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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: In fairness, Chairman, people have raised all sorts of issues. We are talking about the delivery of energy projects such as wind projects.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I am sorry. The Minister oversees energy issues; that is his remit and responsibility. I am asking about energy costs vis-à-visrenewables.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: With due respect, Chairman, it all ties in; either we are having a proper debate or we are not. I welcome the setting up of the review commission chaired by Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness. There is absolutely nothing to hide here; it is about transparency. As it is a complex situation, that is where confusion can arise. It is about putting everything on the table. To go some way along...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Minister. For the most part, when we discuss this issue, we do so from the point of view of energy security or carbon emission reductions. If we drill down and think about what is relevant to most people, other than, as the Minister said, what happened in Ukraine recently, people ask what happens if the gas is switched off. It probably promotes more depth of thought about how...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance the working capital the National Asset Management Agency has had to invest into the operation and trading of a company (details supplied); the reason, since NAMA reneged on the management buy-out pursuant to agreement dated 27 January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14969/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive the summer works scheme grant when it met all the criteria and in view of the fact that it urgently requires repair works to be carried out on the roof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14831/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Eligibility (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive the summer works scheme grant 2014 when all the required criteria were met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14833/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the definition of a book rental scheme for the purposes of making payments under the seed capital grant scheme; the criteria his Department uses to decide when the provision of books by a school to its pupils is a book rental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15364/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Qualifications (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 364. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government under the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014, the qualifications that are necessary to become an assigned certifier; if there are provisions for a person with extensive relevant experience but without these qualifications to become an assigned certifier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15088/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 442. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will identify the Garda stations that had in place a system for the recording of phone calls to and from the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15339/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 443. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount it cost to change or upgrade the system for the recording of phone calls to and from Garda stations to a digital system in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15340/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Payments (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 495. To ask the Minister for Health to set out the medical tests and examinations that are not covered by the medical card scheme for which a general practitioner is entitled to charge a fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14694/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licence Regulations (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the case of a person who has had their newly issued driving licence lost or stolen , if they are required to undergo a further medical check and certification in order to obtain a replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14976/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Data (1 Apr 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 634. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the National Driver Licence Service charges to respond to a query from an applicant on the status of an application; who pays for any such charges; the amount the National Driver Licence Service has claimed for such charges since it took over responsibility for the issuing of driver licences; and if he will make a statement...

Restorative Justice (Reparation of Victims) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Mar 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: I also welcome the opportunity to speak to this matter and I thank Deputy Halligan for bringing this issue before the House for debate. It is, as my colleague, Deputy Corcoran Kennedy, stated, part of a modern justice system that we consider restorative justice. When we look at the criminal justice system the challenge is to decide on what is the correct reprimand or penalty that somebody...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Redeployment (26 Mar 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the voluntary redeployment scheme to other areas where teachers might want to redeploy from the east to Connaught and vice versa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14446/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Staff (25 Mar 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff working in customs and excise for the purpose of the detection of illegal drugs who have statutory powers enabling them to stop and search and arrest persons and search and seize their property when appropriate; the number of these who operate in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12937/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (25 Mar 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the management buyout of a company (details supplied) did not proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13196/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (25 Mar 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency did not honour its notice of decision dated 27 January 2014 that it issued to the management buyout team and which confirmed that the buyout was acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13197/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (25 Mar 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 212. To ask the Minister for Finance the conditions the National Asset Management Agency will attach to any bid for a company (details supplied) that will ensure that the jobs at that business will be protected and that their terms and conditions will remain the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13199/14]