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Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: It is important, as the Minister said, to continue to discuss this important issue, which affects so many of our citizens. I commend Deputy Collins on her work on this Bill. From my limited experience, producing a Bill is no easy task. It requires a great deal of time for research, drafting and re-drafting as well as communication and consultation with the Bills Office. It is not easy to...

Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: Yes, I will wrap up. I am interested in the comment that similar proposals to those outlined in the Bill have worked elsewhere, specifically in Norway and Iceland. The Bill is worth further investigation to see whether some elements of it could have merit, notwithstanding the workings of the negotiated personal insolvency arrangements. I appreciate that we need time to assess how the new...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the revision of the current licence plate registration system for vehicles to enable the purchaser of a pre-owned vehicle to have that vehicle re-designated to that person's county of residence for an appropriate and reasonable fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41108/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the rate of VAT applied to the purchase of motor cycle helmets in the interests of road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41109/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been an increase in the past 12 months in the contributions being made by the 18 religious orders to the statutory fund designed to make restitution to the victims of abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41106/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to the restructuring of the Irish language curriculum at senior cycle with a view to introducing a more conversationalist focus or a separate subject which would emphasise oral skills and ability. [41115/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Innovation Vouchers Initiative (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 318. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 18 September 2013, the number of innovation vouchers distributed in the last three years in County Galway. [41113/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Patent Legislation (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he shares concerns that the efforts to create a unified European Patent registration and regulatory system, while in itself an excellent and logical step, may facilitate patent assertion entities that file patents in an obstructive and opportunist manner to the detriment of genuine innovation and if he will pursue the matter at...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Directives (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 940 of 18 September, if he will list the various EU Regulations against which Ireland was facing infringement cases in March 2011, and the 12 at the beginning of 2013 and if he will identify which nine are remaining. [41105/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress on filling the diabetic nursing posts to serve the area under the remit of the Galway-Roscommon Hospitals group, the establishment of which is vital for the introduction of insulin pump therapy, particularly for paediatric patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41107/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 619. To ask the Minister for Health if, despite the opposition to such a measure which is driven by commercial interests and a complete unwillingness to accept the growing scientific and medical evidence which demonstrates that sugar, in various processed forms, is responsible for the substantial increase in obesity-related health problems, he is committed to introducing measures to encourage...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 651. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the progress of the Wild Atlantic Way tourism initiative, which markets are being targeted specifically and if he will report on the engagement between Fáilte Ireland and the local tourism related business owners and communities along the route concerned. [41114/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Clamping (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the proposed Regulation of Vehicle Immobilisation Bill will contain a provision to take into account that land owners, such as those operating a mobile home/camping site for example, have used clamping as a means of security and safeguarding the safety of staff and customers alike; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Time to Go Report: Discussion with NYCI (1 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the delegation from the National Youth Council of Ireland and thank them for the presentation, which was interesting and informative. I am surprised by some of the figures mentioned earlier, including the 47% of immigrants employed in full-time jobs, which would suggest there is a level of under-employment, and also the figure of 39.5% wishing to return. I thought that would be...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations Issues (2 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contribution Ireland has made in general sessions of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, the most recent of which concluded on 27 September; the number of Irish officials representing the country on the council; and the dialogue between the Government and the representatives in raising human rights issues...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Issues (2 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the proportion of Irish Aid which is directed towards efforts to combat climate change, the effects of which are likely to be more intense in the developing world; and the projects operated or supported by Irish Aid. [41096/13]

Freedom of Information Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: The Freedom of Information Bill should rightfully be renamed the freedom of information restoration Bill because it aims to restore the legislation to its original position, prior to its curtailment by the Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats Government of 2002 to 2007. The Bill before us now actually goes further than the original 1997 Bill to provide a new, consolidated freedom of...

Other Questions: FÁS Training Programmes Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if control procedures are in place to monitor and measure the quality and effectiveness of courses being provided by private educational organisations which were once provided in-house by FÁS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42176/13]

Other Questions: FÁS Training Programmes Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. I raised this question following anecdotal evidence from some constituents regarding certain courses they are attending which they believe are not properly organised. They do not feel they are getting proper value for the time they are putting in. As we are moving to having FÁS courses contracted out, we need to ensure quality is...

Other Questions: FÁS Training Programmes Provision (8 Oct 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome what the Minister of State said about participant feedback. It is important to have full and open feedback on an ongoing basis. While I know the Minister of State would not receive information on every course, does he or do his officials receive ongoing participant feedback showing whether concerns expressed are being or can be addressed?