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Order of Business (7 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: Is there any progress to report on Narrow Water Bridge?

Fodder Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (7 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: I am glad to have the opportunity to support our spokesman on agriculture, Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív. The fodder crisis has devastated the agriculture industry. At a time when many farmers were planning to expand their dairy, suckler or drystock herds, they found they were hit by a crisis that perhaps did not start three weeks ago but last summer because of the particularly bad...

Fodder Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (7 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: I regret I do not have more time. I ask the Minister to respond to the points I have made.

Fodder Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (7 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: What about the issues I raised concerning breeding stock fertility levels and the implications for the nitrates directive?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (8 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: 35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the up-to date position in relation to the proposed sale of the forest crop of Coillte Teoranta; the studies that have been carried out to date in relation to this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21491/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (9 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: 10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in residential general care who now have a written care plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21850/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (14 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: 108. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is putting in place to tackle suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22597/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pensions Reform (14 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: 308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, having regard to the proposed increase in retirement age for workers in the private sector, he will advise the regulation changes that are necessary to facilitate their continued employment until they reach the new retirement age threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22358/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (14 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: 547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if in view of the fodder crisis and the fact that farmers are forced to graze land normally set aside for silage harvesting, he will examine the Nitrates Directive, to allow farmers to use additional fertiliser to boost silage volumes for the coming winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22726/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (15 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role Transport for Ireland has played in progressing the public transport service; the progress the body has made to date on real time information for public transport services; the costs of establishing this real time service; the further steps that will be taken by that body in the future; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Cross-Border Projects (16 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: 16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals, if any, he has to have further discussions with Members of the Northern Ireland Executive or with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State in relation to the need to finalise the funding provision for construction of the Narrow Water Bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23200/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Cross-Border Projects (16 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland or Members of the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the need to progress to construction stage the Narrow Water Bridge project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23199/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Narrow Water Bridge: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: I join the Chairman and previous speakers in welcoming the joint delegation from chambers of commerce in the North and South. It is entirely appropriate that the group should attend a meeting of this committee to advocate for a worthy and worthwhile project in the north east. It goes without saying that the Narrow Water Bridge project has been a long time in gestation. I have vivid...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Directives (21 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure deposits are protected in any revised Eurozone bank resolution mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23924/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (22 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: 32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a shortage of appropriately skilled workers is causing vacancies to be remain unfilled in the informational technology sector; the way he believes this can be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24410/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (22 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a means test in respect of the local property tax demand for families dependant on single parent family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24767/13]

Other Questions: e-Government and ICT (23 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role envisaged for the Public Service Chief Information Officer Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24659/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Teachers' Remuneration (28 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this most important issue, the need for the Government to address the position of 17 teachers employed by the International School of Martyrs, ISM, in Tripoli, Libya. The Government has failed to raise the plight of these 17 teachers from Ireland who are owed salaries totalling up to €200,000 by the ISM. These teachers have...

Topical Issue Debate: Teachers' Remuneration (28 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: I thank the Minister, Deputy Howlin, for the comprehensive response. I agree that we enjoy strong cultural ties and bilateral relations with Libya, and I hope they will be an invaluable conduit in bringing about a resolution to the matter. I ask the Minister to request his colleague, the Tánaiste, to explore the possibility of establishing a liaison in the Department of Foreign Affairs...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (28 May 2013)

Séamus Kirk: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of requests his Department has had from secondary schools for additional career guidance allocations; the number of such requests granted by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25507/13]