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Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (31 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will confirm the number of turf cutters in Ballinagare bog, County Roscommon, who have applied for compensation; the number of applicants in that area who have received compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5163/12]

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (31 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 401: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will confirm the total number of turf cutters nationwide who have applied for compensation; the number of these who have been awarded compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5164/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (31 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify, in the case of an elderly parent who resides in a house which has been signed over to a son or daughter, which person is liable for the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5161/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (31 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider reviewing a decision made by him to exempt the final phase of an estate (details supplied) in County Cork from the household charge while leaving the remainder of the estate liable to pay the fee; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that neighbouring estates in similar unfinished...

Private Members' Business. Small Primary Schools: Motion (31 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Fianna Fáil were way ahead of themselves.

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (26 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider maintaining the tax designation of a vehicle in view of the circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4527/12]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (26 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, in view of her statement that there will be fewer children available for adoption from Vietnam than previously due to anticipated demand for domestic adoptions in Vietnam and more stringent criteria under the Hague Convention, if she has received any indication from the Vietnamese authorities regarding the likely numbers of...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (26 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown which outlines, in terms of the 556 revised declarations to persons who were already in possession of a valid declaration of eligibility and suitability issued prior to 1 November 2010 by the former Adoption Board, how many of this group have subsequently adopted a child or are still waiting to...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (24 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding his or her pension; if tax will be deducted in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3852/12]

Written Answers — Postgraduate Education: Postgraduate Education (24 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby business degree graduates who are attempting to access postgraduate diplomas in education are being refused the back to education allowance due to the points threshold imposed in them by the third-level institutions concerned and the nature of the progression rule within the...

Written Answers — Postgraduate Education: Postgraduate Education (24 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason behind a 2006 decision between him, the Higher Education Authority and the Postgraduate Applications Centre which saw a points cap being imposed on business degree graduates seeking to study postgraduate diplomas in education; if he will review this situation in view of the problems it is causing in terms of eligibility...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (24 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 411: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding fishing for salmon and trout in a river (details supplied) in County Cork; the quota that will be provided on the river; the way the quota will be allocated; the way the quota will be administered; if he will consider extending the quota in view of reductions in recent years that have...

Written Answers — Bovine Disease Controls: Bovine Disease Controls (24 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 549: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the clearing of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry who has suspected bovine tuberculosis in their herd; the reason it took 15 days for the sample to go to the laboratory for a test; when the restriction will be lifted following the test results; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (24 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 587: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the sending countries which the Adoption Association of Ireland have sent packs or dossiers to since the introduction of the Adoption Act 2010; the date on which each pack was sent; the response received by the AAI in each case from the central authorities in each sending country; and if she...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (24 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that vaccinations were carried out on children who were resident in the St. Conlett's reformatory school, Dangean, County Offaly during the period January 1964 to January 1967; if records were kept of these vaccinations, and if so, the location of same; if these results were tabulated; if research based...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 628: To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise, since the centralisation of the medical card applications, the total number of applications which have been received by his office; of the total number of applications received, the number that are waiting for processing for more than three months, six months, nine months and 12 months separately; of the total number of medical...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact that changes to the staffing schedule in small schools 2012 will have on many rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3147/12]

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (19 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the extra costs involved in the amalgamation of small schools in the form of extra classrooms and school transport arrangements to accommodate new pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3062/12]

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (19 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any provisions will be made for small schools who can prove that amalgamation will result in students having to travel unreasonable distances; the distance he considers to be a reasonable for a pupil to travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3148/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (19 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason various phases of an estate (details supplied) are obliged to pay the household charge when its final phase was exempted from the fee; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of other estates in the locality in similar unfinished states have been exempted from the charge in...