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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (25 Oct 2016)

Martin Heydon: I am not proposing anything. I am merely highlighting my disappointment with it and asking that the Chairman would in future ensure that the agenda is circulated with headings that allow for open debates. Those of us who have opposing viewpoints can make them, but we should not have what could be perceived to be leading or politically charged titles.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (26 Oct 2016)

Martin Heydon: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount it would cost to backdate the help to buy scheme announced as part of budget 2017 to 1 January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32239/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (27 Oct 2016)

Martin Heydon: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider extending the tenant purchase scheme to cover persons in receipt of carer's allowance or disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32382/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (27 Oct 2016)

Martin Heydon: 127. To ask the Minister for Health when services will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32388/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (2 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: 275. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who was self-employed is eligible for the hearing aid grant or any other supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32600/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (3 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals his Department has to provide facilities for Kildare and Wicklow education training board, KWETB, to enable it to carry out its statutory functions to deliver training programmes for Kildare and Wicklow in view of the fact that KWETB is one of five education and training boards nationally that is without a training centre; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Provision (3 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress of a national indoor cycling velodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33237/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (8 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school bus ticket for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33594/16]

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: I am sharing time with Deputy Joe Carey. On the last point made, I am not sure Deputy Seamus Healy and I are discussing the same budget. I feel like I have come in here to talk about a different one altogether. When an untruth is said, it needs to be tackled. This ESRI uses a switch model that examines the fairness and social impact of any given budget. It is a model that works on a...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: The recipients are better off, however. The Deputy would have us believe they are not. We have limited resources and are coming out of a very difficult time.

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: There is no doubt but that there is a recovery but it is fragile and we must manage it prudently. We will do so fairly such that we can spread the benefits across society. As I will outline, there are those who have benefitted from an increase who have not seen one since 2009 and 2010. That is very important. This was an absolutely fair and prudent budget. It was a reforming budget...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: I will conclude in a minute. Deputy Carey is happy for me to make this final point. The change was proportionate, but the State should not incentivise people who want to stay at home at 18 or 19 years of age, do not work or go into full-time education and who do not look to undertake training of some nature. For jobseekers, there is a reward for upskilling. Jobseekers aged under 26 years...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (9 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the number of first-time buyers per annum who have availed of the deposit interest retention tax refund scheme for first-time buyers since its introduction; the average amount of refund payable for each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33947/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (9 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: 125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the extension of treatment benefits to self-employed persons from March 2017 will include the cost of hearing aids; if these benefits will be available to retired persons as well as active self employed persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33949/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed). (9 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: I thank all of the groups for their detailed presentations which have been very insightful. The contraction of the recession, the impact it had on the banking sector and the knock-on impact on society in general means there will be a change with regard to the banks, but the biggest issue I can see, particularly in rural Ireland with smaller bank branches, is the loss of power of the local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed). (9 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: We cannot afford to have tourist offices throughout the country, but there is local knowledge in the post offices. We could make all of the postmasters peace commissioners because they are fine upstanding members of their communities. There is much potential and I welcome the listening sessions which were carried out earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed). (9 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: I thank the representatives for their detailed presentations. I will begin with the presentation from Retail Excellence Ireland. I am very conscious of the point about defining the core area. In the year and a half I spent in Kildare County Council, the first thing we learned about planning was that any good planning should be sequential from the town centre out. Compared with Newbridge,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Fares (16 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: 241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the rail fares in towns in County Kildare where persons from Newbridge are now paying considerably more for a commuter trip to Dublin than persons in Naas and Celbridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35502/16]

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill, which was outlined in our programme for Government as a matter we would move forward. I welcome the Bill's passage to Second Stage and the Minister's presence in introducing it. As he is aware, the pressure on school places, particularly at secondary level, in south Kildare is a very topical issue...

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)

Martin Heydon: I can see how this has played out. Some schools have used this in the past.