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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (20 Oct 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will retain the current teaching complement at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36102/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Tests Waiting Lists (20 Oct 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 699. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a date will be set for a driving test for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the current waiting times for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36300/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: National Library of Ireland: Chairperson Designate (20 Oct 2015)

Michael McCarthy: I remind members of the rules regarding the use of mobile phones. Apologies have been received from Deputy Helen McEntee. It is proposed that the first part of the meeting, session A, will be a meeting with the chairperson designate of the National Library of Ireland. The meeting should conclude at approximately 4.30 p.m. although it may be a little later. Session B is a discussion on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: National Library of Ireland: Chairperson Designate (20 Oct 2015)

Michael McCarthy: Thank you, Mr. Shovlin. That concludes our discussion on this matter. I thank Mr. Shovlin for taking the time to appear before the committee. We wish you the best of luck in your role as chairman of the National Library.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Culture Ireland: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Michael McCarthy: The committee is now in public session. This session has been convened for a Culture Ireland presentation by the Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with special responsibility for new communities, culture and equality and drug strategies, Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. I welcome the Minister of State and his officials and I invite him to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Culture Ireland: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Michael McCarthy: The Céiliúradh held in the Royal Albert Hall last year was an outstandingly successful event, not least for its television audience of almost 5 million people. How extensive was Culture Ireland's involvement in it? I presume other arms of the State were also involved. How much did it cost? Did the money come out of the annual funding of €2.5 million annual or was it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Culture Ireland: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Michael McCarthy: It was about the level of interaction with foreign missions and embassies. The Minister of State mentioned the arts festival in New York and similar projects in Edinburgh and Paris. I asked about the extent to which our embassies proactively pursue such events. Is the initiative driven by the Department, the organisers of the events or the embassies? What is the extent of the interaction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Culture Ireland: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Michael McCarthy: That concludes our discussion on the matter. I thank the Minister of State and his officials for making themselves available for the presentation to the committee.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Oct 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 269. To ask the Minister for Health for information on the services available to persons living in Dundalk in County Louth who are seeking out-of-hours doctor services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36960/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Oct 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 270. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on when out-of-hours doctor services will be provided to persons living in Dundalk in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36961/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (3 Nov 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 333. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Consultation Paper 88 issued by the Central Bank of Ireland; if he will refrain from commencing its recommendations while considering the recommendation of the report of the International Credit Union Regulators' Network peer review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38290/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hardship Grant Scheme Applications (3 Nov 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a hardship grant in respect of tuberculosis restrictions will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38253/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Syrian Conflict (3 Nov 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 505. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Syrian refugee crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37719/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (3 Nov 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 618. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the early childhood care and education scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37409/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 684. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37526/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 697. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are available to young adults with intellectual disabilities; the capital funding that is being made available for organisations providing services to young adults with intellectual disabilities; if he will provide suitable buildings, premises and accommodation for residential services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37574/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (3 Nov 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 934. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to include the term Down syndrome on the list of disabilities in all National Council for Special Education literature and applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37527/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (3 Nov 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 1020. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the new planning guidelines for wind turbines; the set-back distances between wind turbines and residential homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37988/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (3 Nov 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 1047. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update regarding the development of a harbour (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37536/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Exemptions (3 Nov 2015)

Michael McCarthy: 1049. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process involved in reducing the list of properties in unfinished estates exempt from the local property tax following on from the initial list of properties exempt from the household charge; the reasons certain properties in unfinished estates are not now exempt from the local property tax; if he will explain how...