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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new location of a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41415/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (2 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new location of a school building project (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41416/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (2 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Slane bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41376/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Resolution Board Remit (3 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way his Department and the Pyrite Resolution Board came to the figure of €500 for building condition assessments as this has not been the price that has been quoted to many homeowners who have been affected by pyrite; if he will reveal the quotes that they received from companies when they arrived at this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deed Poll (3 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is possible here for husbands to take their spouse's surname when they get married; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41681/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Issues (8 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Act Now on 2015 e-mail campaign; his plans for overseas development aid in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42373/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 361. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps his Department, along with private operators, are taking to make sure there is high speed broadband available in an area (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42285/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (8 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 467. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the legislation on prostitution here after the publishing of the Oireachtas Justice Committee report on prostitution in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42371/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Toll Operators (8 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to renegotiate the subvention that is currently being paid to the operator of the M3 motorway; when the current contract with the operator will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42038/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Services Provision (9 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) may expect to have broadband installed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42690/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (9 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he is taking to make it easier and cheaper for small and medium enterprises to apply for Government tenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42689/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education Issues (9 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: 180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is planning a strategy for getting Exchequer investment in early childhood care and education towards a minimum of 1% of GDP by 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42691/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (10 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I remind members and guests to switch off their mobile phones; it is not sufficient to leave them in silent mode, as they will still interfere with the recording equipment. I have received apologies from Deputies Joe O'Reilly and Seán Crowe and from our new member, Senator Marie Moloney, who has replaced Senator John Kelly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Oireachtas and the European Union: Discussion (10 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I am delighted to welcome Dr. Gavin Barrett from the UCD School of Law. He is the second recipient of the Oireachtas parliamentary fellowship which was established in 2009 to mark the 90th anniversary of the first meeting of Dáil Éireann. The fellowship is designed to advance the study of the Houses of the Oireachtas and Dr. Barrett has been researching the evolving role of our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Oireachtas and the European Union: Discussion (10 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: Rattle them off.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Oireachtas and the European Union: Discussion (10 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: I thank Dr. Barrett for those remarks. I appreciate the work he has done in putting together this report over the last number of years. It is a comprehensive document and it will certainly be a very useful guide for members, not just now but in the future, regarding how this committee came about, how European Union committees developed over the years, their roles and responsibilities and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Oireachtas and the European Union: Discussion (10 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: Before I ask Dr. Barrett to comment, let us remember that the Seanad referendum was last week, so let us not go down the road of discussing referendums that have just taken place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Oireachtas and the European Union: Discussion (10 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: Local radio stations run a selection of commentary from committee proceedings and play them, so that helps increase awareness of the work of the committees as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Oireachtas and the European Union: Discussion (10 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: Steady on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Oireachtas and the European Union: Discussion (10 Oct 2013)

Dominic Hannigan: In page 14 of your report, you refer to the resources available to parliaments such as the Finnish Parliament, the New Zealand Parliament and small parliaments such as those of Scotland and Wales, all of which have greater resources than us. That is a big problem. Our staff do tremendous work, but there are only a certain number of them. We would have to look at resources if we were to up...