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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (26 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 241. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be called for a rheumatology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40140/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (26 Sep 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 242. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be called for an orthopaedic appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40141/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to cases where CIE owned disused railways are being blocked with objects such as round bales by adjoining landowners; if he will direct CIE to remove such objects and protect these valuable national assets; his views on whether CIE should fence its property in cases where attempts are being made to grab...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Calming Measures (1 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will explore the viability and potential benefits of following the example of Killenard, County Laois, where speed ramps are in place throughout the village within the 50km/h zones; his views on whether this should be standard in all villages and towns or at least those on busy roads with a lot of through traffic; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (1 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that has been collected each year in tabular form since the introduction of the 80% tax rate on zoned land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40995/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (1 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 338. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further medical evidence on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40462/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 387. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to reform the way social insurance contributions are calculated for the State pension in view of the unfair averaging system in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40729/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Quota Trading Scheme (1 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the recourse that will be available to farmers who will not be able to secure milk quotas in the 2014 milk quota purchasing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40481/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme in 2014 to replace the REP scheme for small farmers in disadvantaged areas whose income will substantially reduce at the end of 2013 when their current term ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41117/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 638. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the bus station office in Killarney does not open on a Saturday or Sunday; if he will consider restricted opening hours on these days to facilitate this busy tourist town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40798/13]

Order of Business (2 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: Beyond next Friday's poll, has the Government plans to hold future referendums in regard to the age of voters, marriage equality and voting rights for citizens in presidential elections? Is there a timeframe for any of those future referendums?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (2 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will invite submissions from all boards of management and parents' associations of all schools on the subject of school patronage to ensure receipt of a wide diversity of submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41271/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (2 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a disadvantaged area scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41251/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Payments (2 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 247. To ask the Minister for Health if health expenses will be reimbursed to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41263/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: I thank the witnesses for the interesting information. People are our most valuable resource. Anything that can be done to try to get people into work and to optimise people's potential must be encouraged. The efforts that have been made to date are welcome. There are more than 400,000 on the live register, so more needs to be done. JobsPlus is a very positive initiative. I wonder if it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: I asked some questions on JobBridge and the possibility of increasing it to €50. Are there any figures relating to what precisely would be involved in doing that? Does Ms Faughnan have any idea what the figures would be? Can Ms Faughnan elaborate on JobsPlus and the employers feedback?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: These are questions I have already asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: I asked what the ballpark figures would be if that were to be increased.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: What about an increase to the JobBridge allowance? Will the Department come back with what a €10, €20 or €30 increase in JobBridge would amount to and what the various costs would be? Will the Department provide that in tabular format?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Brendan Griffin: I am asking about the other data as well. I asked a question about JobsPlus. What was the feedback from employers and why are none of them taking up JobsPlus?