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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 559: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment under REP scheme four will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3451/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 562: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a higher area based payment has not been issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3500/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Jan 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 568: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a REP scheme four payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3584/10]

Written Answers — Fishing Quota: Fishing Quota (27 Jan 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the final decision will be reached on mackerel quotas for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3748/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Jan 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 299: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reasons a parish (details supplied) in County Galway has almost no broadband facilities; if such facilities will be made available; if it is possible to boost the signal in a nearby parish; if such a signal will cover this parish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4113/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Jan 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 300: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason an application for broadband facilities by a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been unsuccessful; the reason for the delay; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the applicant has been informed by a company that it could take another two and half years for this to happen; and...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (27 Jan 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 342: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason redundancy has not been awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4115/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (2 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 481: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4773/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (2 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 479: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will issue regarding an application for a contributory old age pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4771/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4772/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (2 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 485: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason her Department is requesting that farm women in receipt of contributory old age pensions reimburse her Department despite a decision made some years ago which provided a mechanism to such women who worked with their spouses all their lives on the farms without any recognition for their years of duty and dedication to...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 658: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the proposed new national school at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4774/10]

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: The Taoiseach can dream on.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Those were different times.

Leaders' Questions (3 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Interest rates are on the increase.

Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Like the previous speaker I welcome the Bill. I assume the reason for this legislation is to follow best practice as in European legislation. The structure of employment agencies has changed over the years. I assume if this Bill had been introduced before the arrival of so many immigrant workers over the past eight or ten years it would be a different structure. I see no reason why the...

Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: I refer to a point raised by a number of Deputies in previous contributions. The Bill provides for a capacity to revoke the licence of employment agencies and to prohibit recognised employment agencies from operating in Ireland for stated reasons. I understand this is where the three-year rule applies. I assume there is no possible side-step available. I assume agencies are not single...

Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (4 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: I thank the Minister of State. I assume there is nothing in these measures to prevent or prohibit agencies from training staff, which would go entirely against their principles and function. If an employer is finding it difficult to recruit a certain type of employee with particular skills - this may have been more of a problem two or three years ago than it is now - that is the only...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (9 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance if and when a decision will be made to install a single authority to oversee the management of the River Shannon and its tributaries in an effort to reduce the incidence of unnecessary flooding causing untold hardship to so many rural families; if such authority will be empowered to impose regulations over the various constituent bodies such as...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (9 Feb 2010)

Paul Connaughton Snr: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that important information is being lost as a result of the shredding of documents as a result of the Property Registration Authority's move towards e-conveyancing; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that such documents are of enormous benefit to persons wishing...