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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will include illness benefit as an eligible payment for the special rate of maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38378/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Dental Services Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 534. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reinstate preventive and restorative care under the dental treatment benefit scheme for PRSI payers and introduce a new voucher system for eligible patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37767/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 535. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of teaching posts and other educational positions that will be filled in the 2013/14 academic year through the JobBridge programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37980/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 539. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there is any additional financial support available to a person who received a bereavement grant to assist them with the costs of a headstone; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36813/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Invasive Species (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 720. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if EU funding is available to Ireland to help tackle the problem of the invasive species known as Japanese knotweed; if so, if he will apply for same; his views regarding the potential cost to the State if the problem is not addressed now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38280/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 746. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost to the State per mink culled through State schemes in recent years; his plans to increase the number of mink culled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37987/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 747. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will indicate the number received by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2013 relating to corncrakes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37988/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 778. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if lo-call and local numbers could be displayed for all Departments and local authorities to provide persons with an option to choose the most economical telephone number based on their current telephone provider and phone packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37059/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Digital Television Service Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 804. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that when TV signals turned digital, persons were told the existing infrastructure and antenna would improve the bouncing around of phone and broadband signals, if so, if this has materialised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37985/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Infrastructure (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 805. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the increased use of smart phones and other such devices is placing additional pressures on mobile communications infrastructure and could this be contributing to poorer network coverage in some areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37986/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Health and Safety Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 909. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has any concerns regarding health implications of smart meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37709/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 911. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a system of one month short-term motor taxation for emigrants who return here for short periods and drive their own cars that were parked up in their garages while they were gone, as the current minimum period of three months is cost prohibitive for someone who may be home for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 933. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the provision of an extension to a sewerage scheme at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37971/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 961. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a group sewerage scheme in County Kerry (details supplied) will be included in any future round of funding, in view of its strategic importance and the long time that it has been campaigned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38527/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 934. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter relating to declarations regarding restoration projects of cars off the road (details supplied) on the motortax.ie website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37983/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Architectural Qualifications (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 962. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the position of the Architects Alliance will be implemented in the context of the architects register review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38576/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Architectural Qualifications (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 965. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a Statutory Instrument similar to SI 341 of 2012 to have a course in educational institutes (details supplied) recognised as a prescribed course and bodies under the Building Control Act for the Architects Register Admission Examination administered by an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety Strategy (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 988. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider the installation of point to point speed cameras for sections of road with particular problems with speeding motorists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37978/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 1085. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a Certificate of Universal Garda Clearence in view of the delays currently being encountered by persons applying for Garda clearence in respect of individual organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37785/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Electronic Tagging (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 1095. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the post-release electronic tagging of sex offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37969/13]