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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (11 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the roll-out of Intreo offices in County Mayo; the services that will be available at each Intreo location in the county; the roll-out schedule for the remaining offices; the proposed opening hours of each office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11576/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (11 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 232. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for the centralisation of 25 community welfare offices in County Mayo into five locations; if her attention has been drawn to the hardship this may cause; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11577/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Expenditure (11 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 280. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide in tabular form, the funding provided to each of our five national parks in 2010 to 2014, inclusive. [11731/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (11 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position regarding a proposed new water scheme for a townland (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will consider changing the criteria regarding the minimum contribution requested from households to enable rural group water schemes such as the one in question to go ahead; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Severe Weather Events Response (11 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if moneys allocated towards the repair of flood and storm-damaged infrastructure in County Mayo are being diverted from other funding set aside for other developments such as harbours and slipways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11954/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Establishment (11 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 488. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the design costs for the new Tusla logo; the tender process entered into for the logo design, that is, was it open or restricted, was it advertised on e-tenders and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11568/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (11 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 529. To ask the Minister for Health if a dedicated diabetes paediatric clinical nurse specialist is to be appointed at Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11729/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (11 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if flexibility will be provided on the moratorium on recruitment in order to allow the Road Safety Authority to recruit driving instructors and testers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11730/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (6 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a flooding issue (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he has had discussions with Mayo County Council on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11242/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (6 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 89. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason Waterford was excluded from the recent Taking Care of Business seminars in view of the fact that it is a regional capital, has a large business community, and faces specific economic challenges as identified by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise Jobs and Innovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Assessments (6 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 90. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number, venue, list of speakers and chairs for the recent series of seminars entitled Action Plan for Jobs Regional Forum; the reason the particular chairs were chosen for each seminar; the Department and agency expenditure on each seminar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11202/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (6 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the meaning of the term systematic in terms of jobseeker's allowance claims; if persons involved in casual working hours are classed as systematic; if casually employed persons should avail of tax-free social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11351/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (6 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 210. To ask the Minister for Health when new schemes will be introduced to replace the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11221/14]

Protection of Residential Mortgage Account Holders Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Michael McGrath for bringing forward this Bill, which gives us a chance to provide protection and to have a debate not just on the IBRC mortgage holders, but on the issue of mortgage arrears generally. The debate is timely given the latest publication from the Central Bank. Like all my colleagues, I would prefer if we had a timescale for Committee and Report Stages of this...

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: Will the Government publish the charges?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (5 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding graduates of the Higher Diploma in Education who have yet to secure their 100 consecutive days within the three year time-frame in order to complete the qualification in view of the fact that many are struggling to secure employment and in some cases even acknowledgments of their applications; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tourism Employment (5 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 88. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether there is a shortage of skilled staff in the hotel and catering sector; the actions that he proposes to address this shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11121/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Communities (5 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports that are available to fishermen in County Mayo who are the owner-operators of vessels of 15GT and down to 5GT or less who experienced severe gear losses during the recent storms; if the current catch restrictions placed on these small boat owners can be temporarily lifted to alleviate the current pressures...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: What about the IDA's targets?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: I am intrigued as to why another entrepreneurship competition is needed. Are there not enough of them? The Minister is proposing an allocation of €2 million for this. What will be different about the Brutons as opposed to the Oscars?