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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Brendan Ryan: Is it possible to change the equation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Brendan Ryan: We would have to change the Acts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Brendan Ryan: It is about retired teachers coming back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Brendan Ryan: Will the Minister consider what else he can do to streamline the process further?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Brendan Ryan: Regarding the pupil-teacher ratio, is it fair to say that the Minister will endeavour to find the €44 million in savings elsewhere and that increasing the ratio will be a last resort?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Brendan Ryan: Regarding Traveller children in, for example, Balbriggan, they have been spread out and living in a variety of rented accommodation from which they can walk to school but the local authority has provided group housing for their families and placed them in a remote area to which there is no bus service. There ought to be school transport for those children. The nearest school is full and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Brendan Ryan: The school is full.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Brendan Ryan: When will there be a levelling-off in numbers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: 2014 Pre-Budget Submission: Department of Education and Skills (17 Jul 2013)

Brendan Ryan: That is the prediction for the primary sector and there will then be a lag of six years for second level because the higher numbers will be coming through.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Projects (18 Jul 2013)

Brendan Ryan: 431. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects to publish the offshore renewable energy develoment plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35968/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Liability Insurance (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Ryan: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance the average cost of public liability insurance here as compared to the average cost across the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37797/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licence Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Brendan Ryan: 1650. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on any arrangements between Ireland and Quebec, Canada regarding driving licences; if he will detail the current arrangement between the two; if he will detail any proposed changes in arrangement between the two; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37701/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporate Tax Regime Issues (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Ryan: 190. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that most corporations pay much less than the headline 12.5% corporation tax rate, his plans to introduce a minimum effective corporation tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39474/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (24 Sep 2013)

Brendan Ryan: 546. To ask the Minister for Health if a refund will be issued for expenses accrued as a result of a withdrawal of a medical card that was subsequently and successfully appealed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39507/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (25 Sep 2013)

Brendan Ryan: We are here ahead of the budget which is due in three weeks time. Whatever comes to pass, whether it is a softer budget of €2.5 billion in cuts, a hard budget of €3.1 billion in cuts or somewhere in between, the reality is that there will be adjustments, in particular in the two areas we are discussing today. Certainly, there will be adjustments in social protection. At the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration (26 Sep 2013)

Brendan Ryan: 168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the abolition of the non-principal private residence tax next year, if late payment fees will continue to accrue following the abolition of the tax; if legislation will be required to deal with this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40170/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Job Creation and Mortgage Support Schemes: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (2 Oct 2013)

Brendan Ryan: On the Gateway initiative, I agree with those who have said that the €20 payment is a difficulty, apart altogether from the tax issues that Deputy Ó Snodaigh raised. A person living in my constituency, participating in the scheme and travelling from Balbriggan to Swords, for example, would end up in a minus position because of travel costs. The witnesses made reference to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: The Role of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (9 Oct 2013)

Brendan Ryan: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I enjoyed the presentations. Deputy Ó Ríordáin touched on the question of the apparent increase in demand for SNAs and resource teachers. I have spoken to principals and others in schools in my constituency who raised the issue of people seeking private assessments to get the decision they want after receiving a decision...

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2013)

Brendan Ryan: I welcome this Bill which gives the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine increased power to support, improve and protect our forestry industry. It is vital to have a strong and growing forestry industry that will support and create jobs and which, I believe, can have considerable spin-off benefits for tourism and our environmental ecosystems. In 1996, under the rainbow coalition...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (15 Oct 2013)

Brendan Ryan: 219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the pyrite remediation enabling legislation will be brought forward; if he will expedite same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43120/13]