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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Services Card (23 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress made on introducing the use of public service cards as the means for accessing State services. [3461/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services (23 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if NewERA has commenced or completed the assessment of State owned assets which is designated to identify and grasp opportunities to quicken and enhance the roll-out of high speed broadband. [3463/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services (23 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he will, in the context of awarding State investment in cases of market failure regarding broadband provision, monitor and measure the quality and performance of the work carried out by telecommunications companies. [3464/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services (23 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is working with, or will consider working with, the Communications Regulator and other bodies such as the National Consumer Agency to ensure that a transparent process exists for citizens to voice concerns and complaints in relation to broadband issues, in particular broadband introduced as part of previous...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services (23 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the focus of the Delivering a Connected Society: National Broadband Plan for Ireland will be placed on those rural areas, such as Connemara, which were either ineligible for inclusion in the earlier National Broadband Scheme or were included but whose citizens are experiencing inadequate, unreliable internet access at...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services (23 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the expenditure to date of the €175 million committed to by the State under the Delivering a Connected Society: National Broadband Plan for Ireland. [3467/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services (23 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in acknowledgement of the very welcome progress made by his Department in conjunction with the Department of Education and Skills, in delivering 100 mbps broadband to schools in counties including Galway, it is technologically feasible to extend the service to homes and businesses near the schools. [3468/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the steps that are being taken to reduce and minimise delays in the processing time for applications to the various schemes as administered by the social welfare services component of her Department. [4035/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Numbers (29 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the significant increase in appeals of social welfare decisions, additional resources, including personnel, will be allocated to the Social Welfare Appeals Office in order that persons who are appealing decisions may receive a speedier response. [4034/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Galway will have its inadequate, temporary accommodation replaced. [4429/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm when the Five Year Schools Building Programme will be updated and published. [4430/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Provision (29 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the creation of the new Workplace Relations Service; and if he will indicate when this service will be operational. [4427/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (29 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the progress made in the planned merger of the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency; his plans to ensure the new body is as effective as possible in promoting fair competition among businesses and in upholding the rights of consumers, both of which are central to our country's economic recovery. [4428/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Merger of State Bodies (29 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken to ensure, while acknowledging the need for the State to secure savings, the continued existence of An Comisinéir Teanga and the effective performance of the functions ascribed to this position as set out in the Official Languages Act 2003. [4524/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Jan 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to ensure that doctors and medical professionals in the health service, such as non-consultant doctors, are employed on contracts with suitable rest periods and time off which is vital for the well-being of the medical professional as well as for upholding the high standard of patient care [5005/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if the number of intern places for graduates of medical colleges here will be increasing in view of the fact that there has been an increase in the number of medical students in recent years in view of the immense benefit such intern places are to graduates for gaining valuable practical experience. [7669/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to intensify the use of the railways in promoting tourism such as rail tours which are an exemplary way of attracting tourists and visitors Dublin to the regions outside of Dublin. [8378/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Services (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport while being mindful of the social good that public transport services represents as well as their importance particularly in more rural areas, if his attention has been drawn to the Competition Authority’s submission on public transport which highlights the significant savings internationally from tendering out public service...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of funding available to the LEADER programme from 2014-2020 in the context of the recent agreement of the EU's new Multi Annual Financial Framework; and if he will clarify the changes, if any, proposed in the funding model. [8985/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (19 Feb 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a funding programme will be finalised and ready to accept applications from youth organisations such as youth cafes. [8986/13]