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Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Noel Grealish: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak here tonight on such an important issue - one that affects the backbone of our society. I congratulate Deputy Healy and the Technical Group on bringing this Private Members' motion before the House. I ask the Minister not to attack the most vulnerable in our society and to pledge Government support for the post office network. I ask him to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (27 Feb 2014)

Noel Grealish: 199. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has an update on, or an indicative timescale for, when the landlord and tenant Bill, as shown in the current legislative programme, will be published; if it is intended to deal with both commercial and private landlord/tenant relationships; if he will indicate the nature of the heads of the Bill which have been agreed, or the areas and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Farming (27 Feb 2014)

Noel Grealish: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the statutory authority that An Bord Iascaigh Mhara purport to engage in salmon farming operations, expend monies and apply to become the operator of a fish farm in Galway Bay; the specific section and which relevant legislation empowers An Bord Iascaigh Mhara to operate a salmon farming enterprise; if he will refer this question...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (27 Feb 2014)

Noel Grealish: 232. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a meeting took place recently between him and the CEO of a company (details supplied); if a meeting took place, the political representatives from Ireland and any other jurisdiction who attended; the officials that attended; if minutes were taken; the persons that requested this meeting; when it was arranged; and if he will make...

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: I welcome the Action Plan for Jobs. Job creation is the only way we will get out of the recession. However, I draw the Taoiseach's attention to the fact that one of his Ministers of State is holding up hundreds if not thousands of jobs. I refer to the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government with responsibility for housing, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan.

Order of Business (5 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: She has not yet brought proposals to the local authorities on allowing people to apply for home improvement grants and housing aid for the elderly. Under the housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill, will the Taoiseach intervene to ensure that guidelines are sent to local authorities so people can apply for grants to renovate their houses and create jobs?

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: I am grateful for this opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Government's priorities for the year ahead. I welcome the publication of the document outlining those very priorities. As we all know, the only way out of a recession is through job creation. If we do not have people back in work, the tax yield will be down and the Government will not have the income to spend on...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: Yes, but they must have a turnover of over €3 million before they can tender.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: I hope the Minister of State can supply me with information on this process. The fact that small companies cannot tender gives an unfair advantage to multinationals while, at the same time, stymieing the growth of such small companies and putting jobs in towns and local communities at risk. Meanwhile, non-Irish-based companies are supplying these goods and sending profits abroad. I...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: How ridiculous is that figure in the current financial climate? The requirements set down need to be proportionate to the risk and the products or services being delivered. I look forward to the Minister of State's clarification, but this is the information I have been given. I accept that specific criteria are required but SMEs have identified a number of problems in this area, such as...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: To supply furniture to a college. I will give the Minister of State the details and I would appreciate it if he could examine the case. A mechanism should be provided for companies to engage with contracting authorities, which would also ensure that pre-qualification criteria are not too onerous and are proportionate to the contract in question. An appeals mechanism should be put in place...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (11 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the collapse of a case (details supplied) in the UK, if the Irish Government of the time issued letters of amnesty or guarantees of immunity from prosecution to any suspected terrorists or republicans who were on the run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11510/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (11 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if a small time investor, with one or two buy-to-let properties, who pays the lender the full rent received is effectively acting as a no-cost agent for the lender, opening up the possibility of an improvement in market value which would allow the discharge of a greater portion, or all, of the outstanding mortgage; if that scenario would be of greater...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (11 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is time to review the relationship framework with financial institutions in which mortgage holders as taxpayers have a shareholding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11638/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (11 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: 343. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to broaden the membership of the housing assistance payment committee to include members other than the present membership which solely comprises State and local authority representation in the form of his Department, the Department of Social Protection and the Local Government Management Association; if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (11 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: 414. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 25 February 2014, the actual number of Garda cars that will be provided in 2014 for the Galway west division; the timeframe for the replacement of all cars in the Galway west division to bring the number of cars in active service up to the acceptable standard of 77, which is the number of cars in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (12 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: 149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda patrol cars and the number of other Garda vehicles, including all active Garda vehicles, including vans, jeeps, minibuses and so on, in active service nationwide on 31 January 2011 and the number of Garda cars and other Garda vehicles in active service nationwide on 31 January 2014, excluding all cars that are temporarily...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: 212. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the details by year and monetary amount of what his Department has supported in respect of health-related campaigns by organisations involved in health advocacy or health initiatives; the names of such organisations; and the safeguards he has in place to ensure value for taxpayers' money in view of the failure of the myGP.ie website,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (25 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: 420. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures in place within his Department to ensure that at tendering and final procurement stages only notified biocides as set out under SI No. 625 of 2001, are purchased by his Department; if he will confirm that only notified biocides are currently being purchased by their respective agencies; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions (25 Mar 2014)

Noel Grealish: 655. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a married couple are exempt from the non principal private residence charge when they have separated and can show proof of living independently in the two separate properties which they own jointly, but they have not secured a judicial separation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13010/14]