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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Incidence (11 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: 251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle that have failed the tuberculosis test in the past 12 months in each county; and the average length of time for the reactor to be removed from the farm after the test. [42924/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (11 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: 365. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing home clients availing of the fair deal scheme system at present; and his plans to reduce the current waiting time of approximately 15 weeks. [42925/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (11 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: 499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of septic tank inspections that have been carried out in the past 12 months; the number of these which related to registered and non-registered tanks; the number of tanks that have failed inspection; and the amount that has been paid in grants for upgrading failed systems, on a county basis. [42923/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Capital Investment Programme (11 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: 567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason County Carlow was excluded from the east and south visitor attraction management development programme. [42927/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (13 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to children-parents who are diagnosed with certain conditions that would entitle them to resource hours after the recent National Council for Special Education deadline has passed; the number of such cases that have been submitted by local Special Education Support Services and are awaiting sanction after the recent deadline;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centre Provision (18 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on the proposed primary care centre for Tullow, County Carlow. [43833/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Services (18 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: 399. To ask the Minister for Health the dialectal behavioural therapy or similar services available for persons who suffer borderline personality disorder; the location of these services, and the way they may be accessed [44086/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (18 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: 425. To ask the Minister for Health where a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who is a patient of Waterford University Hospital may receive treatment for psoriasis in the absence of a dermatologist at the hospital. [44222/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Conservation (18 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: 495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce an incentive scheme or tax rebate to promote rain water harvesting as a means of water conservation. [43832/14]

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this important issue. I have been paying for water for many years and am delighted to do so. Twenty-five years ago, a mains water supply was installed from the River Slaney in my home village of Rathvilly to Carlow town, some 20 miles away. At that time, the major concern was that the river would be dry within ten years. I can assure everybody...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (25 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: 169. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the anomaly for casual workers who complete the UP16 form which allows 60% of their earnings to be deducted from jobseeker's allowance payments in the week worked, even though salary may not be paid until the following month, in some cases reducing the jobseeker's allowance payment to nil. [45063/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: 345. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who is on a waiting list in Waterford University Hospital and St. Vincent's hospital for hip replacement surgery [45062/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (25 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: 346. To ask the Minister for Health when a radiographer will be appointed to the X-ray department in St Dymphna's Hospital, County Carlow, in view of the fact that it is almost eleven months since the incumbent retired [45064/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (25 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: 347. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on paediatric physiotherapy services available in County Carlow [45065/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: I must declare a conflict of interest in that I am one of the 1,769 year-round milk producers. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Teagasc organised a very interesting conference entitled "Managing price volatility and expansion in a post-quota era" last Wednesday in the Red Cow. The buzzword for me was "volatility", because that is the way it will be in the future. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: I have some supplementary questions I would like to pose. To go back to the situation in Northern Ireland, I am still at a loss to understand how processors in Northern Ireland can produce milk in the South, bring it back up North and then sell it back into the South and make money. I would like an explanation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: There is a lot of movement and movement costs money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Pat Deering: While I agree with what Mr. Ó Céidigh has said, I wish to go back to the main point. At the moment we are at a figure of 29 to 30 cent per litre, which is what we were at in 1995 but costs have gone through the roof in the intervening 20 years or so.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (2 Dec 2014)

Pat Deering: 158. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal for jobseeker's allowance and supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will be decided, as the person concerned has no income, only child benefit, and no means. [46111/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Pat Deering: 404. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide more orthodontists to deal with the backlog in the Carlow-Kilkenny and south Tipperary health services area; and the way he plans to reduce the current waiting list of three to four years [46110/14]