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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (11 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 852. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans in the wake of the Prime Time Investigates programme which highlighted current practices in some creches here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27074/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (11 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 868. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department is taking to make child care more affordable for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27890/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (11 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 985. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to set up a forum on long term residential care in conjunction with Health Information and Quality Authority and the National Treatment Purchase Fund with the participation of the providers of long term residential care in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27434/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 1043. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary care centre (details supplied) in County Meath will be included in the PPP tenders that are to be issued in August; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27934/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (11 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 1049. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that must be taken for an illness to be included on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27971/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Benefit Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 1051. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the practice in Finland in which new mothers are given maternity boxes which include nappies and clothes when they leave hospital if they have attended a pre- natal screening; and his plans, if any, to introduce a similar scheme here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28007/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Maintenance (11 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 1111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, by county council, of the amount of money that has been provided for road maintenance in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27815/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Maintenance (11 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 1112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown, in tabular form, by county council, of the amount of money that has been provided for road repair in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27816/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Regulations (11 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 1114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way a person or a company may obtain a licence for clamping; the procedure for same; the information that is needed; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27826/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Statistics (12 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list, in tabular form, in order of the highest to lowest of all of Ireland's trading partners, with the amount or trade valued, the amount our exports are to that country and the value of the imports from that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28251/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Code (12 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is working with the Department of Finance to retain the current 9% VAT rate in the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28265/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (13 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to sign the European Convention on Preventing Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28454/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 385. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality thesteps the local Gardai are taking to deal with an issue of drug use in towns in South Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29012/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I remind members, guests and others to ensure their mobile phones are switched off completely. It is not sufficient to leave them in silent mode, as they will interfere with the recording equipment. The first item on our agenda is a discussion of the topic democratic legitimacy and accountability in the European Union. On behalf of the joint committee, I am delighted to welcome Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Mr. Jacobs for his presentation and for coming in today. Before I ask for contributions from the floor I would like some clarification on a few of the points that Mr. Jacobs raised. He mentioned how European Parliament committees could take more input from national parliaments and spoke about the yellow card and so on. Does he envisage that people from national parliaments would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: There is a number of questions. Will Mr Jacobs try to answer as many as possible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: That is the way the system works. Is Mr. Jacobs saying that will change within the next five years and, if so, why? Is it because of population growth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: May I explain? Among the 28 countries, as will be the case from July, the country with the most seats has a greater population per seat than the next country down. For example, for the country with the greatest number of seats, which is Germany, there could be one seat for every 800,000 people; the next country down - the UK or whatever - could have one seat per 798,000 people, and it will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: That is digressive proportionality: no two countries have the same population per seat. That is possible because we are talking about millions of people. Does that explain the issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I believe it comes from a University of Cambridge paper.