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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (13 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: 167. To ask the Minister for Health when persons (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive an answer to their medical card application; and if he will expedite an answer. [48401/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (13 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: 168. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive an answer on their medical card review; and if he will expedite an answer. [48402/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (12 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: 181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a file will be released to the appeals office in order that an appeal can be decided upon in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will expedite an answer. [47720/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Registration (12 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: 431. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a 16 to 20 week delay in registration with CORU, the umbrella body for the statutory regulation of health and social care professionals; the steps he is taking to reduce this to a more practical period in view of the fact that graduates cannot get a job interview without being registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects to invite applications for the next round of the sports capital programme; and if there will be changes to the terms and conditions of the programme and the application process from the last round. [46899/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (6 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason it is necessary for persons who wish to pay their local property tax for 2014 by one lump sum postal order or cheque must do so immediately; if tax for 2014 be only paid in 2014 and if he considers it unfair to expect persons to pay this tax twice in 2013. [47249/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme Issues (6 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: 111. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the senior alert scheme following the recent budget announcement that the telephone allowance will be discontinued from January 2014; and the provision that will be made to cater of areas where mobile coverage is limited or non existent [47251/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: I use that phrase because of the size involved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: I am not questioning the quality. There is no question about that. My point is that where there is scale size, the bigger numbers one has, the better one is able to take a knock, literally.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: Would some retailers regularly use Strathroy milk as a loss leader?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: The point I was getting at was that there has been ongoing serious investment in processing plants in the South. They are planning for the Harvest 2020 initiative, the ending of quotas and so on. There does not seem to be the same type of investment elsewhere, in Strathroy Dairy and other processing plants in the North, although perhaps I am wrong to say that. That would lead to a rather...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: I asked about the herd size of farmers supplying Strathroy Dairy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: Is it fair to say that Strathroy Dairy is dealing more with the factory-type farmer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Liquid Milk Market: Discussion with Strathroy Dairy (5 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: I welcome Mr. Cormac Cunningham and Mr. Ruairí Cunningham. As a long-suffering liquid milk producer in the South - I was one of the 2,000 hard-pressed producers for a long time - I find today's debate very interesting. I would like to ask a couple of straightforward questions. How much money has Strathroy Dairy invested in its processing plant over the last ten years? What is the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any short to medium term plans to provide an Educate Together secondary school in Carlow. [46109/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (5 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: 572. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a decision on their invalidity appeal; and if she will expedite an answer. [46943/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (5 Nov 2013)

Pat Deering: 786. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make the necessary resources available to provide a dedicated phone line in both the Tullow and Carlow 24 hour Garda Stations for use by the pinpoint text alert system set up by many concerned communities. [46293/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (22 Oct 2013)

Pat Deering: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the word "allegedly" or a word with a similar meaning was not used in the templates for the anti-bullying procedures for primary and post-primary schools in circular 0045/2013 and if the principle of being innocent until proven guilty has been ignored when drawing up this circular and associated templates; if schools have any...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Pat Deering: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of money allocated and the total amount drawn down for prefab replacements, new build, and upgrade, refurbishment and extension to Carlow schools, both primary and post-primary, on a school-by-school basis for 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [44564/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forage Fish: Discussion (17 Oct 2013)

Pat Deering: Thank you, Dr. Pikitch. I call Deputy Pringle.