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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Ceann Comhairle did not cut across the others.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Last week in the run up to Christmas a group of voluntary and community organisations, many of the same organisations and trade unionists, asked if the Government would consider restoring the Christmas bonus for social welfare recipients, the least well-off in our society and pensioners.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Given the hardship that many suffer in the face of Christmas with all the pressures and demands with which the Taoiseach is familiar, will the Taoiseach respond to that call? If he is serious about engaging with the social partners in a process of social dialogue, will he heed that appeal to make some gesture to reduce the burden of Christmas on the least well-off and most vulnerable in our...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: A number of voluntary and community organisations and trade unions have made statements or published reports recently which stated that poverty and homelessness are worse than ever and that urgent action is needed. The Government has been very quick to engage with banks and developers. The Government is even encouraging property speculation again with these real estate investment trusts,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent meetings with the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40919/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Social Partnership Meetings (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the social partners he has met recently; if he will report on these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47755/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Protection Guidelines (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the child protection standards in place in the English language school sector which uses host family accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53710/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Visas Applications (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the Libyan Government is reported to be sending over 20,000 students abroad to study, the contacts there has been between the Irish Government and the Libyan Government to facilitate Libyan students coming to Ireland to study English and go on to third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54172/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Visas Applications (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if restrictive application conditions for Libyan Government sponsored students in Ireland which gives competitive advantage to the authorities in the UK, US and Canada who do not have such a requirement, whereby they can thereby attract a large number of Libyan sponsored students to their shores will be amended; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Visas Applications (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that the Libyan Government is reported to be sending over 20,000 students abroad to study both English and also third level studies, the steps he has taken to facilitate Libyan students coming here to study; if he has met with the Department of Justice and Equality to discuss the granting of the same procedures to sponsored...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Visas Applications (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure that Libyan students are being issued with conditional letters of acceptance from higher education institutes, HEIs, in an appropriate and timely manner, as many applicants are complaining that conditional letter are taking very lengthy periods to be issued by HEIs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that the enrolment deadline for the two-school model for Maynooth Education Campus, Maynooth Post Primary and Maynooth Community College passed on 6 December, the reason this deadline was not suspended or extended when the vast majority of parents have mandated the one-school model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54165/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the method of appointment to the proposed governing body of Maynooth Education Campus under the current two-school model; the persons already appointed to this body; their remuneration and expertise; the overall cost of this body per annum; if this cost is deducted from the budgets of the two schools given that there would be no need for such...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Prospecting Licences (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 347. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a prospecting licence has been granting for mining at Gooseberry Hill, Ballyorgan, Limerick; if this mining has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54236/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mining Licences (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 348. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the licensing arrangements for mining in Ireland; the requirements that are in place for public consultation and local opinion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54237/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mining Industry (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 360. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the tax and royalty regime in place for stone quarrying and mining here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54240/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 413. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of Limerick County Council's involvement in stone quarrying and mining operations at Gooseberry Hill, Ballyorgan, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54238/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 414. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role the Environmental Protection Agency has in monitoring stone quarrying and mining operations, specifically at Gooseberry Hill, Ballyorgan, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54239/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 444. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an Oireachtas Members' inquiry line for his Department and INIS, as operated by other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54154/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas Eligibility (17 Dec 2013)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 445. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons students who are sponsored by the Libyan Government and who wish to study English before going on to third level study here are required to have letters of acceptance from third-level colleges here before they are allowed to study English while the same requirement is not made of other sponsored students who are allowed to arrange...