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Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (6 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health the reason employment criteria for a position (details supplied) within the Health Service Executive have been altered to require candidates who have completed a private emergency medical technician course at a cost of approximately €2,500 to be eligible to be called to interview unlike previous years; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (13 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the regulations he imposes on self-administered pension funds with particular emphasis on the reason that funds are required to put aside a set amount of money which cannot be drawn down and which is not calculated as a percentage of the overall value of funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39878/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (13 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to some information (details supplied) not being shared on the new informational website, [i]www. decisionmap.ie[/i], as maintained by Ordnance Survey Ireland and the Central Statistics Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39521/11]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (13 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will organise a meeting for a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow with FÁS to explain the training and upskilling entitlements to which they are entitled. [39875/11]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (13 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for education through the medium of Irish at a location and school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39534/11]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (13 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of wind farms he has sanctioned; the number of applications he has received and the number currently in the process of being built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39617/11]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (13 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has received any applications for the construction of hydro-electric water dams; if these applications have been processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39618/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (13 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in processing an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if he will provide a specific date by which this application will be determined; if the person should forward correspondence from their employer detailing the need for their application to be processed...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (13 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 374: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current EU fish quotas across all categories that Ireland currently enjoys; if he is seeking to increase these quotas; the progress made on this issue to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39616/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (14 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the statutory mechanisms and oversights which enable the State to compel financial institutions in which it has shareholdings to pass on ECB interest rate cuts; his views on whether the current statutory mechanisms are sufficient; if he intends to introduce reforms in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding sources which may be available to develop a playground in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40203/11]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (14 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 300: To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take to retain older, more experienced front-line workers in the Health Service Executive to ensure that front-line services retain mixed-ability staff cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40275/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 301: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce independent evaluations of the services offered by the Health Service Executive in specific geographical regions to ensure better co-ordination of services offered to the public in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40276/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (15 Dec 2011)

Simon Harris: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans regarding recruitment for the Reserve Defence Forces, having regard to the significant waiting lists of applicants that currently exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40568/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering measures to increase the level of VAT compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1142/12]

Written Answers — Mortgage Arrears Working Group: Mortgage Arrears Working Group (11 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the action that has been taken to date to assist those in mortgage arrears following on from the publication of the report of the interdepartmental mortgage arrears working group; the timeline in which he expects recommendations form these reports to be acted upon, information on co-ordination of efforts between him and...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (11 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 20 September 2011, the progress that has been made by him on redesigning the criteria for Irish language exemptions in primary and secondary schools to include children with diagnoses of aspergers syndrome; if parents will be consulted or invited to participate on this issue; and if he...

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (11 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any plans to reverse the decision which mandates him to place minority faith secondary schools in the same category as fee-paying private Catholic secondary schools; if his attention has been drawn to the hardships that this designation is causing minority faith schools and families; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (11 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind the withdrawal of support grants to Protestant faith schools in view of the impact of this on the pupil teacher ratio at such schools and the long standing safeguards in place to protect their viability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40846/11]

Written Answers — School Patronage: School Patronage (11 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures undertaken by him to recognise the diversity of the school going population, and to ensure that parents can access schools whose ethos reflects their own faith, in view of changes to the funding provided to such schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40845/11]