 631. To ask the Minister for Health if he will introduce a licensing system for vaping products; if so, when; if he will implement tobacco products directive II, in as far as it relates to vaping products; what form this will take; if public consultation is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1058/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Delays (13 Jan 2016)

Eamonn Maloney: 603. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the delay in the renewal of a medical card being issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12. [46816/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Dec 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: I am in agreement with the Minister. I am on the record, as a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children, as stating that the taxpayer should not be held to ransom by the pharmaceutical companies, as we have been in the past. I hope this is a view all Members hold. These companies exist and operate to make as much money as possible, and that is their primary concern. ...

Topical Issue Debate: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Dec 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: I dare say there is not a citizen in this State who is not conscious of cystic fibrosis, given its prevalence in this country. I understand that we have the highest rate of cystic fibrosis in the world but I cannot explain why that is the case. We are all aware of how this condition affects the individual and by extension, their families. In terms of science and research, we all welcome...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Second Stage (17 Dec 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: I welcome the Bill and the Minister should be commended on bringing it forward. I listened to her opening statement on the monitor. I do not agree with everything she said but I agree with most of it. In many respects what is being provided for in this Bill in the third level education sector is historic. Collectively, if we succeed in achieving what the Minister wants to achieve in the...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: It relates to the maintenance of a register by the legal services regulation authority. Is that correct?

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: The Minister of State will no doubt correct me if I misunderstood the position. My principal concern is as to whether there is an obligation on the legal practitioner to register with the authority as opposed to the authority having to police those who are involved in legal practice. What is the position?

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: From the Seanad (Resumed) (9 Dec 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: While I agree in principle with the Minister of State on this matter, I do not know how an ordinary layperson will understand much of the language used in the amendments and the text of the Bill. While the Minister of State will not agree with me, from reading through the Bill and listening to the very good debate in the Seanad last week, specifically the salient points made by the Minister...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Child Care Services Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for including this issue for debate. Like most Members, I welcome the initiatives taken by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Reilly, in the recent budget in regard to child care. Any improvements in the child care sector must be welcomed. As Members are aware, there are shortcomings in the sector, principally due to the fact that...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Child Care Services Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: I thank the Minister of State for that reply. I have mentioned the high cost of child care in Ireland. It is worth mentioning that for many low income families, child care costs are so high that parents have little choice but to leave the workforce. Those of us with constituency clinics are aware of many examples of people who are working in low paid jobs who cannot afford to continue to...

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: I am happy to support any Bill which outlaws inequality in society, whether it relates to class, colour or creed. While I am happy to welcome this Bill, I am equally happy to support this amendment. If we talk about equality in its full form, we cannot dilute it. One cannot say one agrees with the part of the Bill which outlaws discrimination against adults in their employment places, but...

Protection of the Environment (Criminal Activity) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: First, there is much merit in the argument Deputy Smith has put forward this morning and, in particular, the point that there is more than one facet to this problem, as the Deputy and the Minister of State have acknowledged in their contributions. There is a strong environmental issue related to fuel laundering, and in tandem with that, of course, is the fact that it is illegal, fraudulent...

Credit Union Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Nov 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: I welcome this debate on the credit union movement and the Central Bank regulations. I thank Deputy Ó Fearghaíl for making a few minutes available to me to make my contribution. The credit union movement in Ireland is one of the great success stories of modern times. One of the reasons for this, apart from the fact that it has almost three million members and €8...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Policy Issues arising from Cemetery Management Bill 2013: Discussion (17 Nov 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. We would not be discussing this issue if there was not a problem within the headstone industry. Ms Hurley stated quite rightly in her contribution that the responsibility for graves, etc., in Ireland is the direct responsibility of local government. I am not blaming anyone here for the sins of Queen Victoria, Daniel O'Connell, or anyone else,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Policy Issues arising from Cemetery Management Bill 2013: Discussion (17 Nov 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: The Bill excluded ecclesiastical and local authority cemeteries. I have never seen my parish priest or local authority workers cut stone. That is why they are excluded. I am more convinced now of the damage the 1970 private Act did and of the need to repeal it so the problem outlined today will not continue to obtain. I will communicate further with the Minister on this matter.

Multi-Unit Developments (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: I will try to avoid repeating some of the legitimate arguments made by previous speakers. This debate focuses on one of the legacy issues of the building boom during the Celtic tiger. Deputy Catherine Murphy very ably argued that the Bill addresses one of many flaws in the legislation on multi-unit developments. This problem requires to be rectified. Terminology such as "taking in...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: I wish to refer to two Bills. First, my understanding is that the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 will not be taken in the House prior to Christmas. Will the Taoiseach assure me that, post Christmas, we will debate it? Second, I lend my support to Deputy Penrose's one-year bankruptcy Bill, which was referred to the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy (3 Nov 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: 332. To ask the Minister for Finance if the final 0.15% pension fund levy expires at the end of 2015, when the enabling relevant legislation will be deleted from the Statute Book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38280/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Departure of High Performance Unit Head Coach: IABA and Sport Ireland (28 Oct 2015)

Eamonn Maloney: I welcome the delegations from both organisations. We are in a post-Billy Walsh period. The Chairman rightly said at the beginning that, irrespective of what committee members say or do today, we cannot change what has happened. I had two questions, but the Chairman asked one and Deputy Dooley stole the other so I will go straight to my comments. I am a great admirer of the Irish Amateur...