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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consultancy Contracts (4 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 272. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the consultancy fees spent on the credit guarantee scheme, showing a breakdown of the expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4867/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (4 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 304. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide on a county basis in tabular form, the number of participants on labour activation schemes during 2012 and 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4863/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Salmon Hardship Scheme (4 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 375. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding fishing rights on the Owenmore River, Bangor, County Mayo; the timeframe for the reopening of the river to licence holders; his plans for a compensation scheme for affected licence holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4856/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turbary Rights (4 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a person (details supplied) in County Sligo who has held turbary over a plot of bog since 1938; the options available to the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4897/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (4 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 572. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a young farmer with no qualification or single farm payment entitlement and who currently farms 39 hectares of land would have entitlements under the new system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5318/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector Funding (4 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 616. To ask the Minister for Health the funding options available to a voluntary housing association (details supplied) in County Mayo to assist in covering the costs incurred in providing a meals on wheels service in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4874/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (4 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 652. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale behind persons living in the State but working in Northern Ireland, part of the UK, holding full Irish medical cards; if the Irish Government is compensated by the Government of Northern Ireland for this cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5231/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials. The committee had the chance to spend some time in Brussels at the beginning of the year. One of our meetings was with the directorate general driving Horizon 2020. It was effusive in its praise for the Minister of State and the officials who had been handling our Horizon 2020 applications for EU funding. It is important that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: Perhaps the Minister of State would address the patent issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: I would like to pursue this issue. Some €24 billion has been already invested in this area over ten years, which may appear high when inflation, etc., is taken into account. Despite that we have invested considerable money in this area, only 27 of the 164, or 16% of new investments last year were in research, development and innovation. Apple is considering locating its new research...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: There has been a great deal of investment in this sector. For small businesses who are not interested in exporting, those which are not relevant to Enterprise Ireland or Science Foundation Ireland, there is not a lot going on. I support this investment but we need to start challenging this sector. It is not good enough that only 16% of the 164 companies in this sector are engaged in...

Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: No, they are not.

Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: There was one. The Ceann Comhairle chaired it.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Charges (5 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo who faces extra charges as part of the national broadband service; his plans to broaden the remit assigned to Hutchison 3G regarding the options available to NBS customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5862/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (5 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that an additional fee, on top of the microchip and passport fee, has been imposed on organisations and persons involved in the rescue of stray horses from council or Department pounds; the rationale behind the imposition of this fee; his views that this increased cost will make it unsustainable for organisations...

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for providing us with a copy of the service level agreement, SLA. It is an incredibly detailed document, but it has addressed some of my concerns about the Bill. However, while I do not propose to oppose the Bill on Second Stage, I will be tabling a number of amendments on Committee Stage to address my remaining concerns about the role played...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (6 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; when a decision will be made on the appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5961/14]

Reports of Unlawful Surveillance of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Statements (11 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: Since Saturday evening, when this story first broke, there has been an enormous vacuum in the context of information relating to the allegations made and, unfortunately, because of that vacuum, the reputations of all the agencies involved - the Garda, GSOC and the Department - have been undermined. We cannot be expected to come to the House as public representatives and accept the view...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency (11 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of money spent by the State Claims Agency on legal fees in 2012 and in 2013; if he will provide, in tabular form, the firms paid in each year; the amount paid to each firm; the average settlement period for claims concluded in 2012 and in 2013; his views on the average length of time to settle a case; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Claims Agency (11 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of solicitors and barristers directly employed by the State Claims Agency; and his views on the legal staffing of the agency. [6632/14]