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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (17 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 1484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the status of an application to Mayo North East Leader Development Company by an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33109/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (17 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 1494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position regarding an application to Mayo North East Leader by an organisation (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33196/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (17 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 1503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the procurement process for the delivery of the new Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33301/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (17 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 1508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out the charges Irish Water intends to levy upon applicants for planning permission for a residential or commercial development which requires a connection to the public water and-or sewerage mains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33386/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (17 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 1726. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for the delay in erecting a bus shelter in Ballina, County Mayo, which has been approved by the National Transport Authority; when he expects the shelter to be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34434/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (17 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 1730. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of the 31 bus shelters that were approved for funding by the National Transport Authority in June 2013 which have been constructed and completed to date; the number that are under construction; the number that have not started construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34607/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Motor Fuels Issues (18 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister of State in his new capacity agus go n-éirí leis. This is a massive problem and it urgently needs attention. There is a crisis of consumer confidence and a crisis of public confidence, particularly in east Mayo where there are numerous cases of petrol stretching. I attended the meeting last Monday, along with 400 people. More than half of them stood up and...

Topical Issue Debate: Motor Fuels Issues (18 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: The Minister will agree that I have described a crisis situation. Confidence must be restored. People are unsure where to buy fuel even though there are reputable dealers. It is not good for business in general. Petrol stations send returns to Revenue every month stating where they source their petrol supplies. What is the Customs and Excise doing about the situation which has been...

Housing Provision: Motion [Private Members] (23 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I begin by acknowledging the seriousness with which the Minister and the Government are dealing with this issue and the multifaceted approach that is being taken. The Minister has set out the range of measures to be taken, some of which have already been implemented. However, problems remain. In the time available to me, I will focus on a particular aspect of housing, namely, the role...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (23 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their single farm payment for 2013; the reason for the delay. [35879/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Redundancy Payments (23 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the continuing delay in providing a P45 and making a redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if it will be expedited due to the protracted delay since January 2014 and ongoing financial difficulties. [35617/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Commercial and Domestic Property Supply and Demand: Property Industry Ireland (23 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Mr. Phillips's final point related to development levies and the disparities with regard to having 31 planning authorities throughout the country. To what extent does he agree that where there is provision of services, infrastructure, etc., this is levied? Is he stating that, on the basis of the existence of Irish Water - which has responsibility in respect of providing water supplies and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Commercial and Domestic Property Supply and Demand: Property Industry Ireland (23 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: If I understand Mr. Phillips correctly, he is talking about local area plans being more nuanced with regard to development contributions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Commercial and Domestic Property Supply and Demand: Property Industry Ireland (23 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: My point concerns the development contributions. From what Mr. O'Hogan has described, if one was to make it more nuanced around the place looking at market conditions, one would still have disparity. That seemed to be an issue, yet what he described would create it. My next point concerns zoning, as was referred to by Senator Landy. Where we are interested in zoning agricultural land,...

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

Michelle Mulherin: The purpose of the Bill is to provide for the establishment of Sport Ireland, or Spórt Éireann, and for the dissolution of the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority and to amalgamate and rationalise the activities of each of these organisations. It gives us a great opportunity to look at the significance of sport in our country. I commend the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (30 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 125. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the improvement in the symptoms of multiple sclerosis sufferers in the Irish health care setting who have been taking the drug Fampyra, if he will consider making the drug available at no cost to all those who need it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36439/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (30 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce tax incentives for persons interested in building their own homes in the forthcoming budget 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36714/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (30 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 365. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding free general practitioner care for under sixes; when the scheme will be operational nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36668/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) Bill 2014: Discussion (30 Sep 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: No, I simply am interested in this debate and welcome the witnesses. Senator Mac Conghail, in conjunction with many of the other questions posed, raises interesting questions about the whole idea of accountability. I refer to the idea that artistic integrity and that side of things be preserved, but yet the realisation that once one is talking about taxpayers' money, one is not actually...

Direct Provision for Asylum Seekers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: There is no reason to become a refugee if it requires a person to exchange one set of fears for another set of fears. With this in mind, we must ask if we can honestly argue that asylum seekers in Ireland are free from fear of persecution. According to the UN refugee convention, fear of persecution looks not only to the past and present but also to the future. In short, it looks at what...