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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Applications (4 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding visa requirements for residents in the Dominican Republic who wish to enter Ireland for holiday purposes; the Irish embassy which processes these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5158/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (4 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the number of school closures in County Cork since 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5064/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Guidelines (4 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the revised guidelines on wind farms will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5138/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (4 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the established technologies now associated with the generation of electricity from wind energy, his views on redirecting supports to other technologies in the renewable area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5140/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (10 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the circumstances (details supplied) in County Cork regarding the loss of 15 entitlements on a 2014 single farm payment, when compared to the previous year, and if, in view of these circumstances, the land owner can appeal the surrender of these entitlements to the National Reserve; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Service Obligation Levy (10 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 611. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the purpose of the public service obligation levy on electricity bills; the rate at which it is levied; the reason for the recent increase in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5694/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers Conciliation Council (11 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Teachers Conciliation Council deliberations on a subject matter (details supplied); when a recommendation on this issue can be anticipated; if the recommendation is binding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6312/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (11 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the draft National Aviation Policy in view of the anticipated International Airlines Group bid for Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6185/15]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (11 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: There is a long-standing issue dating back to the decentralisation programme and particularly the OPW’s involvement with Cork County Council. There is a view that we should not stick our oars into administrative issues arising between the OPW and local authorities but nonetheless it is in my constituency and concerns the site acquired on behalf of the OPW by Cork County Council and...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (11 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: Given the fact that the OPW is looking for a design team for its aspect of the site, would it be more appropriate----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (11 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: The council is proceeding with its own design and has its own in-house architectural team, employees of Cork County Council, who design council houses and are now designing a fire station for this site. I am sure, if it is possible, that as a public body it would like to facilitate another public body because that is what public bodies should be doing. It would like to assist in solving a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (17 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 337. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of oxygen supply for medical reasons is eligible for refund under the drugs refund scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6978/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (17 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is a restriction on donations of blood to the blood bank here by persons who may have been resident in the United Kingdom during the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) crisis period; the number of cases which have established a clear link between residency in the United Kingdom during the relevant period and transmission of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Trails Office (17 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the operation of the walks scheme administered by his Department with the assistance of the National Trails Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7037/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Trails Office (17 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way individual land owners along a marked walk approved by the National Trails Office but currently inadvertently excluded from the walks scheme can apply for inclusion in the scheme and payment for participation in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7038/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Quota (24 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received an application for a special allocation of milk quota, due to a non-notifiable disease outbreak, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if, in view of the circumstances, he will consider a special allocation in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7789/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (24 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will issue a call for projects under the capital assistance programme from local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7790/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (25 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who purchased the family home in December 2014 is entitled to a refund of deposit interest retention tax on savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8314/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Trails Office (25 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 481 and 482 of 17 February 2015 the position regarding a landowner, through whose lands one of the 39 trails covered by the walks scheme referred to in his previous replies traverses, but who is currently excluded from any payment for the maintenance of this particular stretch of...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to make a relatively short contribution on this lengthy and complicated legislation. The Bill, as published, comprises 106 pages and the Explanatory Memorandum comprises approximately 32 pages. It has had a lengthy gestation through pre-legislative scrutiny and hearings in committee with interested parties. I hope this inclusive approach to the finer detail of the...