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Commissions of Inquiry: Motion

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

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30th June 2009

Deputy Alan Shatter: I find it extraordinary, Sir, that the same battles have to be fought with regularity in this House and issues on which we should be able to agree across the Chamber become issues of conflict and debate, and which are avoided by double speak and ministerial tactics. Continue reading »

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Motion re Childrens Hospital Funding

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

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Speech delivered by Alan Shatter TD, Fine Gael Front Bench Spokesperson on Children, in Fine Gael Private Members time on Wednesday, 24th June 2009, at approximately 8.15 p.m. Continue reading »

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Dormant Accounts Fund to Support Homelessness and Substance Abuse

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

32. Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in regard to his recent announcement of funding from the dormant accounts fund to support homelessness and substance misuse; the level of funding allocated to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23888/09] Continue reading »

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Shatter calls on HSE to clarify the nature of information contained on stolen laptops

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

It is crucial that the HSE clarify the nature of the information contained on the laptops stolen from HSE offices in Roscommon, according to Fine Gael Children’s Spokesperson, Alan Shatter TD. Continue reading »

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Shatter calls on Govt and HSE to clarify start date for national newborn screening for Cystic Fibrosis

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Alan Shatter, Fine Gael Front Bench Spokesperson on Children, today said there is an urgent need to put in place a National Neonatal Screening Service for Cystic Fibrosis.

Deputy Shatter has called on the Minister for Health and the HSE to set a clear target date for the commencement of a screening service. Continue reading »

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FG seeks inquiry into Shine case

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Fine Gael Health Spokesman Dr James Reilly TD, Children’s Spokesman Alan Shatter TD and Louth TD Fergus O’Dowd have called on the Government to launch a full investigation into the Michael Shine case. Continue reading »

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Ryan Report on the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Motion

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

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Like other Members, I thank the Ryan commission and Mr. Justice Ryan for the report, which clearly vindicates the claims made over so many years by those who found themselves, at a young age, in residential institutions in this State and who were subjected to barbaric, inhuman treatment which no child, in any country, should ever experience. Continue reading »

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Shatter condemns O’Dea’s low political attack on Ryan Report Debate

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Alan Shatter TD, Fine Gael Spokesperson on Children today (Wednesday) condemned Willie O’Dea’s low political attack in suggesting Fine Gael was responsible for delaying the debate on the Ryan Report into institutional abuse of children by the Catholic Church. Continue reading »

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Late Applications to Redress Board Applications

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

653. Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on extending the period for the making of late applications for compensation to the redress board by survivors of abuse in residential institutions (details supplied); Continue reading »

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Number of Sex Offenders & Sex Offenders Programmes

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

403. Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the programmes in place in prisons to provide treatment for convicted sex offenders; the details of the programmes and the prisons in which they are available; and the number of sex offenders engaged in such programmes. [22933/09]

404. Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convicted sex offenders in prison; the prisons in which they are held; the number convicted of sex offences against children and against adults; and the number of such offenders due for release or expected to be released within 12 months.[22934/09]

405. Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convicted sex offenders released from prison in the past ten years; the number of such offenders subject to supervision; and the nature of such supervision. [22935/09] Continue reading »

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