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Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (18 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when higher education grants will be processed in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo; and the amount each person will be awarded. [29608/11]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (18 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a redundancy application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if all relevant information is in her possession; if not, the information that is outstanding; the amount outstanding; and when payment will be awarded. [29492/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of landlords on a county basis in receipt of rent supplement; the amount being paid on a county basis; if each landlord is registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board; if she ensures that each property is registered before approving payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29573/11]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (18 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 327: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is a prerequisite for each landlord to have up-to-date registration with the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and whose responsibility it is to enforce this registration. [29574/11]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (18 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 331: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the restructuring of the waste sector here. [29618/11]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (18 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 332: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce franchise bidding to the waste sector here; if his attention has been drawn to the implications such an approach will have on employment, on consumer choice and on costs to businesses and the consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29619/11]

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (18 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of CCTV projects that have been funded through the RAPID programme; the location of these projects; and the amount spent on each one. [29926/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 531: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 962 of 14 September 2011, when a response will issue from the Health Service Executive. [30063/11]

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: Where is the levy on the insurance industry?

Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: We have to wait for Dublin West.

Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: I wish to share time with Deputy Timmy Dooley.

Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the chance to speak on this legislation which, for the information of Members who may not have been in the House at the time, was announced in the previous budget by our late colleague, the former Minister, Mr. Brian Lenihan. It was introduced in response to the need to reform considerably Ireland's pension infrastructure at public and private levels. It certainly contains some...

Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: As Deputy Buttimer observed, the retirement age for those elected since 2004 has increased to 66, while the retirement age and conditions for those elected before then are considerably different. I make this point not to be smart but because a glance around this Chamber reveals how different it is when compared with this time last year. I do not refer to the make-up of the parties but to...

Planning Issues (20 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 6: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties with planning permission extensions, in particular on rural dwellings, that have been denied due to changed environmental standards subsequent to the granting of the original permission; the actions he has taken to address this issue; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (20 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reassess the application for a third level student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who was unable to sit examinations due to an injury and must now repeat their year at college. [30543/11]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (20 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied). [30579/11]

Business of Dáil (25 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: I join with the Minister and House in expressing my sympathies to the family, colleagues and members of the Stepaside and Wicklow communities on the death of Garda Ciaran Jones. I endorse all that the Minister said. That Garda Jones was off duty when he undertook to protect his neighbours is an indication of his bravery. Our thoughts are with his family, including his parents who are...

Expenditure Reviews (25 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of his negotiations with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the overrun on garda costs for the visits of Queen Elizabeth II and President Obama; the measures that have been proposed to make up that overrun; if he will guarantee that no services to the public will suffer as a result of this...

Expenditure Reviews (25 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister for his reply. On 19 July 2011, some three months ago, we received from the Minister an answer in regard to the breakdown of costs. It is our duty to support the Minister in his work. There is no doubt of the benefits which accrued from the visits and that the expenditure was necessary in the circumstances. It is three months on from when the Minister provided the...

Expenditure Reviews (25 Oct 2011)

Dara Calleary: I am supportive of the Minister in his efforts with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform but Garda Síochána directive 109/11, which was issued to stations in the past few weeks, will considerably reduce the amount of Garda overtime involved in serving District and Circuit Courts and may have the impact of delaying cases because of the reduction in that overtime. Is that an...