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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Sep 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given, in view of the increased challenges a person with a disability faces to obtain employment, to the extension of the revenue job assist tax allowance into a more long term tax allowance which would support persons with a disability in employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40631/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (25 Sep 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the strategic partnership recently formed by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Letterkenny Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology Sligo as an attempt to achieve technological university status. [40626/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Schools (25 Sep 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the offer from the anti bullying campaign to provide training in combatting and preventing bullying to teachers and school staff free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40627/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes Issues (25 Sep 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the budgetary amount allocated to the student assistance fund which provides emergency financial support to students in order that they can continue their studies will be maintained this year. [40628/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Resolution Processes (25 Sep 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for the exclusion of independent financial brokers who are regulated by the Central Bank and operate to a high standard from taking part in the advisory service for persons experiencing mortgage difficulties. [40625/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure (25 Sep 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a regulatory impact analysis has been or will be conducted on the sick pay proposals which she is considering on account of the uncertainty the proposals have created and the negative effects such proposals could have on job retention. [40633/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Sep 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the analysis undertaken by his Department and the Sustainable Energy Authority; and if this analysis will be published. [40629/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (25 Sep 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update in the Environmental Protection Agency research taking place into the practice of hydraulic fracking; when this research will be completed; and if he will provide assurances that no authorisations for fracking will be granted without comprehensive research on its effects as well as a full public...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Sector Regulation (25 Sep 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the digital dividend which will arise from the cessation of the analogue TV signals and the freeing up of the radio spectrum between 790 MHZ and 862 MHZ, his views on the progress of the auction of this infrastructure; and if he will provide assurances, notwithstanding the statutory function of ComReg in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future of Europe: Discussion with Vice President of European Commission (25 Sep 2012)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Vice President to this country. I had the pleasure of being in Luxembourg a couple of weeks ago at a European Court of Justice hearing. It is a beautiful city. I did not have enough time to spend there but I will return for a visit. Given Luxembourg’s location it is inextricably linked to France, Germany, Holland and Belgium. This country, which is on the periphery,...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Seán Kyne: The Magdalene laundries are perhaps the most powerful symbol of the inhumanity and brutality which formed a part of Irish society in the 20th century. It is almost incomprehensible to my generation and to younger generations that such institutions were allowed to exist. Moreover, the laundry system was supported by the State through commercial contracts and, outrageously, through society's...

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Seán Kyne: The Magdalene laundries are perhaps the most powerful symbol of the inhumanity and brutality which formed a part of Irish society in the 20th century. It is almost incomprehensible to my generation and to younger generations that such institutions were allowed to exist. Moreover, the laundry system was supported by the State through commercial contracts and, outrageously, through society's...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2012)

Seán Kyne: The amendment proposed by this Bill, which is to be put to the people, has been a long time coming. It is particularly timely given that this year marks the 20th anniversary of Ireland's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This convention contains several principles focusing on the best interests of the child, the right of the child to be heard and the right to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned regarding the impact of banking charges being introduced by State and non-State owned banks, the design of which appears to depend on income levels and monthly lodgement amounts which have a disproportionate affect on those with lower incomes or social welfare recipients and therefore are unfair as those with higher income can avoid the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to rolling out free or subsidised courses in Irish, in the form of lifelong, continuing and or adult education, which would encourage citizens to improve their command of, or reconnect with, the Irish language, particularly as such an incentive would help achieve the stated objective of the 20 year strategy for the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turbary Rights (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the legal position of his Department regarding cutting domestic turf on National Heritage Areas; if these sites are entirely under the jurisdiction of his Department; the role the EU has in relation to the NHAs in the context of said activity and where relocation to an National Heritage Areas from an Special Area of Conservation bog...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commonage Framework Plans (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for a complex (details supplied) in County Galway in terms of restocking and compensation measures in 2013. [41987/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if appeals processes will be enacted on particular special areas of conservation/natural heritage areas when concerns appear over the criteria used to designate lands; his views on whether such a process would be well received in many communities where concerns exist on the fairness of original designations. [41991/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Courts Service Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has been consulted by the Courts Service in relation to plans for court services in the Connemara Gaeltacht considering the importance of ensuring a continued court service through the medium of An Ghaeilge and also given the acceptance and commitments contained within the twenty year strategy on the Irish language. [42073/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (2 Oct 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the progress of the Keeping Communities Safe document, the publication of which local authorities have indicated is necessary as it will inform local fire safety strategies. [41986/12]