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Social Clauses in Public Procurement Bill 2013: Referral to Select Committee (17 Oct 2014)

Seán Kenny: As this is a Private Members' Bill, it must, under Standing Orders 82A and 118, be referred to a select or special committee. The relevant committee is the Select sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (21 Oct 2014)

Seán Kenny: 195. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full cost analysis of increasing child benefit by €5 per child that was announced in budget 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40414/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (21 Oct 2014)

Seán Kenny: 196. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a full cost analysis of restoring child benefit to children in secondary school education who are 18 years of age and over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40415/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Kenny: I welcome the delegation to the committee. I have not met the witnesses before. They have given a very harrowing account of their childhood and that of people of their generation who spent their childhood in institutions. It is a shameful chapter in Irish society which has come out in the open. People recognise and are conscious of that fact. The witnesses had a double difficulty because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Kenny: I did not mean to stereotype, and I am sorry if Ms Brennan got that impression. I was saying that people like Paul McGrath are role models, particularly for young men and boys. They show that it is cool; it is proof that a person can be successful and that there are barriers that can be overcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Kenny: That was the point I was trying to make.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Kenny: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Experience of Persons of Mixed Race in State Institutions: Mixed Race Irish (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Kenny: Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Kenny: 173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that she has received an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 against a decision by her Department to refuse the person's claim for payment of rent supplement arrears back to the date when she would have become eligible. [41189/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Kenny: 582. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a six year orthodontic waiting list in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40931/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Kenny: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who are waiting to receive a Baha hearing device; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40993/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Kenny: 642. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the national ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41279/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Kenny: 851. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently waiting to receive a Baha hearing device; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40994/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Funding (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Kenny: 865. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projects within her Department that received EU funding in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41278/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Kenny: 1111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the total capital expenditure of his Department from 2010 to 2013 inclusive, broken down by project type, that is, roads, rail, public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41276/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (4 Nov 2014)

Seán Kenny: 1112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps Tourism Ireland is taking to promote tourism in Ireland in the UK market during this winter period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41277/14]

Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2014)

Seán Kenny: I will make some brief comments on the Finance Bill which is the legislation that underpins the first budget that takes Ireland firmly from crash back to recovery. This recovery is clear from figures indicating GDP growth of 4.7% in 2014 and 3.9% in 2015. There will be 1.92 million people at work at end of 2014, an increase of 80,000 since the low point in 2012. An additional 48,000 jobs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: Freight Transport Association Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Seán Kenny: I have listened with interest to the views of the witnesses and I am trying to understand the difficulties they say will present. To take a practical example, most of us buy stuff over the Internet nowadays. Next year, if I buy a new laptop I will go online to find one. I will order it and put in my address and new Eircode. UPC or another such company will deliver the parcel to my house a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: Freight Transport Association Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Seán Kenny: Will the existing addresses that include street name and house numbers still be available? Will deliveries be organised according to such information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: National Postcode System: Freight Transport Association Ireland (5 Nov 2014)

Seán Kenny: Is Mr. Carr saying the Eircode system is of no benefit?