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Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (2 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 308: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the situation which exists in a special needs school in County Kilkenny, whereby no full-time physiotherapist, speech therapist or occupational therapist services are available to approximately 70 children who are in need of such services on a weekly basis; when the full-time personnel will be made...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: I welcome the broad thrust of this Bill. It is not necessary to say that informed, sensitive and sustainable planning should not be just a lottery or vague aspiration but a real objective that can be attained and implemented. Bad planning and ill-conceived development have long been an awful scourge in too many parts of the country. There are too many dreadful monuments of poor, inferior...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Before I finish, I want to express my concern about rural Ireland and planning.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Okay. Does the Acting Chairman want me to move the adjournment?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: I do not even know whether I will need 15 minutes, but I will keep going for as long as I can. Am I allowed to keep going now?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: As a rural Deputy and as somebody who served as a member of Kilkenny County Council for 15 years, I have seen the practical application of the planning laws and I have seen the strategic advantages of good orderly planning and development. I have also experienced the hideous consequences of bad planning and poor planning mechanisms and controls. Over the years, we have sought to redress the...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (4 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange payment or refund of stamp duty to persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [5951/10]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (9 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to Parliamentary Question No. 209 of 3 November 2009, if payment of statutory redundancy will be awarded to the person (details supplied) in view of the fact that further information requested from the employer has been submitted. [6401/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (9 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the recommendations of the report of the Commission on Taxation, changes will be made to the capital acquisitions tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6676/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (9 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 402: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will lift the capping of the administration and animation budget available to a partnership (details supplied) in County Kilkenny which is already reduced by 21.5% in 2010; if he will arrange for payment to be made early in the programme to ensure that staff are retained and its 2010 project commitments are...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (9 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of current economic circumstances, he will include in the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 an extension to the duration of planning permissions granted specifically since mid-2008 where it has not been possible to commence a development within the period originally specified in a...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 633: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of REPS 4 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [6691/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 634: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of REPS 4 will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [6692/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 635: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of REPS 4 will be awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [6693/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 703: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will appoint a design team to progress the application for an extension and refurbishment works to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny in view of the fact that the population in the catchment area has increased by 70% on the previous census and the increase of pupils attending this school has warranted the...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (10 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to abolish or reduce further stamp duty on second-hand property in view of the low activity in the residential property market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7070/10]

Written Answers — Peace Commissioners: Peace Commissioners (10 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of peace commissioners appointed in County Kilkenny; the locations to which they are appointed; and the current number of vacancies. [7092/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (16 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in assessing an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny which was submitted on 11 November 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7720/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (16 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 418: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in deciding on a review of carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny which commenced in May 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7719/10]

Written Answers — Television Licence Fee: Television Licence Fee (17 Feb 2010)

Bobby Aylward: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce the option to make it possible to pay a television licence on a quarterly or half yearly basis similar to that which pertains for car tax in view of the fact that the television licence is causing financial hardship to many persons at this time. [8238/10]