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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (20 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51481/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (20 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farm payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who had an inspection in August and who has received no farm payments to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51482/12]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Its provisions seek to improve the regulation of tenant-landlord relationships by improving the dispute resolution service provided by the Private Residential Tenancies Board and also, for the first time, to bring the voluntary and co-operative housing sector within the board's remit. Recent years have seen a significant increase in the...

Supreme Court Ruling in the X Case: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (21 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to contribute on this sensitive motion. I join with my colleagues in the Chamber in extending my deep sympathy to the family of Savita Halappanavar. What happened to Ms Halappanavar was a dreadful tragedy and a huge loss for her husband and their family. Answers as to why this happened are required and it is important that the inquiry...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (22 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this issue. This month marks the third anniversary of householders in County Galway having their homes devastated by flooding. They have been left in limbo for three years. As they face into their fourth year without homes, they need a speedy conclusion to be brought to the flooding relocation scheme so they can move on with their...

Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (22 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I welcome that. It is good news to hear it is a week away but I want to make sure it is just a week away. The weather we had today causes much fear among the people whose homes were flooded three years ago. In a week's time, or at most in two week's time, I want to see this resolved. The Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Brian Hayes, visited a number of these people a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update in the proposed N17/N18 Gort to Tuam road, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52656/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the N17/N18 Gort to Tuam road, County Galway, as promised in the stimulus plan will be given a starting date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52657/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction work will commence on building a permanent school building (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52227/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Appeals (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal hearing date for illness benefit will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52509/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of a disadvantaged area scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52226/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has received no payment in relation to disadvantaged area scheme or single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52594/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (27 Nov 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive their disadvantaged area payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52847/12]

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to the motion. It is important, even on the eve of what will be one of the most difficult budgets in the nation's history, to reiterate our commitment to protecting the most vulnerable in society, namely, those with intellectual and physical disabilities. The debate over who made the mistakes that led to the financial crash of recent years will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief (4 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person qualified for mortgage interest relief before the end of the year are they guaranteed it for the duration of the mortgage or a specified period or is the relief only available on the tranche of the mortgage drawn down before the year end 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54071/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (4 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an appeal in relation to a derogation for disadvantaged area scheme will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54070/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (4 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment in respect of the disadvantaged area scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54072/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (5 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the number of Student Universal Support Ireland grant applications refused, those allowed and those still in progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54603/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (5 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason officials in her Department are no longer providing applicants with information on what month is currently being worked on in terms of the backlog of applications for carer's allowance; her plans to introduce greater transparency into the application system so that applicants can see how long the oldest applications in the system are; the...

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. Few subjects in Irish public discourse are as sensitive as the subject of abortion, which is the focus of the report of the expert group. Views are polarised on both sides and no solution will ever be found that will satisfy the demand of these polar opposites. However, it is worth noting that the tone of the current debate is much more...