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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Tourism Promotion (17 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his Dáil statement on 30 April 2015 regarding his efforts as Minister to promote Ireland's trade and export markets through his work with embassies, agencies and businesses, if he will update Dáil Éireann on his Department’s efforts to promote a particular initiative (details supplied). [45027/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Funding (16 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a proposed project (details supplied), including its potential to unlock significant tourism sector employment opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44876/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site for a school (details supplied) in County Meath has been confirmed. [45529/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Guidelines (15 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of his engagement with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government concerning justifiable and important environmental concerns expressed by the people of County Meath relating to Ireland's wind energy guidelines and the proposed North-South interconnector project; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Professionals (15 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 485. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to protect public health safety by distinguishing the difference between physiotherapists and physical therapists and to protect both titles under one register for use by members of the physiotherapy profession; and when he will make a ruling on this in order to protect the public and rule out any more confusion (details supplied). [45450/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (15 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 600. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland can reach its 2020 climate change and energy security targets without constructing industrial wind farms in residential areas, if he will request EirGrid to engage meaningfully with local communities in Counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath regarding regional environmental concerns in respect of proposals for an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (15 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 658. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his efforts to develop the Ireland’s Ancient East project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44877/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (10 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of his engagements with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on his stated objective to update wind energy guidelines; if industrial wind farms are appropriate for residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44051/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (9 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she needs to be more assertive with local authorities in setting out the parking and road safety requirements of schools; if her remit, which includes administrative responsibility for over 3,000 rural schools, requires a formal school car parking policy that takes account of the reliance on car transport in rural areas; if the shortage of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (9 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she needs to interact more directly and more proactively with local authorities in respect of road safety at rural schools; her views on the experiences of parents, teachers and pupils at three schools (details supplied) in County Meath, as examples of the problems that are arising from what she may regard as a current policy deficit; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme (8 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 63. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the recently announced built heritage investment fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43457/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Built Heritage Jobs Leverage Scheme (8 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 76. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports she provides to protect the built heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43456/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (8 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 647. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the context of the commemorative projects in 2016 that will reflect on the lives and deaths of 3,500 Irish soldiers who died in combat at the Somme in northern France in 1916, if the industrial-scale slaughter at the Battle of the Somme demonstrates the vital need for institutions that facilitate and strengthen peace and unity in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (8 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 648. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the impact of archaeological and heritage policy on the ambitions of the community that is deemed to be in the buffer zone of a significant heritage site (details supplied) in County Meath, if local families share custody of that heritage and archaeological legacy with the wider nation, if that policy should take account of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. This week was obviously an important one with the opening of the conference on climate change which is very much on the agenda. We all have a responsibility to stop its effects and to reduce our carbon footprint. The biggest obstacle I see not just for Ireland but for every country is public acceptance and participation. Communities must...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: With all due respect, I believe wind has a part to play; I am not saying it does not. The Minister has touched on a number of areas that will contribute to wind energy but the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government has said himself the proposed revised wind energy guidelines will allow for a considerable amount of wind energy generation and will not, as the Minister for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: May I ask a question requiring an answer of "Yes" or "No"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: Does the Minister intend to reach a solution with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government before the end of this term-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: ----- in regard to the wind energy guidelines?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2015)

Helen McEntee: 29. To ask the Minister for Health for an overview on surgical waiting lists at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogehda, County Louth, and at Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan, County Meath, as of 1 November 2015, 1 November 2014, 1 November 2012 and 1 November 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42715/15]