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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Issues (5 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of implementing the new workplace relations service; when the legislation underpinning the proposed new structures will be published and introduced into Dáil Éireann; and if the new services will be sufficiently accessible without undue financial costs which would act as an impediment to persons seeking to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Administration (5 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 85. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department was made aware of problems with the online single payment form system in 2014, particularly where changes had to be made to maps; if his Department received many complaints prior to the closing date; and if he will ensure improvements are made regarding ease of use. [24026/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the delegation. I recently met representatives of St. Columba's Credit Union in Galway at the SCCUL enterprise awards. A number of board members commented on the funding available within a credit union to invest and said they would like to use Government or investment bonds. However, such proposals add to the general government deficit, whereas the Government wants initiatives to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the operation of community welfare services, following the reorganisation with a new focus on telephone services and home visits has been monitored and kept under review; if her Department has sought feedback; if any recommendations have arisen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24122/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the Civil Registration Bill 2014; when this Bill will be introduced; and if, in view of the regrettable delays at amending the law regarding the issuance of death certificates of Irish persons who die while abroad, the Bill will have sufficient retrospective applicability. [24123/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment option scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); the result of an inspection undertaken on their farm; and the penalty if any to be applied. [24301/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister and his officials. I apologise for having had to step out and hope that nothing I ask has been already covered. The Minister said there are no great surprises and it does not seem to me that the committee or the Dáil would need to deal with the country-specific recommendations. In the legal context, are they recommendations, directives or directions? Are there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Ms O'Toole and the other witnesses. Like others, I express support for Mr. Younis's plight. That sort of discrimination should not happen to anybody; it is disgraceful. Did the witnesses meet the Department prior to publication of the Bill, or even after it, and sound out the Minister or his officials in relation to it?

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (11 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 13. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available to support art galleries and exhibitions, particularly in Galway and other locations outside Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24451/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (11 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has sought a report into the recent actions of the National Parks and Wildlife Service pertaining to turf cutting on Knockarasar bog in Galway; if there has been any change in policy regarding this type of bog; the date on which the Moycullen district bogs were designated as NHAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Supports for SME Sector: European Commission (11 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the director general, Mr. Calleja Crespo, and his team to the meeting. I have two brief questions. He mentioned promoting entrepreneurship and starting at primary school level. Are there Europe-wide programmes with regard to that initiative? On internationalisation, any new trade agreement obviously entails both opportunities and threats. Are certain sectors concerned about the...

Other Questions: Broadband Services Provision (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the progress of the rural broadband implementation plan; if the plan has cleared the EU regulations; and when it is hoped to begin the roll out of broadband infrastructure to the rural locations identified recently. [24720/14]

Other Questions: Broadband Services Provision (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I certainly welcome the Government initiative announced in April on rural broadband and the State-led intervention. It is an issue that has come up repeatedly over the past number of years and certainly during the most recent canvas, particularly in the most rural areas. However, this issue was not limited to such areas, as companies with inadequate services were also identified in places...

Other Questions: Broadband Services Provision (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: In respect of the roll-out of rural broadband, has a decision been made on whether one company will receive a tender or whether it will be split into regional areas? Second, how does the ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014, which was passed some time ago, fit in? Presumably it will be ready in order that a company may co-operate with the ESB to use its infrastructure for...

Topical Issue Debate: Installation Aid Schemes Eligibility (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for choosing this topical issue. I know the Minister is attuned to the needs of young farmers and that he supported them in the recent Common Agricultural Policy review. For the first time in the history of the CAP there is a chapter dedicated to young farmers, which consists of a mandatory top-up on payments in the first years of farming. Macra na...

Topical Issue Debate: Installation Aid Schemes Eligibility (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: -----or could the national reserve be made available to them or some initiative in that regard?

Topical Issue Debate: Installation Aid Schemes Eligibility (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister for his reply. I recognise that he is supportive of this group and that, as he stated in his response, he is actively investigating alternative ways of assisting them. Are the Minister's counterparts in Europe actively pursuing this issue? Will it be possible to put in place alternative arrangements by way of addendum to the existing regulations, albeit regulations not...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the planned roll-out of State-supported broadband infrastructure will include locations close to urban areas, such as Bushypark in Galway, which are near the upgraded infrastructure of companies such as Eircom but which are not serviced by the private operators, particularly in the context of employment and businesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister of State to the committee. He mentioned that there would be no great surprises in these recommendations. The Government has been dealing with the relevant matters for a while. The recommendations continue on from the troika's programme. On Tuesday, I asked a question of the Minister, Deputy Bruton, at the jobs committee. These are classed as recommendations, but...

Public Sector Management (Appointment of Senior Members of the Garda Síochána) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the publication of the Bill, as I would welcome the publication of any Bill that generates debate, and I congratulate Deputy Ross on its publication. I welcome the Minister and wish to take this first opportunity to congratulate her officially on her appointment as Minister under challenging circumstances in the year that is in it. One could say that 2014 will go down as the year...