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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Exports (4 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 356. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that Irish cattle, when exported to the UK with an ie eartag, will sell for 40p sterling less than cattle with a UK eartag; if he will confirm that this is due to the control exercised over the UK slaughter houses by Irish meat processors via their control of the offal industry; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (4 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 397. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 577, 578 and 580 of 17 December 2013, if he will explain the reason this Deputy has not yet received a reply from the Health Service Executive as per his answer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10330/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (4 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 408. To ask the Minister for Health if paramedics will be recruited from 1 April 2014; if he will be lifting any recruitment embargo that is in place for paramedics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10486/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (4 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 410. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Staloral tablets, which have known health benefits for persons with severe allergies, are not available here but are available in the UK and throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10501/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 3. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regard to the permit system that he has put in place for owners of Natural Heritage Area bogs, the way the owners are to access this system; the way persons are supposed to know if they have a bog with such a designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10844/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: My question is about how this proposed permit system will work on NHA bogs and how people were notified about this. The Minister was asked on Shannonside Radio if people were contacted and he answered that "they probably were".

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: When the advertisements were placed in the newspaper, turf cutters contacted the number provided and were told that resources are stretched at the NPWS. They were told that they have not got the permit system ready. I contacted the NPWS 20 minutes ago and again they told me that resources are stretched and they do not have anything ready. They could not tell me the details of how the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Sadly, there is no system in place as yet. The Minister has advertised that there is a system in place, but that is not the case. Apparently, he has written to thousands of people, but a system has still not been established. That is a failure on his part. The same mistakes are being made in the bogs the Minister is considering excluding and those he intends to include. In...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: We are united on this one.

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 14. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turf cutters on special area of conservation bogs have signed the final agreement with his Department on relocation/compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10743/14]

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: How many people have signed up to the final agreement on compensation? Perhaps the Minister will make a statement on it.

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: An impression is being given by the Minister to the media that the vast majority of turf cutters on the so-called special areas of conservation have given up cutting turf and signed up to his plan. The reality is that but 1,209 legal agreements out of over 9,000 have been returned by those with turbary rights and landowners in the so-called special areas of conservation. That is not the vast...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I was to begin by discussing something different but given that the Minister of State referred to oil and gas exploration, I must refer to a conversation I had with Mr. Eddie Hobbs on the telephone this morning about his book "Own Our Oil". He seems quite convinced about what he is saying. He does not believe successive Governments have done a good job on this issue. Time will tell whether...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: It is not popular.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural and Heritage Centre (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 139. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for a cultural centre at College Green, Dublin, in view of recent media reports that Bank of Ireland is now cooperating with the Minister's original plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10845/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Raised Bog Habitats Growth (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 26. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rates of growth of active raised bog habitats in special areas of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10730/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 29. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turf cutters who applied for the turf compensation scheme that were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10744/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (6 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 35. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the progress on the relocation from special areas of conservation bogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10731/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technology in Schools (11 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 27 February 2014, the reason the Professional Development Service for Teachers (Technology in Education) is sanctioning the use and purchase of iPads by students, when a much cheaper and more useful tablet is available on which one can use Microsoft Office Applications and study for ECDL and many...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (11 Mar 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 27 February 2014, the reason boards of management of schools are now being asked to involve themselves in curriculum matters such as decisions on the use of workbooks; his plans to involve them in other teaching or curriculum matters; if he will advise the way the matter is resolved, when the chosen...