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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a new allowance will be introduced for older persons to meet mobile phone costs due to the abolition of the telephone allowance; her views on the fact that older persons are forced to spend excessive amounts of money telephoning social protection offices which deal with services for the elderly that have 1890 phone numbers and are excluded...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (26 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the sheep grassland scheme; the budgeted amount for the scheme; if he still proposes to merge the scheme payments with the single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14303/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (26 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the eligible land issue and the appeals mechanism, how often the appeals board has met to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14309/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Payments (26 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme, TAMS, scheme to date; if he will outline on a county basis any payments that have been made under each of the eligible schemes-headings; his views on the operation of and the future of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14310/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Code (26 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to deal with the CGT tax liability on farmers with leased-out entitlements, who are forced to sell their entitlement to get some value for them; the talks he has had with the Department of Finance on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14311/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Reopening (26 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the payment levels under each of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14312/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (27 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a student (details supplied) in County Mayo is not receiving a higher education grant; the reason the student received conflicting information from Student Universal Support Ireland in the duration of the application process; if he will give his view on whether the student has been financially paralysed as a result of this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (27 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that Mayo Carer's Association is to lose its only full-time carer's outreach training and development officer; the way carer's within the county are to cope in the absence of a full-time outreach training and development officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14648/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (27 Mar 2014)

Dara Calleary: 229. To ask the Minister for Health the proposed changes to the contracts of full-time carers; his views on whether it is both unfair and unworkable to enforce changes that require full-time carers to be available for five out of seven days from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; his views on whether such an arrangement will result in working hours being banked; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: That is great if they are parked up at the manager's house.

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: They are all parked up at managers' houses.

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: That is approximately as long as it takes some ambulances to arrive.

Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: Without asking the Minister.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Niall Collins for tabling this motion. It is extraordinary to think that a week ago a Garda Commissioner left office or was pushed out of office yet no opportunity was given to debate it. Were it not for the opportunity presented to us by the tabling of this motion we would not have a chance to do that. It is evident from the heckles that the press office has supplied the...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: What has happened since is that control of the Department of Justice and Equality has been taken from him. The Minister is like a learner driver - he is at the steering wheel but somebody else is in control. That is another reason that every Deputy intent on voting confidence in him tomorrow evening should be wary of doing so because he or she will be voting confidence in a Minister who is...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality; and Defence: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: You should observe them yourself.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of hours overtime worked by staff of the Passport Office in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the cost associated with this overtime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15285/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Garda Investigations (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of cases of alleged or suspected misappropriation being investigated against members of staff at the Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15286/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the proposed amalgamation of the Church of Ireland College of Education with St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra and the Mater Dei Institute of Education with DCU; the level of consultation that has taken place with Church of Ireland parents and teachers across the country on the matter; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Programme Expenditure (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of public funding committed to County Mayo in 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of capital projects that have commenced and have been completed in County Mayo in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15164/14]