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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Appeals (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 1235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal lodged by a person (details supplied) relative to a REPS payment which was acknowledged on 5 August 2016 will be expedited and approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20562/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Services for People with Disabilities (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 1236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 469 of 28 March 2017, if he will check his Department's records, in view of the fact no contact has been made with the person (details supplied) and the matter raised is far from resolved; if he will also request Bord Bia to respond to the person in view of the fact this agency has not engaged...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Colleges Courses (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 1243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he will put in place to assist a person (details supplied) complete courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20581/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 1314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money that Sport Ireland has spent on legal fees in 2016 and to date in 2017. [19359/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Registration (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 1319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a system of licensing and regulating the use of horse-drawn vehicles on public roads in a number of areas (details supplied); and if a country-wide ban on sulky racing similar to the by-laws created in Kilkenny city and county will also be considered. [19526/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 1442. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the efforts being made by a company (details supplied) which is a service provider to Tusla to have its rates for its service increased; if it will be brought to a conclusion as soon as possible; the current status of negotiations; the timeframe for a decision or resolution. [19943/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Expenditure (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 1448. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the cost of the increase in the minimum wage from €9.15 per hour to €9.25 per hour and the cost of sleepovers on assignments from €9.15 per hour to €13.49 per hour will be fully implemented by her Department; if the difference in the costs will be passed on to companies providing specialised services under...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 May 2017)

John McGuinness: Before we proceed, I wish to record in public session the decision taken by the committee on item 6, an EU proposal. The committee agreed that COM (2017) 133, a proposal for a Council decision regarding the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, in the joint committee of the regional convention on pan-Euro Mediterranean preferential rules of origin with regard to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion (4 May 2017)

John McGuinness: I welcome to the meeting Mr. Andrew McDowell, vice president of the European Investment Bank, EIB, and Mr. Cormac Murphy, head of the Dublin office, and from the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, Mr. Nick Ashmore, CEO, and Ms Gillian Mahon, head of funding and strategic initiatives. This meeting arises from the committee's interest in determining the level of investment being...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Committals (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if authorisation will be given for an independent audit of the prison system relative to the methodology used to calculate fines and warrants for persons who had served time in prison and were being released on payment of the fine imposed; the number of persons who were overcharged in the past due to the wrong calculation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she will take to ensure the safety of prison officers who are now being videoed by some members of the public using mobile telephones while on prisoner escort duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21751/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that prison officers are being disciplined for not wearing full uniform while escorting prisoners to hospitals and so on in spite of the fact that there is not a sufficient number of stab proof vests, batons and radios to cover all prison officers on escorts each day; if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a SNA will be approved for a person (details supplied); his plans regarding the lack of places in mainstream schools for children with autism in Kilkenny city; his further plans to provide funding and other supports to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21747/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to address the lack of places at primary and secondary level for students with autism in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; if he will appoint an official from his Department to assist individual families to source places or provide alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21749/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the main headings of his proposals to reform the system of commercial rates; if there is a timeframe for the introduction of the legislation required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21748/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the county council administrative boundary of counties Kilkenny and Waterford corresponds with their county boundary. [21774/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to his statement of 3 April 2017, which suggested the need that new management solutions are in place to facilitate the cohesive expansion of Waterford city which will include areas of south Kilkenny, if this will mean a new joint Waterford/ Kilkenny management structure for the area in question and not an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will change the administrative boundary as per the commentary of Senator Paudie Coffey on a radio station (details supplied). [21782/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: County Development Plans (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to his stated ambition for Waterford city to double in size by 2040, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a strategic plan in place, adopted by both Kilkenny and Waterford local authorities, to provide for Waterford city to double in size, with 42% of the planned growth provided for in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: County Development Plans (9 May 2017)

John McGuinness: 234. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether Kilkenny County Council has not in any way impeded the growth of Waterford city, in view of the fact all of Kilkenny's plans correspond with the adopted PLUTS. [21777/17]