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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Millennium Development Goals (21 Apr 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 553. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his goals in shaping the post-2015 Development Agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15352/15]

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Apr 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this. It is great to see Fianna Fáil bringing a motion forward like this. It is typical of Fianna Fáil. They have had their heads in the sand for the past four years, they have pulled their heads out and the glow of a successful economic recovery is here for everyone to see. It is amazing that 300,000 workers lost their jobs in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (28 Apr 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 438. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the roll out of the housing assistance payment scheme; and when he expects it to be rolled out by Kildare County Council. [16728/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the 4,000 Standard Life shareholders, who opted to receive their money from the sale of the business as a capital payment, will not suffer a financial loss or be subject to tax as a result of significant postal delays, through no fault of their own; if he will liaise with the Revenue Commissioners, and introduce a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (6 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 183. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that, in spite of his Department's Circular 10/14: Initiatives to assist small and medium enterprises in public procurement, many local authorities are still not applying the principles of the circular in their procurement, and as a result, Irish small and medium-sized enterprises are still largely excluded from...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (6 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the total number of Government tenders for the years 2011 to 2014 and 2015 to date; and the number of contracts in each year that were awarded to Irish small and medium-sized enterprises. [17804/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (6 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 185. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with regard to public procurement, the requirements regarding the publication of awards; the reason only 18% of awards were published in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17805/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (6 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 248. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects Carbury Garda station, County Kildare, to reopen in view of the fact that the district Garda station is 40 km away in Leixlip, County Kildare, the measures that have been put in place to ensure adequate Garda coverage in the area in the interim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17264/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Health Policy (6 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the research his Department has undertaken to identify if there are any negative effects on human health in communities where industrial-sized wind turbines have been installed in close proximity to persons' homes; if not, the research his Department is relying upon; his plans to undertake independent research in this area, in view of the extent of wind...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to means testing for Student Universal Support Ireland grants, if consideration will be given to an applicant's outgoings as well as income, particularly in cases where it can be proven that a large proportion of an applicant's assessed income is used to serve residual bank debt and failure to secure this grant would cause the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (6 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the publication of the revised wind energy guidelines; the reason for the delay in their publication; when he expects the new guidelines to be published; if the new guidelines will apply to strategic infrastructure development projects, where the planning application has already been...

Topical Issues: Garda Strength (7 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing us to raise this issue. It has been a concern of citizens in west Kildare, particularly in the Carbury area. This stems from the fact that Garda numbers in Kildare have not increased in line with population. In 2014, there were 305 full-time gardaí in Kildare, while there were 306 in 2008. There has been a 12% increase in population...

Topical Issues: Garda Strength (7 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate the Minister cannot be present today and understand where she is. I welcome the fact some additional resources and additional gardaí have been allocated to the area. People have said they noticed the additional presence on the ground. This cannot be just a short-term fix. A long-term solution must be found to problems in the district....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (12 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 418. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current level of Garda coverage for Celbridge in County Kildare; her views that current resourcing is adequate for the town; if she envisages any new recruits being allocated to the area in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18686/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Health Policy (12 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 451. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department was consulted on the revision of the wind energy guidelines, which are due to be published shortly; if his Department made a submission, or if his officials had any input into the review; if so, if he will provide the details of his Department's involvement; if the advice given, or submissions made, are publicly available; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 488. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 25 November 2014, when physiotherapy services will be available in the Kildare and west-Wicklow area for children with referrals from rheumatoid paediatricians; and in view of the long delays experienced by children in accessing treatment as a result of the withdrawal of these services by Our Lady's Children's...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (12 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 599. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown in tabular form of public funding used to date for the establishment and running of Irish Water broken down by year and source of funding. [18573/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (12 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 612. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when e-fibre broadband will be available to residents on the Timahoe-Hodgestown Road near the Coolcarrigan mast in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18512/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (12 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: 613. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when rural areas such as Thomastown and Enfield in County Meath, which appear to be beyond the reach of Eircom's commercial efibre roll-out, may expect to have access to efibre broadband, under the Government's national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18513/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (12 May 2015)

Anthony Lawlor: I welcome the representatives and apologise for my late arrival. Like Senator Feargal Quinn, I was doing business in the North for the first time in 1992 and 1993 when I was buying wool in Nationalist and Unionist areas. When I asked Unionist farmers how they felt dealing with a company from the South, I was fascinated when they said - typical of any businessman - that they were loyal to...