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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (17 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 400. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the break entitlements for outdoor workers working eight hour shifts and ten hour shifts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34180/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (17 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding compensation for calves diagnosed with bovine viral diarrhoea, BVD, (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34227/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments (23 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received the 2014 grassland sheep scheme grant. [35626/14]

Topical Issue Debate (24 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I believe it will be taken next Tuesday.

Topical Issue Debate (24 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: We received notification at 11.20 a.m. from the Ceann Comhairle that this issue had been selected for debate. I only received a call at 1.20 p.m. to inform me that nobody from the Department of Education and Skills was available to take it. Why was there a delay in telling us that nobody would be available? Our staff had left when the call was received but we were told we could take the...

Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: He is only getting good now. Let him off.

Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Leaner government and a common-sense approach to the nation's housekeeping is what the Government is about. The Sport Ireland Bill 2014 is another example of the practical steps being taken to simplify and slim down the number of Government agencies. The Bill provides for the dissolution of the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority and the merging of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Data (25 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Department staff in County Galway that have transferred to Government Departments in counties Mayo or Sligo to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36209/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 188. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36210/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (25 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 189. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive an appointment for an MRI scan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36211/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (25 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 191. To ask the Minister for Health when orthodontic work will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the current waiting time in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36213/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue and for facilitating the debate, because it was deferred last week. I also thank the Minister for attending. This is a serious issue relating to pupil-teacher ratios, PTRs, in two schools. The first is Donaghpatrick national school in Caherlistrane, north Galway. When the school forwarded its enrolment numbers to the Department a number...

Topical Issue Debate: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: Teachers and parents of students at Donaghpatrick national school are watching these proceedings and will have noted that the Minister did not refer to the school. I accept that she is new to her brief and wish her luck in it. On the specific case I raised, the removal of a developmental post at the end of October will create a class of 42 students and the post will be reinstated next...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Regulation (30 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 87. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken or hopes to take to stabilise the private health insurance market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36496/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (30 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 101. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on extending the free national breast cancer screening programme, BreastCheck, to women aged 65 to 69 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36546/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (30 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 162. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway who applied for the allowance in March; if she is aware that the applicant on supplying requested documents was told that the case was then put to the back of the queue and they could face another...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (30 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agricultural appeal in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36906/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments (30 Sep 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 254. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their 2014 sheep grassland scheme grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36911/14]

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Bill. The need for legislation to regulate lobbying was well identified in the final report of the Mahon tribunal. I am glad that the Government has taken the necessary steps to make the lobbying system more transparent. The report of the Mahon tribunal noted that professional lobbyists should be registered and obliged to reveal...

Other Questions: Post Office and Credit Union Mergers (2 Oct 2014)

Paul Connaughton: 7. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the proposed mergers between post offices and credit unions as an alternative to mainstream banking; the measures needed to make this happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37053/14]