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Topical Issue Debate: Narcolepsy Incidence (9 May 2013)

Colm Keaveney: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for the selection of this topic. On 19 April, a report entitled "Investigation of an increase in the incidence of narcolepsy in children and adolescents in 2009 and 2010" was prepared by the Department. The report was supported by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre and was published by the chief medical officer, Dr. Tony Houlihan, on behalf...

Topical Issue Debate: Narcolepsy Incidence (9 May 2013)

Colm Keaveney: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I would like to make a number of brief points. The Minister of State referred in her response to the provision of temporary medical cards. This is not a temporary situation.

Topical Issue Debate: Narcolepsy Incidence (9 May 2013)

Colm Keaveney: This is a profound medical challenge for many families who have a number of grave concerns that need to be responded to by the State. The Mater clinic to which the Minister of State referred is a private clinic.

Topical Issue Debate: Narcolepsy Incidence (9 May 2013)

Colm Keaveney: There is a cost for that service. There is no public sleep clinic in the country. In terms of access to service for people, this in itself is a barrier to those affected securing the best possible outcomes. I am delighted that the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, is in the House today. There is a requirement to also consider the recognition of narcolepsy as a disability in that many of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with Lidl Ireland (9 May 2013)

Colm Keaveney: I do not wish to repeat what has been said. I thank the witnesses for their positive presentation. Like previous speakers, I am also a customer. The model presented from the perspective of the consumer is a low-cost model. One can only assume that has an implication at the other end from the supplier-producer point of view. As Deputy Barry said, there is a sense that there is a race to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (14 May 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons, broken down by administrative division and by age group, currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance that have not, to date, made any PRSI contribution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22199/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (16 May 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 191. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the process used to determine which areas of raised bogs were to be designated as special areas of conservation under the Habitats Directive; the total area of raised bogs owned by the State or by semi-State companies that were surveyed; the total area of such bogs that were designated under the directive; the total area of raised...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (16 May 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 192. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of notifications of site designations under the Habitats Directive that were issued; the number of landowners that received individual notice of such designation; the policy and procedure for the sending of such notification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23444/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (28 May 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 389. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 14 February 2013, of those persons currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance that have not, to date, made any PRSI contributions, the number broken down by administrative division and by age group, are claiming an increase for a qualified adult and an increase for a qualified child or children; the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (28 May 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the job activation procedures being implemented by her Department in terms of those on jobseeker’s allowance and if she will identify each step of that process; the number of persons that have been invited to engage with that procedure up to the year ending April 2013; the number that have actively engaged to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Calming Measures (29 May 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with reference to recent traffic calming works carried out on the N17 at Carraghy, Knockdoe, County Galway; if he will confirm that the National Roads Authority is the body that supplied and or approved the design of the works; the regulations and or guidelines in which such works should conform; if he will confirm that an engineer...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Conventions (11 Jun 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 678. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Government intends to sign the European Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence Against Women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27314/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents Data (11 Jun 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 735. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicular traffic accidents that have been recorded at or in close proximity to the crossroads at Knockdoe, Claregalway, County Galway, being the junction between the N17 and the roads leading to the townlands of Carraghy and Monroe, in the periods from the beginning of November 2012 to end of April 2013, and from the beginning...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (18 Jun 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 363. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect the Gardaí vetting process to be completed in order that they may engage in an employment scheme dependant on the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28656/13]

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

Colm Keaveney: I wish to thank the Technical Group for facilitating me with speaking time on this important matter. It is indeed a pleasure to be afforded an opportunity to exercise my freedom of speech within the national Parliament. The raison d'être of this debate for both sides is to object immediately to the other person's position. It is the position on either side merely to oppose. There has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (3 Jul 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) may expect a response to their current appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32406/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (3 Jul 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) may expect a response to their current appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32424/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (3 Jul 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) may expect a response to their appeal to Student Universal Support Ireland; if he will resolve the issue whereby SUSI has issued this individual with two reference numbers; if he will clarify which one they should use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32412/13]

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

Colm Keaveney: I seek clarification from the Minister and Ministers of State on a matter which I raised with the Minister in the House the other evening. The Minister and Minister of State will be aware that Dearbhail McDonald, legal correspondent at the Irish Independent has made an observation on how section 9 of the Bill interacts with the Mental Health Act 2001.

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

Colm Keaveney: I am providing some of the context for my contribution on the amendment.