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Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Inland Fisheries Stocks
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
376. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider reopening commercial eel fishing in areas that are above conservation limits; his views that eel fishing is part of rural life and a continued total ban will result in the loss of the living heritage; if he will commission an impact study on those affected and the possibility of linking sustainable traditional fisheries to heritage tourism and sea food projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5098/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Alternative Energy Projects
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
377. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the likely capacity factor of the proposed Cluddaun wind farm over its lifetime; the amount of electricity it would be likely to produce in 2014 if it were in operation now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5214/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Alternative Energy Projects
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
384. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ask the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to estimate, from the data in its recently updated wind atlas, the likely annual electricity production from the proposed Oweninny and Cluddaun wind farms in County Mayo for the turbines considered in the noise analysis of the planning applications, Vesta v90 and Vestas V112, at the hub heights applied for 90 m, 105 m and 120 m; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5062/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Renewable Energy Generation Targets
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
397. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals for the next gate to facilitate connection of renewable energy sources to the national electricity grid in view of the decision by the EU to set one overall target of 27% for renewable energy for the entire EU area; his proposals for the way in which he will interpret this target; the likely target in percentage terms; if he will provide a breakdown of the way this will be divided up between electricity, thermal and transport; and if he will provide an indication as to when his Department will be in a position to set the new national targets for renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5285/14]
Tue, 4 Feb 2014
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Waste Management Regulations
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
420. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if provision will be made for farmers and other contractors who have their own slurry vacuum tanker to deliver the sludge from their own sceptic tanks, within the legislation governing the regulation and operation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5284/14]
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
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Turbary Rights
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
3. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regard to the three draft reports produced by his Department, his views on these reports; what he expects the outcome of this process will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4338/14]
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
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School Transport Provision
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
53. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 16 January 2013, if he will name his officials and their respective responsibilities who assisted him in answering same; the reason they made the decision to withhold the information; the entity that was commercially sensitive information and the reason for same; if he considered the implication of the definition of corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Act 2010 where wrongly withholding information or making misleading statements is a crime and failing to report crime is also a criminal offence under section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4520/14]
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
88. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the relocation process from the special areas of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4339/14]
Wed, 29 Jan 2014
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Sustainable Development Strategy
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
117. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to Local Agenda 21, if he will provide a copy of the principles of sustainability; if he will consider bringing forward legislation for the specific purpose of implementing Our Sustainable Future - A Framework for Sustainable Development for Ireland, which was published in June 2012 and sets out a whole-of-Government approach to sustainable development and aims to embed this principle in policy-making processes across Departments and agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4385/14]
Tue, 28 Jan 2014
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School Transport Administration
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
250. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 16 January 2013, his views on whether the euro value of the contracts was wrongly withheld as such amounts should have been published in a contract award notice, in accordance with the EU standard forms regulation in the Official Journal of the EU, and it also should not have been withheld in response to a parliamentary question; the implication for his Department in terms of the failure to publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3640/14]
Tue, 28 Jan 2014
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School Transport Administration
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
272. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that his Department is aware that there were irregular cash transactions in the use of his Department's moneys in the administration of school transport in Bus Éireann's Dundalk office and that his attention has been drawn to the fact that Bus Éireann refused to give the Garda the information it needed to investigate the irregular transactions that were involved, if he will now take the appropriate action and fully inform the Garda of this incident; if he is aware that under the Corruption Act 2010 it is a crime to improperly withhold information relating to a criminal offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3899/14]
Tue, 28 Jan 2014
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Consultancy Contracts Data
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
457. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide copies of all the tender notices that were published on the www.etenders.gov.ie website or in the OJEU by Bord Gáis relating to the employment of consultants to perform services for them or any legal entity associated with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3905/14]
Tue, 28 Jan 2014
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Planning Issues
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
516. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the statutory deadlines for decisions made by An Bord Pleanála; his views on whether the current situation where the board has an open ended system to be unfair and a hindrance to good planning; his views on whether such a system could be open to abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3742/14]
Thu, 23 Jan 2014
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International Agreements
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
33. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has signed the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; his views on whether under this convention citizens are entitled to water of drinkable quality as a right; his views that the Government must not only allow access to water, but that the water must be of drinkable quality and that otherwise the Government has not fulfilled its obligations under the ICESCR convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3202/14]
Thu, 23 Jan 2014
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Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
171. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Ombudsman is obliged to reply to a letter which was submitted to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission by a member of the public (details supplier) by e-mail on 18 October 2013; if it is his policy to ignore the complainant, in view of the fact that the matters referred to have been the subject of several Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission investigations dating back almost six years; his views on whether justice is being denied in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3192/14]
Thu, 23 Jan 2014
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Medicinal Products Availability
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
228. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the timetable for the expected introduction of Sativex or similar products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3319/14]
Wed, 22 Jan 2014
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Departmental Staff Recruitment
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
88. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the State's chief information officer (details supplied) resigned from the position six months after appointment by the Government; the steps that have been taken to replace the CIO and when a replacement will be appointed; if he is satisfied that the CIO was given adequate budget and resources to carry out the tasks; if he will consider that the work of Irish Water and the information technology systems it is developing and implementing should be validated by the CIO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3063/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Financial Services Regulation
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
193. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance the way a convicted fraudster, who dodged long-standing creditors in another jurisdiction, received regulatory approval as a licensed lender from the Central Bank of Ireland when a key requirement is that firms must be of the highest financial and personal probity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2370/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Financial Services Regulation
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
194. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the establishment of an inquiry within the Central Bank of Ireland to establish the facts as to how a retail credit licence was granted to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2392/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Financial Services Regulation
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
206. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance if he will call for a full investigation by the relevant authorities into the activities of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2507/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Financial Services Regulation
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
208. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that all the required application forms and required details were supplied to the Central Bank by a person (details supplied) at the time an application was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2509/14]
Tue, 21 Jan 2014
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Company Law
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
209. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance due to the reported value of debts in a company's accounts, if he will call for a full investigation by the Revenue Commissioners into the accounts of companies (details supplied) as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2511/14]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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Petroleum and Gas Exploration
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
445. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the fact that no petroleum prospecting licences were granted to companies (details supplied), if he will confirm that he was indemnified by these companies for all actions they undertook while they held the options licence when prospecting in the Leitrim area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55488/13]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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Commercial Rates Calculations
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
528. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the commercial rateable valuation and amount of paid parking income by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1674/14]
Wed, 15 Jan 2014
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Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
595. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of all of the resources, salaries, vehicles, fuel and ancillary items An Garda Síochána incurred specifically and exclusively in the effort to prevent, counter and fight the importation and sale of illegal cigarettes for the year 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1687/14]
Wed, 18 Dec 2013
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Tobacco Smuggling
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
56. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance the cost of all of the resources, salaries, vehicles, fuel, and ancillary costs of the Revenue Commissioners, used in the efforts to prevent, counter and fight the importation and sale of illegal cigarettes for the year 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54484/13]
Wed, 18 Dec 2013
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Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
169. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of all of the resources, salaries, vehicles, fuel and ancillary costs of the Garda used in the efforts to prevent, counter and fight the importation and sale of illegal cigarettes for the year 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54483/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Preschool Services
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
71. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is determined to bring in a second preschool year; if so, the date on which it will happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54043/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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School Transport Provision
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
255. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions No. 263 of 5 November 2013, and No. 63 of 6 November 2013, his views on whether his responses relating to serious issues in school transport were appropriate and not in any way written to dissuade Members of Dáil Éireann from asking questions about school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54409/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Petroleum and Gas Exploration
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
356. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if companies (details supplied) drilling in the County Leitrim area completed geophysical, geochemical and-or topographical analysis as part of their work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54019/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Petroleum and Gas Exploration
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
357. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if companies (details supplied) in the Leitrim area complete geophysical and-or geochemical and-or topographical analysis as part of their work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54063/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Petroleum and Gas Exploration
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
372. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the Leitrim area, if companies (details supplied) take samples of rocks and previous cuttings to test for the presence of petroleum gas, as part of their work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54429/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Departmental Funding
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
406. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the finances that were made available to implement Local Agenda 21; where those finances came from; the results achieved with this finance; the legislation enacted to implement Local Agenda 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54095/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
437. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, for any reason, information comes to his attention or the attention of the Garda Commissioner alleging corruption and either party fails to act, this a dereliction of duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54013/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Equine Identification Scheme
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
480. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the statutory authority under which equine breeders are being asked to pay for the costs associated with the identification and registration of equines for matters such as the marking and chipping of foals carried out by veterinary surgeons approved for the purpose and the issuing of identity documents by issuing bodies approved for the purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53862/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Single Payment Scheme Eligibility
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
508. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to the severity of the eligibility cutbacks to the single farm payments on the most marginal small farmers in the disadvantaged areas, that many now will be forced to cease farming and join the dole queues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54422/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Child and Family Agency Establishment
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
523. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the Child and Family Agency Bill 2013 to be completed; how soon thereafter will the agency be set up; the level of funding with which she expects to start the agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54193/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Hospital Facilities
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
577. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the extensive grounds of St. Bridget’s Hospital that have been open and available to the people of Creagh for generations and now that the hospital has by and large ceased to function as an institution of psychiatric care, that the grounds of the hospital have grown in importance for the people of Creagh and the surrounding area; his views that public access to such amenities as may be found within the grounds of St. Bridget’s Hospital has an enormous positive benefit to the mental, physical and social well-being of the local community; if he will ensure that whatever the Health Service Executive may have planned for the grounds, that public access to those grounds will be preserved at all costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53956/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Hospital Facilities
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
578. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that any change of use at St. Bridget's Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway, that may be planned by the Health Service Executive will be subject to all due notification and notice as required by law and that a proper programme of consultation will be entered into with the local community before any and all such plans are finalised and executed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53963/13]
Tue, 17 Dec 2013
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Hospital Facilities
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
580. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the plans the Health Service Executive has for the grounds of St. Bridget’s Hospital in Ballinasloe, County Galway, which is situated in the parish of Creagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53970/13]
Wed, 11 Dec 2013
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Disability Allowance Appeals
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
91. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are over 18,000 people awaiting results for reviews within her Department on disability allowances; if this is not the correct figure, if she will provide the correct figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53314/13]
Wed, 11 Dec 2013
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International Agreements
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
100. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if under the memorandum of understanding between Ireland and the UK on wind energy, Ireland will forfeit all its claims to the carbon credits created by the proposed wind farms on cutaway bogs in the midlands; the persons that will be given ownership of such credits; if there is a time limit to any agreement on carbon credits under the memorandum or is it open ended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53310/13]
Wed, 11 Dec 2013
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International Agreements
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
102. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the memorandum of understanding between the UK and Ireland on the export of wind generated electricity to the UK; if a detailed draft has been agreed; if this memorandum will be made public; the date of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53313/13]
Wed, 11 Dec 2013
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Planning Issues
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
110. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to require developers to ensure that information submitted in planning applications is factually accurate; if he intends to make it a criminal offence for developers to include misleading or false information in planning applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53264/13]
Tue, 10 Dec 2013
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Legal Services Regulation
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
75. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether it is now time to ensure the Law Society of Ireland is mandated to improve its procedures to deal with complaints against members for malpractice. [52655/13]
Tue, 10 Dec 2013
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Proposed Legislation
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
95. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on any proposed legislation on the issue of the presumption of paternity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48107/13]
Tue, 10 Dec 2013
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School Transport Provision
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
202. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the last year in which his Department saw independent proof that Bus Éireann do not make a profit from school transport; the name of the independent body that produced this report; the year it was produced; if he will provide a copy of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52945/13]
Tue, 10 Dec 2013
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Child Safety
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
204. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department does not always report allegations of criminality to An Garda Síochána in view of its grim record of funding industrial schools, work laundries and other institutions where paedophilia thrived in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52968/13]
Tue, 10 Dec 2013
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Flood Relief Schemes Funding
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
214. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the persons who are on the Athleague drainage committee; the way they were involved in allocating €270,000 to Roscommon County Council for drainage works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53042/13]
Tue, 10 Dec 2013
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Flood Relief Schemes Funding
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan
215. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Athleague flood elevation committee agreed to drop both the creation of a weir at Tobervaddy and the opening of the bridge at Athleague; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53051/13]