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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (7 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the progress, if any, of his request that his Department work with the registration body as envisaged under the Building Control Act and the proposed Building Control Amendment Regulations to ensure that those working as architects, with many years of experience, are not excluded from the professions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland's Role in the Future of the European Union: Discussion (7 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Dublin MEPs to the committee. Some very interesting and thought-provoking comments have been made. The issue of the common EU defence policy should be debated. I agree with Gay Mitchell's comments on the developing world. With the election of a new Pope, there may be a change in the church teaching on contraception and with reduced family size, the economic problems...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: One consequence of the intense focus on the financial and economic crisis of recent years is the time and energy consumed in the Oireachtas at the expense of other less important or significant legislation. That is despite the fact that the 31st Dáil is meeting more often than any since the 1920s. The Law Reform Commission, a State agency which undertakes exceptionally important work,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector Report: Discussion with RGDATA (12 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the witnesses from RGDATA. I fully accept and understand the importance of local small businesses, particularly family owned businesses, which are very much the heart of small towns. We have heard many stories, and Senators Mullins and Quinn spoke about what happens in some towns. A chamber of commerce in my constituency urged the local authority to introduce paid parking because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector Report: Discussion with RGDATA (12 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: What about the cost of €5,346 for a permit and licence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector Report: Discussion with RGDATA (12 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: I presume that would significantly reduce costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ireland's Role in the Future of the European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: I thank the witnesses for coming to the meeting and for their very interesting and thought-provoking contributions. Some of my comments are similar to those already made. Deputy Byrne and Senator Reilly spoke about the election system and democratic accountability, saying that the various countries have diverse electoral systems and historical experiences of democracy. Do the witnesses...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists in University College Hospital, County Galway; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14318/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to tackle in-patient and day case waiting lists for children in Galway University Hospital; the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14319/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Procurement Service (26 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact the proposed centralisation of State procurement procedures will have on small, local businesses which have been supplying schools and educational facilities for, in some cases, decades and are, through good working relationships, attuned to the particular requirements of local schools. [15232/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm if places on the five year school building programme have become available for schools not originally included but which have overtaken other listed schools in terms of preparation and readiness to proceed with construction and improvements projects. [15233/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (26 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the savings to be made under the proposed reform of the State procurement process will most likely be lessened considerably, if not negated, by the adverse impact centralisation will have on the viability of small to medium sized local business which would ultimately increase pressure on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Administration (26 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the basis on which payments are made to public transport providers participating in the free travel scheme; and if consideration will be given to introducing a leap card or similar technology to an enhanced public services card which would more accurately measure usage and journeys taken and consequently maximise the taxpayer...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Wind Energy Strategy (26 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress, if any, in facilitating schools and community organisations from receiving credits for the unused electricity generated by their wind turbines which is currently fed into the national grid without any recompense to the micro-generators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15234/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (26 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there are procedures in place to support relatively new broadband internet service providers in increasing quality broadband provision for those citizens residing in areas not served by fixed line providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15235/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Programme (26 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the necessary legislative changes will be introduced in order to empower the Standards in Public Office Commission to compel organisations to co-operate with it when said organisations, such as those involved in the abortion debate which are so obviously engaging in political lobbying, are third parties as set out under...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (26 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of his central role in the IROPI planning process, his Department will proceed with an IROPI application for the Galway city outer bypass should the Court of Justice of the European Union find that the current application compromises the integrity of a special area of conservation. [15228/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (26 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to placing a temporary moratorium on wind energy developments until such time as the review, by his Department, of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines has been completed. [15229/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (26 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the updating and reviewing of his Department's 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines will be complete. [15230/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (26 Mar 2013)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to work with the Department of Social Protection to introduce leap card technology to the free travel scheme in order to more accurately measure usage on which to base the transfer of public funds to those public transport providers participating in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15227/13]