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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who applied for and was awarded a higher education grant for 2012-13 but who subsequently did not receive any payment despite being asked for and providing bank details; if he will instruct Student Universal Support Ireland to review this file; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations Closures (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to his 4 July 2013 announcement on the disposal of closed Garda stations the position regarding the plan; if estate agents have been appointed for all of the lots identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46232/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations Closures (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of closed Garda stations that have been transferred to or leased to community groups throughout the country for community facilities; the number of groups with whom the Office of Public Works is currently engaging regarding such proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46233/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance Eligibility (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 561. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the support available from her Department to a person in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, who wishes to re-train, but does not qualify for the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46772/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Pensions Levy Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 624. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has engaged with the ESB to ascertain the reason the pension levy is being charged on all ESB pensioners for life as opposed to the duration of the pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46715/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 791. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale behind the amalgamation of the two Garda drug units in County Donegal; the moneys allocated to drug units in the county; the number of search warrants per year issued by the drug units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46461/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Misuse of Drugs (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 792. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths including road traffic deaths in County Donegal from illegal drug use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46462/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 793. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of search warrants per year issued to the drug units in County Donegal since the year 2000. [46463/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 811. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the laundry at St. Joseph's in Clifden, County Galway, was not included in the Magdalen laundry list for the purposes of the redress scheme; if he will acknowledge that St. Joseph's laundry, Clifden, was a Magdalen laundry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46722/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Slaughtering Data (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 935. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of horses that were killed by his Department or by a local authority in 2011 and in 2012; if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis; the number of these horses were mares in foal; if he considers that the killing of mares in foal is a particularly cruel practice except in the most extreme of circumstances;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 936. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo may expect to have their area based payment processed and paid; the reason their payment has been delayed; if he will expedite the application in view of the delay already experienced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46710/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 1087. To ask the Minister for Health the specific details in tabular form of the health services available on each inhabited Island; if these services include 24-hour medical cover on each island; where no 24-hour medical cover is available if he will consider providing such a service in view of the geographic isolated nature of islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46069/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 1180. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding proposals submitted to the Health Service Executive for the upgrading of three facilities in County Mayo (details supplied) in line with the Health Information Quality Authority recommendations; the projected timeframe for the completion of the projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46719/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electricity Transmission Network (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 1279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or any of the agencies under his aegis have had consultations with EirGrid in relation to the ongoing grid projects; the impact of pylons on the landscape of many scenic areas and the negative consequences of such impact for tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46628/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licence Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 1286. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person responsible for the selection of centres for the new National Driver Licence Service; if his attention has been drawn to the inconvenience being caused to drivers by the limited number of centres; the reason there is no centre in Ballina County Mayo when the Road Safety Authority has a large HQ building in the town; and if...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: I will come back to Deputy Stanton's remarks later. First, it is important we acknowledge, as we always do when debating social welfare and pensions Bills, the enormous amount of work done by the staff of the Department of Social Protection, including those in its regional offices and thank them for their assistance to us through the Oireachtas inquiry lines. If other Departments were as...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: That is what Deputy Stanton said in 2010.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (24 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current level of the retained national training fund surplus; the estimated amount at the end of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45592/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (24 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out in tabular form the gross receipts and expenditure in respect of the national training fund for each year from 2005 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45593/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Quality Issues (24 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the reason unlicensed industrial grade products like (H2SiF6) hydrofluorosilicic acid is added to the public drinking water supply, when such a product would not be sanctioned in drug form on the Irish Market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45421/13]