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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (11 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider implementing a scheme to promote the growth of hedgerows on farms considering the positive environmental benefits associated with their growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29462/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (11 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the growth and maintenance of hedgerows on farms will be considered for inclusion under the GLAS scheme in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29463/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme (11 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 555. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to extend the closing date of the REFIT 3 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29547/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: I thank the Minister and Department for giving of their time today. I will be very brief and focus on one issue, the discount rate of 5.5%. This committee will have to assess whether there was a loss to the State. This is arguably the main issue that will decide that. If one uses a rate of 5.5%, the implication is that there is a loss of over €190 million. If it is 10%, it...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: On what basis then did the Department disagree with the discount rate?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: The main focus was how long the Department thought it had left to work them out.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: Was that the subject of a detailed discussion with the Comptroller and Auditor General at that point?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (Resumed) (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: I have a final question. Am I wrong in saying that the Department's view, in terms of this report, is that the discount rate of 5.5% was too ambitious?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Staff Recruitment (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a county registrar will be appointed in County Westmeath, considering the huge delays and backlog associated with the vacant position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29076/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Centenarian Bounty Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons outside of the State who were awarded the centenarian's bounty over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29063/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Centenarian Bounty Scheme (6 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the method through which his Department locates Irish centenarians living abroad; if the onus is on the citizen to inform his Department of their upcoming birthday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29064/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (5 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide on a hospital-by-hospital basis the cost to the Health Service Executive, HSE, in 2015 or in the most recent available year of taxi and hackney services; if he will provide on a hospital-by-hospital basis the cost to the HSE in 2015 or in the most recent available year of taxi and hackney services arising from the transfer of oncology...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28148/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28149/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Centenarian Bounty Scheme (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 315. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons awarded the centenarian bounty over the past five years, broken down by those who are resident abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28155/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Centenarian Bounty Scheme (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 316. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the method through which his Department locates Irish centenarians living abroad; if the onus is on the person to inform his Department of their upcoming birthday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28156/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients receiving renal dialysis treatment here on 31 December 2015 or on a single specific date in 2016; the numbers of these dialysis patients who were receiving home haemodialysis as outpatients, receiving in-centre haemodialysis, receiving peritoneal dialysis as outpatients, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the average cost to the State of a unit of blood administered in a public hospital here; the cost to the State of all blood administered in hospitals in 2015, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28205/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (4 Oct 2016)

Peter Burke: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of all blood administered to patients during surgical procedures in 2015, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28206/16]

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 94 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: National Asset Management Agency Sale of Project Eagle (29 Sep 2016)

Peter Burke: I thank the Chairman.