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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to old tenant purchase annuities schemes which were disbanded, many tenants are now unable to purchase their properties as they cannot acquire loans; his plans to reintroduce the scheme as it would allow tenants to purchase their homes and pay off a loan rather that renting forever; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the present system whereby when a local authority puts a price on a property for a tenant of theirs the price only lasts for a period of 12 months; his views on whether it would be more sensible to extend this to a period of 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56500/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding disadvantaged area payment and rep schem 4 payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56356/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56357/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Inspections (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that satellite images of land holdings are used every year in checking the eligibility of ground for area aid and so on, if he will provide the following details, the persons who provide these images to his Department; if it is a contract, the amount it cost every 12 months to engage the operator; the person who...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding area based payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57090/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the Health Service Executive plan to cut 3,200 full time equivalent posts in the health service in 2013, his views on whether persons availing of the services of the HSE will receive the same service without these staff as they would if they were retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56496/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive cut 3,200 full time equivalent posts in the health service in 2013, where will the majority of these persons be drawn from; if they will be from frontline services or from management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56497/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (18 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the Health Service Executive not to inflate the 0.3% cut already announced with regard to organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57000/12]

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is not rocket science.

Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: We did not get one job in Kerry.

Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank Deputy Ferris and Sinn Féin for sharing time with me. Last year, at the opening of a care facility for helping people with special needs in Kenmare, County Kerry, when the Taoiseach met Donal Harrington, he put his hands around his back and told him not to worry as the Government would look after him and his wife. Donal is the full-time carer for his daughter, Georgia, who has...

Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: Things are bad now.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Retirement Scheme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a new retirement scheme for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55589/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Scheme (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to TB testing, if the new reactor system is benefitting the control of TB or is there evidence that locking up all neighbours' animals is necessary or is it counterproductive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55613/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; when this payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55632/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the need to maintain the position held by the family resource centre in the delivery of community based universal services and early intervention services and programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55665/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the ring fencing of the budget of the family resource centre programme, her views on the cuts that have been imposed on resource centre programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55666/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on whether the ethos and the culture of the family resource centre programmes should be maintained (details supplied) [55667/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (11 Dec 2012)

Michael Healy-Rae: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the Family Resource Centre national forum should have representation within the new agency, in view of the fact that the National Forum has had effective and productive representation in the Family Support Agency and as such has insured a seamless working relationship between the State agency and the voluntary sector...