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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Quota Applications (26 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: 210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for new entrants milk quota in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30999/13]

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: I have a very brief question. It might be better suited to the job activation measures heading. Will I wait until we reach that section? Spending in the region of €100 million a year on job activation measures is a minuscule percentage of the overall-----

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: On activation initiatives.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: Okay.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: Perhaps the Minister or her officials might provide me with the following data. The pension pay-out for this year is 32% but what was the percentage five years ago? Does she have the figure for any of the past five years? Can she give me the projected figure for five years time in percentage terms as opposed to financial terms?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: That is okay.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: Could the Minister tell me where to find out about the eight-week scheme that she mentioned? Can someone on unemployment benefit work for eight weeks without having to de-register? I was not aware of that and it is a superb initiative. It is important that all of us as public representatives disseminate that kind of information to our constituents because this issue has arisen several...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: The Minister is including the social welfare payment?

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: Let me finish my query because I was cut off before I had finished. JobStart figures show an element of double accounting. If JobStart costs €34.3 million in a full year, with 3,000 participants, that gives a figure of €11,400. Is there an element of double accounting-----

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: The Minister has applied a different model in the case of JobsPlus where she has calculated 2,500 places at a cost of €11 million per annum, rising in 2015 to-----

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: As the per person cost is €4,400, the Minister has not included the social welfare payment which I presume they will retain.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: That is a cost to the employer.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (26 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: The Minister urged county managers to support the scheme. During my time as mayor of Cork County Council in 2010 I was calling for that kind of scheme for the local authorities and the county manager, a former student of the Minister's, Mr. Martin O'Riordan, has been very supportive of the scheme. He has returned to the Department.

Other Questions: Roads Maintenance (27 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps taken to date to increase the flexibility and funding allocated to the repair and maintenance of rural and regional roads; and if he will clarify the feedback if any that has been received from the local authorities to these measures. [31080/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Safety (27 Jun 2013)

Jim Daly: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to improve maritime safety. [31079/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (2 Jul 2013)

Jim Daly: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of detections of the illegal use of agricultural green diesel that have been discoverd by customs officers for each of the past seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31812/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Revised Estimates Publication (9 Jul 2013)

Jim Daly: 254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the top ten headings of public expenditure and the total cost per annum for each of these headings (details supplied) for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33291/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration (9 Jul 2013)

Jim Daly: 379. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify if payment of the principle owing on the non-principal private residence charge will result in no further accruals of penalties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33151/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Quota Applications (9 Jul 2013)

Jim Daly: 456. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 26 June 2013, if he will confirm if the following application for new entrants milk quota for a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been received by his Department; the reference number that has been allocated to this file; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33348/13]

Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Jul 2013)

Jim Daly: I thank the Chair for the opportunity to speak. To follow on from the previous speaker, whatever about the actions of the past, including those of Fianna Fáil or any other political party, the actions of the present are far more worrying. The previous speaker is correct that there is serious distress for mortgage holders. All of us have a duty of care and a responsibility to put...