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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (21 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 44. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on nursing home support/fair deal; the current waiting time; and his plans to reduce this. [2329/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (21 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 49. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the new medical card system; and the way these changes will impact on patients. [2328/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Quota (22 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress being made to soften the blow for those farmers who are facing considerable super levy fines. [3152/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (22 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria that will be used for qualification for the new GLAS scheme. [3153/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Growth Initiatives (27 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 233. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the structures that will be put in place to rebalance economic development in regional areas such as County Carlow and the south east which have a higher percentage of unemployment than other areas; his plans to use empty commercial properties as advance factories to attract foreign direct investment to these areas. [3410/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (27 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 244. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form the number of Industrial Development Agency site visits to each county in 2014; and If he will identify the number of repeat visits. [3869/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (27 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the policy of unannounced farm inspections. [3409/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (27 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the remaining 25% agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [3803/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on revisiting his recent proposal for the application to the national reserve for young farmers because the five year rule excludes those young farmers who missed out on installation aid in 2007-08. [3870/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (27 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 405. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a fair deal scheme application approved. [3867/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (27 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 406. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a fair deal application approved. [3868/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (27 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 417. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason only two-year passports were issued in respect of persons (details supplied) with Irish citizenship; and if the persons will be expected to pay the full application fee when applying for replacement passports. [3468/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (27 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the reduction in capitation grants will be reversed as the cumulative effect of these cuts are placing serious strain on many schools' capacity to function. [3787/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (27 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made with the new Leader programme; when it will be launched; the criteria required; and when projects will be lodged. [3871/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (29 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for partial redundancy for an special needs assistant (details supplied) in County Kilkenny was received in her Department; and if a decision regarding same has been made. [4255/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Remuneration (29 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that if special need assistants change school they may be excluded from receiving a redundancy even though they continue to work for her Department, due to the respective board of managements being their employer in theory; and her plans to correct this apparent anomaly. [4256/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections: Health and Safety Authority (29 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: I welcome the witnesses from the Health and Safety Authority. It would be remiss of us not to express our sympathy to the families of those who passed away last year. Last weekend in my constituency we had an unfortunate death in the Ryan family and prior to that in April 2014 a Mr. Byrne died in Bennekerry, County Carlow. I have been involved in farming for many years. I was taught to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections: Health and Safety Authority (29 Jan 2015)

Pat Deering: Would it not have been better to put the emphasis on supervision of children in the yard as opposed to children in the tractor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Bord Bia, ICOS and Positive Farmers (3 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: I welcome Mr. Cotter and his colleagues and thank them for their very comprehensive overview of the situation. It is important to refer to the reason for this particular discussion today. There is a fear that younger farmers in particular may have over exposed themselves in their quest for the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow. They may not be aware of the possible consequences in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry (Resumed): ICOS and Positive Farmers (3 Feb 2015)

Pat Deering: I welcome both sets of delegations to what is a very interesting discussion. I will focus in particular on Mr. Murphy's presentation. I read with interest last week the document he and Mr. Hurley produced, given their history and experience of the situation in New Zealand and Northern Ireland. In that document they referenced the difficulties developing in Northern Ireland in particular,...