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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Administration (2 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the practice of the deduction of sick days from participants on further education and training courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46092/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (2 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the difficulties that young primary school teachers are experiencing finding employment, probation and substitute work; her plans to address problems in this area; if her Department has issued circulars on best practice relating to the recruitment of teaching staff; if concerns have been conveyed to her regarding the general...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (2 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 539. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014, SI 9, will be revoked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46099/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (2 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a pension scheme; if he will assist in any way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46112/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (2 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 620. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a historic structure (details supplied) in County Kerry will be listed as a national monument in State care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46113/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (4 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider ways to offer incentives and compensation to farmers for any loss or inconvenience caused by allowing greenways or walkways through their lands, in view of the huge societal and economic potential that such infrastructure may bring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46300/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (4 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will carry out anti-erosion works at a river (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46687/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Licence Applications (4 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 87. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a commercial practice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46613/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (4 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set down his views on matters (details supplied) regarding late payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46628/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (4 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 183. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46623/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Estates (4 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 186. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on recent events at an estate (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46688/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance if the capital acquisitions tax relief in respect of agricultural land will be extended to farmers in disadvantaged areas who have to supplement their income outside of the farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46833/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Scheme Payments (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when GLAS payments will commence in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47023/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 266. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to a Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 27 November 2013, if the Luger pistol confiscated by the RIC from Roger Casement in 1916 was ever in Garda possession; and if so, its whereabouts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47028/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 317. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will issue on a medical card appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46915/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise with ministerial colleagues the issue of the loss of entitlements of returning Irish emigrants, for example the entitlement to free third level fees, if they have been out of the country for more than a certain number of years; if he will seek a relaxation of these rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Rates (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 416. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the policy on commercial motor tax in view of the difficulties it is posing for small farmers and the variation in implementation from county to county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46830/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 422. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be providing direction on the way capital funding will be allocated by local authorities to single rural cottages housing applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47016/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 430. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will initiate an inquiry into the handling of a planning case (details supplied) by a local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47143/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (9 Dec 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 443. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if free water agreements made by local authorities will be honoured by Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47212/14]