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Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2012)

Brendan Ryan: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for the opportunity to speak on this most important Bill. I welcome its publication Bill. It is radical legislation which, if passed as it is designed, will overhaul our laws on personal insolvency and bankruptcy. The destruction of our economy by the previous Government laid bare numerous underlying faults and flaws in the economic, political, societal and...

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Brendan Ryan: Noise nuisance and pollution is a major issue for people throughout the country. A noise nuisance Bill has been promised.

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

Brendan Ryan: What progress has been made on that legislation and when will it be brought before the House?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (17 Jul 2012)

Brendan Ryan: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the planned social welfare office for Balbriggan in North County Dublin; if there is a timeline in which the process will be completed; if a National Employment and Entitlement Service will be based in the town and the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34554/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Offices: Social Welfare Offices (17 Jul 2012)

Brendan Ryan: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the planned social welfare office for Swords in North County Dublin; the timeline in which the process will be completed; if the National Employment and Entitlement Service will be based in the town and the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34555/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rates (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Finance if VAT is charged on crested and official primary school uniforms; if so, does this run contrary to the zero VAT rate on clothes labelled and marketed for children under 11 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37037/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the current number of autistic spectrum units in North County Dublin; if there are plans for more ASD units to be rolled out in the area over the next few years; if there are details of such plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37800/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No 275 of 19 June 2012 if he will confirm his plans to carry out an independent inquiry as recommended by the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association; if such an inquiry will be open and transparent and if he will make a priority of this matter [37814/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm a date for the publication of the Noise Nuisance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37027/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prison Service (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the process for the appointment of the position of prison chaplain in a prison (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if this is the process followed in all prisons in view of the fact that there has been a change in this process in recent months; if so, the reason this change has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Genetically Modified Organisms (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate his position on genetically modified organisms; if it is permitted to genetically modify crops here; his views on the recent ban imposed by Poland on a matter (details supplied); if he will consider a similar ban if required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37829/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposal to move the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum to Portrane in North County Dublin; the stage the proposal is at; if he will give any timescales on how the proposal is progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37801/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Policy to Minimise Unemployment: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (3 Oct 2012)

Brendan Ryan: It is the partial capacity benefit scheme. Do the witnesses have any early thoughts on how it is working? It appears that many of the people who apply for it are people who might have had an exemption and a disability pension and the exemption has been removed. They apply for the partial capacity benefit in order to keep working. It also appears that many of them are applying initially...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Oct 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to any circumstances under which a person can be denied access to free fees by a third level institution on grounds of residency status while a family member of the same status can be granted access to free fees. [42719/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 Oct 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that young persons resident here under a Stamp 4 are not eligible for free fees unless a determination has also been made by the Minister for Justice not to make a deportation under section three of the Immigration Act 1999; if he is satisfied that the difference between these two residency statuses is sufficient grounds for them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Managing Back to School Costs: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the patron bodies for their contributions, which were very practical and enjoyable. We are having this meeting in the context of a difficult budgetary situation that has occurred over recent years and that is likely to continue. By and large, while every group referred to that fact and to the reductions in funding, they all remained positive and tried to come up with solutions. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (16 Oct 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times sites in the Balbriggan area of North County Dublin have been shown to prospective investors in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44792/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Gas and Electricity Disconnections (16 Oct 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will engage with existing energy suppliers with a view to coming up with a national scheme for State funded schools in order to cut energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44790/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (16 Oct 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider working with other Departments and private operators, to deliver waivers and/or cost reductions for water charges and waste charges for all State funded schools in order to alleviate cost burdens on the schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44789/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Oct 2012)

Brendan Ryan: To ask the Minister for Health the Health Service Executive's policy regarding young persons with disabilities leaving a foster care situation; if the HSE continues to be responsible for the provision of care to these young persons; the supports that are offered by adult disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44775/12]