QUESTION NO:  219

DÁIL QUESTION addressed to the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children (Mr. Andrews)
by Deputy Finian McGrath
for WRITTEN ANSWER on 18/01/2011

* To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will support a matter regarding Childcare Amendment Bill.
- Finian McGrath

Details Supplied: (the aftercare issue in the Childcare Amendment Bill to include a legal entitlement as a response to the Ryan Report)?

REPLY.

Anyone who meets Finian McGrath gets an immediate sense that he genuinely care about people.

Shortly after that they perceive his strong sense of community spirit and appreciate he is a man of integrity. Anyone who knows his history knows how deeply ingrained in his personality these characteristics are.

Recent communication to Dublin Bus on behalf of local Bus Users

Dear Mr Keating,

Thank you for agreeing to send a Dublin Bus representative to our forthcoming Dublin City Council local area meeting. Finian McGrath TD asked me to request Dublin Bus attendance at our next council meeting to discuss proposed route and bus service changes in our area.

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DÁIL ÉIREANN

Sitting Time: 11:10
Sitting Date: 13/01/2011

Water Utilities: Motion

Deputy Finian McGrath: This is an important debate on the water crisis.  Before going into detail, it is important to state that the crisis has not been resolved in some areas of this city, particularly in Beaumont, the Malahide Road, Marino, Coolock, Drumcondra and Fairview.  These areas have been directly affected in the past 24 hours.  I demand immediate action in respect of these areas, which have been left behind.  Families and homes there need a proper water service.  This must be the priority in our debate.  We have had enough talk and waffle.  Given the city's recent water crisis, particularly in Dublin North-Central, my duty is to speak out on behalf of the people.  I call on the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, and the Government to do something about this urgent matter.

Question No. 628
Parliamentary Question - Dept. Details

To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will actively support at EU and UN level a Palestinian State based on the 1967 borders. - Finian McGrath.
* For WRITTEN answer on Wednesday, 12th January, 2011.

Ref No:   1097/11

REPLY

The achievement of a Palestinian State on the current Occupied Territories has been an important objective of successive Irish Governments. This state must be based on the 1967 borders, and no alteration to those borders will be recognised unless it is the subject of mutual agreement between Israel and the Palestinians. This is also the policy of the EU.

Flood Defence Unit & Projects Division,
Strategic Planning & Project Management Divisions,
Engineering & Environment,
Dublin City Council,
Room 409,
68/70, Marrowbone Lane,
Dublin 8.
10th January 2011

Celine Reilly,
Executive Manager,
North Central Area.

Re: River Wad Catchment Study, Phase II

Dear Ms. Reilly,

Please find below an update on the proposals for the Clanmoyle Scheme of the Wad Catchment:-