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Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jul 2013)

Noel Grealish: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and I thank Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan for sharing her time with me. This is one of the most controversial Bills ever to come before the Oireachtas since the foundation of the State. I have never seen such a campaign by all sides to get their point across in trying to convince Members of both Houses to support their case. I want to put on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Procurement Service Framework Agreements (25 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: 318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a directive has been issued to primary and post-primary schools requiring that they purchase all stationery/paper from an Office of Public Works selected company, identified through the public procurement process or may they purchase from local suppliers using best value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Order of Business (20 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: I am sure the Tánaiste and most Members of the House are aware of the position in many estates around the country with regard to noise pollution and disturbances caused to many good and law-abiding citizens. When does he expect publication of the noise nuisance Bill?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that has been provided by his Department to a school (details supplied) since the school was opened; if he will provide a breakdown of this funding per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28732/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (18 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: 175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will investigate the full cost of the public procurement scheme and the effect this has on small businesses here who are not in a position to tender or supply goods to local authorities, schools and other Government bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29399/13]

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Report Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: I will be very brief because Deputies Boyd Barrett and O'Brien have touched on the same issue about which I wrote to the Minister. This was to make SOLAS responsible for developing an adult literacy and numeracy strategy. That is included in the Bill. It is very seldom that one hears Opposition Members of the Dáil praise the Minister but it is great to see that the Minister of State...

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: It is a major problem in Galway.

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: My experience in Galway is that local authorities are advising people, because there is so little social housing available, to apply for the long-term leasing scheme or the rental accommodation scheme. I dealt with a case recently in which a young blind woman was seeking a house with a garden for her guide dog but none of the available local authority houses was suitable. The scheme is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences Applications (11 Jun 2013)

Noel Grealish: 826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Marine Institute has carried out an independent review of the BIM Environmental Impact Study of the proposed fish farm for Galway Bay; the name of the scientist or scientists involved; if the review will be published; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27728/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Regulations (30 May 2013)

Noel Grealish: 122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Regulations, due to be in force from 1 June will affect the owners of buy-to-let properties who wish to upgrade; the reason these regulations apply to small domestic projects; if any small buy-to-let or domestic building work is excluded, and if so the criteria for such exclusion; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (23 May 2013)

Noel Grealish: 167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 298 of 7 May 2013 regarding the regulation of charity collectors, the reason there is a delay in the implementation of the Charities Act; the financial reasons for the delay; the reason there is a delay in the creation of the Register of Charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24941/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services Provision (22 May 2013)

Noel Grealish: 266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an investigation of additional charges associated with airline travel, including bag charges, credit card fees, and so on is being carried out at an EU level by him as part of the Irish Presidency of the EU; if so, from what perspective it will be investigated, for example competition/ consumer rights/law; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (16 May 2013)

Noel Grealish: 198. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the proposed housing assistance payment which will replace rent supplement will continue to be paid while a case is being heard by the Private Residential Tenancies Board, even if a landlord's termination notice has expired, in view of the fact that it is necessary to have a termination notice in...

Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Noel Grealish: When does the Taoiseach expect the Garda Síochána (compensation for malicious injuries) Bill to be published? In the course of its publication, will the Taoiseach agree to lift the recruitment ban? I am led to believe a large number of gardaí will retire this year and there is a general view among rural people that we will not have an adequate police service to patrol rural areas.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Issues (14 May 2013)

Noel Grealish: 738. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the motorway from Gort to Tuam, which is due to go to construction shortly, under PPP will not be a toll road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22512/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Exemptions (9 May 2013)

Noel Grealish: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance the way deferral of local property tax and the subsequent 4% charge will be of any benefit to those qualifying persons already in debt distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21930/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charity Clothes Bank Thefts (7 May 2013)

Noel Grealish: 298. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the penalties that apply for those convicted of theft from charity bring banks; if he is considering strengthening the laws in this area, in view of the significant loss of revenue this theft causes to charities; if he intends to regulate charity collectors who call door to door to collect for charities; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Lice Controls (7 May 2013)

Noel Grealish: 323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the years that the lice control protocols have been in place for salmon cage installations, the number of cases in which there has been legal action or financial penalties brought against salmon cage operators that repeatedly fail to keep to the required levels; the penalties that can be imposed by his Department for such...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Lice Controls (7 May 2013)

Noel Grealish: 324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason data of lice levels relating to salmon cage installations is only available from the Marine Institute two to three years after the event; if the data can be made publicly available within a month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21109/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Lice Controls (7 May 2013)

Noel Grealish: 325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if treatment levels are set at 0.5 lice per salmon in salmon cage installations, regardless of numbers of salmon in cages; in view of the fact that there will be at least 7.2m salmon in the proposed cages in Galway Bay, will the same treatment level take account of this number of fish and that consequently the levels of lice from...