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Question· writtenPQ 95asked

96 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the proposed amendment to the Constitution dealing with the rights of children will be brought before Dáil Éireann prior to a referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39245/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2011

96 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the proposed amendment to the Constitution dealing with the rights of children will be brought before Dáil Éireann prior to a referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39245/11]

Question· oralPQ 9asked

53 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy regarding the primary language, Irish or English, to be used in the naming or renaming of State agencies, State companies and other bodies under his remit; his views that in view of the fact that Irish is the national language, and so designated in the Constitution that the Irish forms of such names should take primacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37245/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011

53 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his policy regarding the primary language, Irish or English, to be used in the naming or renaming of State agencies, State companies and other bodies under his remit; his views that in view of the fact that Irish is the national language, and so designated in the Constitution that the Irish forms of such names should take primacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37245/11]

Question· writtenPQ 190asked

214 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost, including an itemised breakdown, of the Referendum Commission in respect of the thirtieth amendment to the Constitution; the amount paid to date; if he will detail any further anticipated costs and expenses; the costs and expenses expected to be incurred in the period provided for the commission to report to him and in the period between reporting and dissolution of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35981/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2011

214 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost, including an itemised breakdown, of the Referendum Commission in respect of the thirtieth amendment to the Constitution; the amount paid to date; if he will detail any further anticipated costs and expenses; the costs and expenses expected to be incurred in the period provided for the commission to report to him and in the period between reporting and dissolution of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35981/11]

Question· writtenPQ 402asked

421 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost, including an itemised breakdown, of the Referendum Commission in respect of the Twenty-ninth Amendment to the Constitution; the amount paid to date; if he will detail any further anticipated costs and expenses; the costs and expenses expected to be incurred in the period provided for the commission to report to him and in the period between reporting and dissolution of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34242/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011

421 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost, including an itemised breakdown, of the Referendum Commission in respect of the Twenty-ninth Amendment to the Constitution; the amount paid to date; if he will detail any further anticipated costs and expenses; the costs and expenses expected to be incurred in the period provided for the commission to report to him and in the period between reporting and dissolution of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34242/11]

Question· writtenPQ 363asked

378 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost, including an itemised breakdown, incurred by the Referendum Commission in respect of the 30th amendment to the Constitution; the amount paid to date; if he will detail any further anticipated costs and expenses; the costs and expenses expected to be incurred in the period provided for the commission to report to him and in the period between reporting and dissolution of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34242/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2011

378 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost, including an itemised breakdown, incurred by the Referendum Commission in respect of the 30th amendment to the Constitution; the amount paid to date; if he will detail any further anticipated costs and expenses; the costs and expenses expected to be incurred in the period provided for the commission to report to him and in the period between reporting and dissolution of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34242/11]

Question· writtenPQ 529asked

539 Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the defeat of the proposed 30th amendment of the Constitution, he will now commit to undertaking an inquiry into the Michael Shine cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33165/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2011

539 Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Health if, in view of the defeat of the proposed 30th amendment of the Constitution, he will now commit to undertaking an inquiry into the Michael Shine cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33165/11]

Question· writtenPQ 382asked

392 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the constitution of each Army barracks, Army head office and any subsidiary Army units or serving personnel under the stated headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32830/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2011

392 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the constitution of each Army barracks, Army head office and any subsidiary Army units or serving personnel under the stated headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32830/11]

Question· writtenPQ 145asked

147 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views, in the context of his decision to appoint Senator Martin McAleese to review interactions between the State and Roman Catholic Magdalene Laundry institutions, but not a directly comparable institution with a Protestant evangelical ethos (details supplied) that this is a form of discrimination against residents in the home that may contravene Article 44. 3 of the Constitution; and the reason he will not allow Senator McAleese to look also at State interactions with the home. [20278/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2011

147 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views, in the context of his decision to appoint Senator Martin McAleese to review interactions between the State and Roman Catholic Magdalene Laundry institutions, but not a directly comparable institution with a Protestant evangelical ethos (details supplied) that this is a form of discrimination against residents in the home that may contravene Article 44. 3 of the Constitution; and the reason he will not allow Senator McAleese to look also at State interactions with the home. [20278/11]

Question· writtenPQ 97asked

97 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that have been made by him to obtain 50% of the cost of compensation paid out to victims of institutional abuse, arising from the provisions for the 2002 redress Act, who were resident in institutions that did not profess a Roman Catholic ethos; the moneys that have so far been paid to the State by such institutions; the history of discussions between civil servants and the representatives of these institutions; and his views that the failure to obtain or even to pursue 50% of compensation, arising from payments under the redress Act to residents of institutions professing a non-Roman Catholic ethos, from these institutions might imperil, as a result of possible court challenges, payments from Roman Catholic bodies and/or institutions, considering the provisions of Article 44.2 and 44.3 of the Constitution. [20277/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2011

