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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra special needs teaching hours may be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46662/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (4 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if eligibility for a higher education grant may be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow in view of the fact that their application for naturalisation is pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46665/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport and Recreational Development (4 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to pursue a strategy to maximise the degree to which sport can play a major role in the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46636/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport and Recreational Development (4 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has studied other European countries' use of sport as an economic propellant; if he will continue to pursue such a similar strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46637/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (4 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which he continues to monitor transport costs in this country with those in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46638/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (4 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which the transport sector in this country is affected by unfair competition from outside the jurisdiction; if he has a particular strategy in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46640/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (4 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if and when he will be in a position to invite applications for any further sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46641/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (4 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department continues to encourage high standards throughout the hotel, catering and hospitality sectors with particular reference to incentivisation where appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46642/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (4 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which his Department continues to monitor areas of particular traffic congestion with particular reference to those areas raising health and safety concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46643/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (4 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide his preferred options for the continuation of major road improvement projects including motorways throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46644/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (4 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to increasing the traffic capacity of the M50; if the existing volume of traffic exceeds that for which the road was originally intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46645/14]

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this particularly important subject matter. In the economic climate the Government inherited only a few weeks ago it quickly emerged that the Government faced the prospect of having to throw up its hands and abandoning all attempts to provide large areas of service. We inherited a health structure that clearly did not work. It is all very...

Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: The sale of alcohol Bill has been promised. To what extent has it been progressed and are we likely to see it at an early date?

Order of Business (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: Early next year?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Loan Books (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 14. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the situation with the various lending institutions in respect of mortgage arrears with particular reference to the purchase of loan books by unregulated third parties and the influence this may have on banking in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45950/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth Rate (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which economic indicators reflect improvement in the economy on an annual basis in each of the past three years to date; the extent to which such trends will continue with resultant ongoing benefit to the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45949/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the role he sees for redundant banks that have ceased to trade in the domestic market but have remained open to investment in corporate sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46503/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Household Savings Rate (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the level of savings here continues to remain strong; if any fluctuations have occurred; if competing agencies for such savings have emerged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46504/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: GDP-GNP Levels (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the average industrial wage and-or GDP per capita here compares with other EU, Eurozone and Non-Eurozone States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46513/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth (3 Dec 2014)

Bernard Durkan: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance the way economic growth in this jurisdiction now compares with all other EU member states, those within the eurozone and without; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46514/14]