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Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: On many occasions in this House I have railed against what I call the notion of silo government where Departments take decisions without any co-ordination or consultation with other Departments and one sector or community invariably gets overly impacted. The evidence is there that this is what has happened on this occasion. The Department of Health decided to go after medical cards. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of septic tank improvement grants distributed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44860/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps his Department has taken to prepare for a referendum on the establishment of a directly elected mayor for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44866/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Strategic Environmental Assessment (23 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the details of the environmental assessment in respect of a wind turbine project in the midlands; the way this assessment will differ from an environmental impact assessment; and if he will consider seeking an environmental assessment of other energy projects, including the EirGrid Grid West project;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (23 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the data and report of the expert monitoring panel on electromagnetic field, EMF, emissions in respect of the east-west interconnector, if he considers that a similar report on potential EMF emissions from the Grid West project is necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45055/13]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: That is what Deputy Stanton said in 2010.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: I will come back to Deputy Stanton's remarks later. First, it is important we acknowledge, as we always do when debating social welfare and pensions Bills, the enormous amount of work done by the staff of the Department of Social Protection, including those in its regional offices and thank them for their assistance to us through the Oireachtas inquiry lines. If other Departments were as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (24 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current level of the retained national training fund surplus; the estimated amount at the end of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45592/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (24 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out in tabular form the gross receipts and expenditure in respect of the national training fund for each year from 2005 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45593/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Quality Issues (24 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 244. To ask the Minister for Health the reason unlicensed industrial grade products like (H2SiF6) hydrofluorosilicic acid is added to the public drinking water supply, when such a product would not be sanctioned in drug form on the Irish Market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45421/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cochlear Implants (24 Oct 2013)

Dara Calleary: 245. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding for bilateral cochlear implants is allocated in the 2014 Health Service Executive service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45422/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will investigate the circumstances of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who applied for and was awarded a higher education grant for 2012-13 but who subsequently did not receive any payment despite being asked for and providing bank details; if he will instruct Student Universal Support Ireland to review this file; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations Closures (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 353. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to his 4 July 2013 announcement on the disposal of closed Garda stations the position regarding the plan; if estate agents have been appointed for all of the lots identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46232/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations Closures (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 354. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of closed Garda stations that have been transferred to or leased to community groups throughout the country for community facilities; the number of groups with whom the Office of Public Works is currently engaging regarding such proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46233/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance Eligibility (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 561. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the support available from her Department to a person in receipt of jobseeker's allowance, who wishes to re-train, but does not qualify for the back to education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46772/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Pensions Levy Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 624. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has engaged with the ESB to ascertain the reason the pension levy is being charged on all ESB pensioners for life as opposed to the duration of the pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46715/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 791. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale behind the amalgamation of the two Garda drug units in County Donegal; the moneys allocated to drug units in the county; the number of search warrants per year issued by the drug units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46461/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Misuse of Drugs (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 792. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths including road traffic deaths in County Donegal from illegal drug use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46462/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Crime (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 793. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of search warrants per year issued to the drug units in County Donegal since the year 2000. [46463/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Dara Calleary: 811. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the laundry at St. Joseph's in Clifden, County Galway, was not included in the Magdalen laundry list for the purposes of the redress scheme; if he will acknowledge that St. Joseph's laundry, Clifden, was a Magdalen laundry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46722/13]