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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constituency Boundaries (20 Jul 2016)

Pat Deering: 209. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with reference to the establishment of the commission to review Dáil and European constituencies, if the commission will review constituency boundaries taking into account county boundaries; the other criteria that will be used by the commission in examining this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Jul 2016)

Pat Deering: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which inheritance tax will be treated for transfer of a family farm to a son or daughter if the income from solar panels and or wind turbines, is part of the transfer. [23448/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Valuations (16 Sep 2016)

Pat Deering: 6. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to readdressing the classification of preschools as educational under rates valuation in the upcoming budget preparations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25782/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Rights (16 Sep 2016)

Pat Deering: 479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers are allowed to count their lunch breaks as part of their working day and special needs assistants are not; and his views on whether this is a form of discrimination against SNAs. [25906/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Education (11 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to a person (details supplied) who wishes to return to study nursing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29545/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (13 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: 138. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a reply to correspondence. [30047/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: That is correct, a Leas-Chathaoirleach, with Deputy Moran. I am delighted to have an opportunity to say a few words on budget 2017, but I have to record my disappointment that this debate is being held in the slot between 10 p.m. and midnight when there was other time available during the week. That is not the fault of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but it is a matter that needs to be...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: Before and during the recent election and before the budget we heard much talk, both inside and outside this House, about fairness. The word "fairness" was used by many people, but fairness is a state of mind. I would ask those people who argued for fairness if it is fair that in ten or 12 years prior to 2011 the blind pension was cut by 16%? Is it fair that the Christmas bonus was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: 391. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation for scoliosis. [30225/16]

Topical Issues: Ambulance Service Accommodation (20 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for selecting this very important issue which relates to the ambulance base in Carlow town. Carlow town has a population of approximately 23,500. The total population of the county is around 55,000. The ambulance base has been located in the grounds of the former mental hospital in Carlow, St. Dympna's, for the past few years. It has 15 rostered...

Topical Issues: Ambulance Service Accommodation (20 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I appreciate her point that this is a priority issue. It was a priority issue last October but 12 months have passed. When does a priority issue become a genuine priority? I am very disappointed that this issue has not been addressed over the past 12 months. We are not talking about huge sums of money. The members of these ambulance crews,...

Topical Issues: Ambulance Service Accommodation (20 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: I thank the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (20 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the responsibility on teachers to teach religion in primary schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31235/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Joint Policing Committees Membership (25 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: 129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the qualifications for membership of the joint policing committees to allow the chambers of commerce to be represented. [31708/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Places (25 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: 317. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will qualify in February 2017 for a roll-over of the FÁS scheme that is in operation in Borris and Rathanna, County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31665/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (25 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: 318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a response regarding an application for an exceptional needs payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31669/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Applications (25 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: 319. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a response regarding an application for an exceptional needs payment for home heating oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31670/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (25 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: 479. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait time for a child's orthodontic appointment in County Carlow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31985/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Site Acquisitions (25 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: 561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the possibility of purchasing land at motorway junctions to facilitate a park and ride type system as more persons are car pooling and leaving their cars parked at these junctions which causes obstructions. [31710/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (25 Oct 2016)

Pat Deering: 591. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a progress report on the advance facility for County Carlow; and if it is on course to be completed in the next calendar year. [31709/16]