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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (4 Dec 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the minimum and maximum number of pupils required in order for future second level schools to be built in a parish in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53807/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (4 Dec 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline in detail the primary school population in the parish of Duleek/Bellewstown, County Meath, that is served by schools (details supplied); the current second level capacity that covers this catchment area and the projected growth in second level requirements over the coming years; if he envisages a necessity for a new second level...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (4 Dec 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the names of unfinished housing estates in County Meath and the category in which each is classed; if he will list the estates that have not been taken in charge by the council; if Meath County Council is providing street-lighting maintenance and or other services in these estates; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services (29 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider approaching Eircom regarding the longer term utilisation of their building at the Ramparts, Dundalk, County Louth, to help create employment there as a call centre or other related use. [53118/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (28 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work undertaken by the all-party commission on the decade of commemorations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53020/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Gathering (27 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on the Gathering project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52652/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Costs (22 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he proposes to reduce costs for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51850/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Private Partnerships (21 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the demand he sees for participation in public private partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51638/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Organised Crime (21 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has studied the presentation by the former Assistant Garda Commissioner Tony Hickey at the Oireachtas Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Committee on 15 November 2012 relating to the scale of the problem from the smuggling of tobacco and the laundering of fuel and the stated involvement of criminal gangs in this area and the incredible sums of money that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Organised Crime (21 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the contents of the Retail Ireland report Tacking the Black Market and Retail Crime, which sets out proposals to protect legitimate retailers from the activity of criminal gangs involved in the smuggling of cigarettes, fuel and counterfeit goods, which according to the report costs the taxpayer €861 million per annum;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (21 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has studied the presentation by the former Assistant Garda Commissioner Tony Hickey at the Oireachtas Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Committee on 15 November 2012, relating to the scale of the problem from the smuggling of tobacco and the laundering of fuel and the stated involvement of criminal gangs in this area and the incredible sums of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (21 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the contents of the Retail Ireland report Tacking the Black Market and Retail Crime, which sets out proposals to protect legitimate retailers from the activity of criminal gangs involved in the smuggling of cigarettes, fuel and counterfeit goods, which according to the report costs the taxpayer €861 million...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (21 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding train fares and the disproportionate fare charged by Iarnród Éireann for commuters in and out of Laytown train station, County Meath, compared to Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51727/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (20 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish a detailed implementation plan for the training of teachers from now until the beginning of the first phase of the new junior certificate cycle in 2014; if he will outline the details of the cost and savings associated with the new junior certificate cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51318/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (20 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects to publish the report of the working group on tackling bullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51302/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (20 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending tax breaks for philanthropists who will make capital investment to particular health projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51134/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether planning legislation is adequate to deal with persistent and vexatious planning objections and complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50868/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (15 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering introducing legislative provisions along the lines of public service pension deduction in the case of pensions being paid to senior executives in State supported banks whose pension funds have also received substantial transfers since State support commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50494/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency (14 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget for the Irish Presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50177/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Nov 2012)

Séamus Kirk: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed podiatry post at Our Ladys Hospital, having regard to the fact that similar positions have been filled in Dublin, Galway and Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50338/12]