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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: (Resumed) Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: I am trying to focus on the anomaly that it is ludicrous to have someone leave work and go on a scheme which, ordinarily, or in the normal run of the mill, a person is not eligible for unless he is seeking work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Equality and Fairness of State Pension: (Resumed) Discussion (11 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: It is simply an observation but there is a cohort of people who have not been mentioned here. The poor old chucks out there who are self-employed rarely come in for mention. It is something that we should examine further down the line when it comes to pension reform. The self-employed really have no safety net whatsoever. I want to touch on one thing. The Deputies who were elected in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (12 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: 114. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an agri-environment options scheme 3 payment for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6349/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: 119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a claim for payment under the single payment scheme for 2013 will be processed in respect of persons (details supplied), following the submission of proof of postage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6413/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (12 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that she has received an application for emergency works to a national school (details supplied) in County Cork; when this application will be processed, and when will the decision be communicated to the Board of Management [6353/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (17 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: 157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to create a compensation scheme under European Union maritime funding rules, through the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, to assist mussel producers in west Cork and Kerry who have been forced to halt harvesting for most of the winter because of biotoxins in the water in order to protect consumer safety and guarantee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: I am looking for further clarification on the testimony. I congratulate Mr. Kavanagh on his appointment and I wish him the best of luck. We have heard a lot of testimony over the past few weeks. Some of it shows that Aer Lingus has been operating under good management and is a profitable and growing company. IAG will benefit from the takeover of Aer Lingus. This is a change in the trend....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: (Resumed) Aer Lingus and Stobart Air (17 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: I also asked about the alliance Aer Lingus had with Etihad and other airlines on issues such as procurement. My point is that it is all about relative gains. While Aer Lingus has alliances that are mutually beneficial, this would be more beneficial. The game is the identification of the gap between the existing relationships and a new one that would emerge with IAG.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Postcode System Implementation (18 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: 222. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of a company (details supplied) regarding the development of the national postcode system; if he will confirm whether this is consistent with the evidence provided to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Landings (19 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: 90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide, in tabular form, the total value and tonnage of landings of all fisheries from all vessels for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 in the port of Castletownbere, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7479/15]

Leaders' Questions (24 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: You are fond of the courts.

Topical Issues: Fishing Industry (24 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, for her attendance in the House this evening and would like to bring to her attention an issue that has developed chiefly in the south west of this country with respect to the mussel growing industry. The rope mussel industry is volatile. It is one in which, largely, small family-run businesses invest heavily in gear and in other ways to grow a...

Topical Issues: Fishing Industry (24 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive reply. I very much welcome the meeting that took place with the IFA Aquaculture group and key stakeholders. I also acknowledge the success the Minister has had in achieving a 100% increase in the new fisheries fund over the previous one under the revised Common Fisheries Policy . From what I read of the reply provided by the Minister...

Income and Living Conditions: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak to this motion. I thank most of the Technical Group for tabling the motion. I note some signatures are absent from the endorsement of the motion. Did the group consult with the lads? Did it not get around to it? Did they fundamentally disagree with the proposition? I expect it was the latter and therein lies a telling story of a populist,...

Income and Living Conditions: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: A sub-headline confirms that deprivation was up but poverty rates were unchanged. With poverty, for example, it is indicated that an "analysis by sociodemographic characteristics showed that most at risk of poverty in 2013 were individuals who were unemployed." With deprivation and people describing their principal economic activities, almost 55% were unemployed. An analysis of consistent...

Income and Living Conditions: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: Those opposite want to reverse water charges but a third of households in this country do not connect to a public water supply. That is 800,000 households. Nevertheless, these people pay quite a lot of tax. The motion argues that such people should pay more tax for a service they will never get. This is not like the public transport example, as everybody agrees that such transport should...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (24 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: 637. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when her Department will issue payment for a replacement crane on a boat (details supplied); the reason for the long delay in issuing this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7829/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: Staff should be identified within an office but they need not be identified within a community. If I telephone an office I should be able to identify an official by his or her Christian name. There is no need to give full names such that members of the people could use that information to do a Facebook search, for example, on an official.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: If a person calls asking to speak to George in a particular office, it should be clear to the person answering the telephone to whom the caller is referring without any need for a surname.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Person or Number?2: Crosscare (25 Feb 2015)

Noel Harrington: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentations. It is dangerous to make assumptions, but I will make one in asking Mr. O'Brien to confirm whether it is mainly at social protection offices in larger urban centres that these incidences are happening.