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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason they have not received same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38115/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Expenditure (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to protecting the student maintenance grant at its current level in budget 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37881/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase further the student contribution charge in budget 2015; if she acknowledges the difficulty this charge causes already hard pressed families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37882/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €25 million in higher education funding that has been held back from the higher education budget in the past two years will be returned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37883/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the expected installed wind capacity here over then next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38507/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the witnesses to discuss what is one of the biggest issues facing communities. Judging by the documentation from the Department, ComReg and everything else, it is a case of "we're working on it". However, there is a crisis out there and the broadband issue is one of the major concerns. The witnesses are quite right in some of the language used. Everybody now requires broadband....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: When next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: How many of the approximately 30,000 complaints received by ComReg are taken to the next level rather than seeing whether the operator resolves the issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: What percentage of cases go this far?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I would appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: A perception exists that when a complaint is received it is passed on to the service provider but there are no teeth to drive the service provider into rectifying the issue.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (9 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 288. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if daily fines are applied if the country does not comply with EU regulations to conserve the hen harrier in special conservation areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38765/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (16 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the single farm payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39531/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (16 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the outstanding area aid payment for this year will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reasons they did not receive their area aid payment for past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39734/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sovereign Debt (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of legislation in all EU member states to prevent vulture funds from claiming more than other lenders in the case of a sovereign debt crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40503/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the Central Bank of Ireland's code of conduct on mortgage arrears; if he will ensure that it is legally binding, procedurally fair to borrowers and that vulture funds currently unregulated here are covered by it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40504/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome our guests and I commend IFI on the work it is doing. As Dr. Byrne stated, the industry is responsible for providing a huge number of jobs and ensuring the survival of rural communities. I regularly meet those who are concerned about fish stocks. I refer to those who fish in the various competitions that are held, particularly the members of the Araglen Anglers Association in my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Depletion of Inland Fish Stocks and Impact of Estuary Poaching: Inland Fisheries Ireland (22 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: What resources are available through the LIFE-funded programmes for such development projects?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 1. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the national broadband mapping project; the actions he will take to improve broadband services in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40484/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: Will the Minister provide an update on the national broadband mapping project, the improvement of the broadband service particularly in rural Ireland and parts of urban Ireland, and the entire broadband agenda?