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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reduced payment which applies to young persons under 25 in receipt of jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit who have been subject to sanctions in the form of reduced welfare payments since the introduction of Pathways to Work in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50417/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to outsource tasks such as jobseeker case management, employment engagement, job activation, job matching and placement to external private contractors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50418/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Numbers (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of young persons under 25 who are currently in receipt of the back-to-education allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50419/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Numbers (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of young persons under 25 who are currently in receipt of the back-to-education allowance in each of the following catagories: undertaking a second level course, a third level access course, a third level undergraduate course and a postgraduate course; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Numbers (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the number and percentage of young persons under 25 who are in employment, unemployed, pursuing further education and training, emigrated, etc., who completed a course of education under the back-to-education allowance scheme in 2011 and 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50421/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Activation Projects (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the 14 projects funded under the disability activation project including the participants on each scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50425/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Application Numbers (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of the one parent family payment; the number in receipt of the one parent family payment who are under 25 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50426/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Websites (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of registered users of her Department's Career Directions website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50428/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 418. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will identify accommodation in Ashbourne or Ratoath, County Meath available to rent suitable for a couple/one parent family with three children for €650 as of today; if she will provide the same for a couple/one parent family with two children for €600; if she will acknowledge that there is a serious discrepancy between the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 420. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will identify accommodation in Ashbourne or Ratoath, County Meath, that is available to rent and suitable for a couple or one parent family with three children for €650 as of today; if she will provide the same for a couple or one parent family with two children for €600 and a couple or one parent family with one child for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Lottery Funding Applications (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 570. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a decision will be made on the lottery grant fund application in respect of a group (details supplied) in County Meath. [50403/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales Legislation (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 617. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to publish the heads of the public health (alcohol) Bill prior to publication of the legislation; when he plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50436/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales Legislation (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 618. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to implement the decision of Government on October 24 last concerning structural separation of alcohol products in mixed trading premises; the timeframe for replacing the current voluntary code with a statutory code under section 17 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011; if he will be engaging in consultation with public health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy regarding the payment of the injury at work grant; if it is now the case that paramedic staff must exhaust sick leave before receiving social welfare only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50453/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Transport Service (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 635. To ask the Minister for Health the process employed by the Health Service Executive for allocating private transport contracts, including patient transport contracts, in the Roscommon area; if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount spent on these services in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the contractors employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50630/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: 677. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process for acquiring a taxi licence for Dublin Airport; the specific criteria that apply; the number of such licences that have been newly allocated in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50404/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I apologise for not being here to hear Mr. McEnery's presentation. I welcome him to this meeting. We have been missing each other, as Mr. Whelan will confirm. I am pleased to have this opportunity to welcome him and wish him every success in his new responsibilities. I believe HIQA has an important role to play. I would like to add a little codicil to that, as I have done previously....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I have reflected my deep concerns in that regard on previous occasions. I am offering my thoughts to Mr. McEnery now. I do not intend to go into the detail of the corporate plan. I have some concerns. I draw Mr. McEnery's attention to the recent closure of Rath na nÓg in Castleblayney, County Monaghan. It is well within his compass to know that the reasons given for the closure of...

Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Investigations (27 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I welcome the presence of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, to take this Topical Issue. Last week, a Circuit Court judge voiced strong criticism of the conduct of the head of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's special investigation unit, SIU, urging that his conduct and that of the SIU in the case before the court be properly investigated....

Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Investigations (27 Nov 2013)

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin: I am deeply disappointed with the Minister's response. It appears he is relying on an internal departmental review to deal with the matters I have sought to address. That is not what is required. Internal reviews will not suffice by a long shot. In the case in question, a man's life was not only put into suspension for several years but he faded before my eyes, month after month, as I met...