97 Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that have been made by him to obtain 50% of the cost of compensation paid out to victims of institutional abuse, arising from the provisions for the 2002 redress Act, who were resident in institutions that did not profess a Roman Catholic ethos; the moneys that have so far been paid to the State by such institutions; the history of discussions between civil servants and the representatives of these institutions; and his views that the failure to obtain or even to pursue 50% of compensation, arising from payments under the redress Act to residents of institutions professing a non-Roman Catholic ethos, from these institutions might imperil, as a result of possible court challenges, payments from Roman Catholic bodies and/or institutions, considering the provisions of Article 44.2 and 44.3 of the Constitution. [20277/11]

Question· writtenPQ 467asked

477 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that in the event of Wexford County Council and the National Roads Authority selecting a route for the construction of this roadway, that the decision is in line with Article 43 of the Constitution, in view of the fact that there is a letter in writing signed by the NRA confirming that no money is available now and that it does not know when in the future it can pay for the lands and properties being acquired, as when the route is selected all property along the route will be frozen for development in the future, as Article 43 protects the rights of individuals through the concept of social justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19639/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 July 2011

477 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that in the event of Wexford County Council and the National Roads Authority selecting a route for the construction of this roadway, that the decision is in line with Article 43 of the Constitution, in view of the fact that there is a letter in writing signed by the NRA confirming that no money is available now and that it does not know when in the future it can pay for the lands and properties being acquired, as when the route is selected all property along the route will be frozen for development in the future, as Article 43 protects the rights of individuals through the concept of social justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19639/11]

Question· writtenPQ 50asked

52 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a full list of the children’s advocacy groups she has met since her appointment in relation to the introduction of the amendment to the Constitution on children. [19832/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 July 2011

52 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a full list of the children’s advocacy groups she has met since her appointment in relation to the introduction of the amendment to the Constitution on children. [19832/11]

Question· writtenPQ 387asked

425 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of a statement in the fourth report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution that any form of preferential funding of candidates using public money is prima facie unconstitutional, how he proposes to ensure his proposed legislation linking party funding to the gender of candidates will be constitutional; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15656/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

425 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of a statement in the fourth report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution that any form of preferential funding of candidates using public money is prima facie unconstitutional, how he proposes to ensure his proposed legislation linking party funding to the gender of candidates will be constitutional; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15656/11]

Question· writtenPQ 386asked

424 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received advice as to whether his proposed legislation to link State funding of parties to the gender of candidates run by them would fall foul of the right of association under Article 40.6.1 of the Constitution as suggested by the fourth report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15655/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

424 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received advice as to whether his proposed legislation to link State funding of parties to the gender of candidates run by them would fall foul of the right of association under Article 40.6.1 of the Constitution as suggested by the fourth report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15655/11]

Question· writtenPQ 384asked

411 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the implementation of gender quotas by political parties for the selection of candidates will in practice mean that persons may, on the sole grounds of the gender they hold, be prevented from running for Dáil Éireann for a political party and that if legislation were to provide for such discrimination, such legislation would appear to conflict with Article 16(3) of the Constitution which states that no law shall be enacted placing any citizen under disability or incapacity for membership of Dáil Éireann on the ground of sex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15410/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

411 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the implementation of gender quotas by political parties for the selection of candidates will in practice mean that persons may, on the sole grounds of the gender they hold, be prevented from running for Dáil Éireann for a political party and that if legislation were to provide for such discrimination, such legislation would appear to conflict with Article 16(3) of the Constitution which states that no law shall be enacted placing any citizen under disability or incapacity for membership of Dáil Éireann on the ground of sex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15410/11]

Question· writtenPQ 383asked

398 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution, published in July 2010, which recognised that legislation promoting female candidates as a condition of public funding might prove constitutionally frail, if he has held any discussions or received advice in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15055/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

398 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution, published in July 2010, which recognised that legislation promoting female candidates as a condition of public funding might prove constitutionally frail, if he has held any discussions or received advice in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15055/11]

Question· writtenPQ 252asked

259 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of the report by the Joint Committee on the Constitution of the Oireachtas published in July 2010, which recognised that legislation that would promote female candidates as a condition of public funding might prove constitutionally frail and recommended that the Attorney General be asked to examine the constitutional implications of such legislation, if he has obtained such advice from the Attorney General regarding proposed legislation on party funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14517/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 June 2011

259 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of the report by the Joint Committee on the Constitution of the Oireachtas published in July 2010, which recognised that legislation that would promote female candidates as a condition of public funding might prove constitutionally frail and recommended that the Attorney General be asked to examine the constitutional implications of such legislation, if he has obtained such advice from the Attorney General regarding proposed legislation on party funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14517/11]

Question· writtenPQ 158asked

182 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Defence in view of impending new legislation and a new constitution for the Irish Red Cross, he will consider asking the current long serving vice chairman of the IRC to follow the example set by the former distinguished chairman and step down and not go forward for election this year in order to allow for a new start for the Red Cross in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12025/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2011

182 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Defence in view of impending new legislation and a new constitution for the Irish Red Cross, he will consider asking the current long serving vice chairman of the IRC to follow the example set by the former distinguished chairman and step down and not go forward for election this year in order to allow for a new start for the Red Cross in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12025/11]