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Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: On the broader point, will the Minister outline the process? Does a school need to offer to take an ASD unit or can the NCSE and the Department of Education and Skills go to the school and say that it is necessary? Where does the ultimate decision lie? To refer specifically to the points I raised earlier, there is a sense that there is a deficiency at secondary level in the greater...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (1 Mar 2017)

Martin Heydon: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on extensions planned for secondary schools (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10453/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the work of the tax strategy group in 2017 with particular reference to a review of the current system of betting tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10041/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Administration (28 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of applications received and the processing of same for the help-to-buy scheme for first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9030/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (23 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: 39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects to announce details of the infrastructure housing activation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9023/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of ASD units at secondary level in County Kildare; the number of ASD places available at secondary level in County Kildare; the number of new places proposed for school year 2017/2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9507/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (23 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools here which were oversubscribed for admissions for entry to junior infants in August and September 2015 and 2016; the location of these schools by county and the figures by reference to each patron bodies concerned with each such school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9510/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (23 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children seeking a place in junior infants in 2015 and 2016 that were not registered on the roll of a primary school in respect of each year; the reason for such non-attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9511/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Right2Water (21 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. I am disappointed that Mr. Brendan Ogle is not here today because he has talked the talk on Facebook and other forms of social media about coming in here and made specific reference to me. After he stood us up on the first day I thought that he might do us a favour and come in today. He seems to have cried off in order to avoid being questioned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Right2Water (21 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: I thank Mr. Gibney for his response. We talked about taxes. Many people on his side of the argument refer to taxing the wealthy, which is a fairly easy mantra. At times the general public do not realise that 6% of the highest earners in this country pay 49% of the income tax and USC, which is a fairly substantial figure. They are also the key people who drive business and economic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Right2Water (21 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: Mr. Gibney mentioned income tax specifically.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Right2Water (21 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: He obviously feels we should reinstate those taxes to pay for our water services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: I understand that the representatives from the Commission are here with the full authority of the Commissioner and represent the Commission's views. We are working through the recommendations of the expert commission report. If we accept the commission's recommendation that, in the future, we should pay for normal water usage through general taxation, we would like as generous a daily...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: In the opinion of Mr. Ciobanu-Dordea, has Ireland used or forfeited its derogation under the water framework directive in the past?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: I ask Mr. Ciobanu-Dordea for clarity. He stated we are not in compliance with the Water Framework Directive at present. Where do we stand on the derogation under the directive that we previously held? Does that still apply to Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Role of Regulators and Compliance with European Law: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: The Irish public needs to know this. Does the derogation apply?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Returning Emigrant Support Services: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: I thank the delegates for their presentations. As somebody whose sister lived abroad for over ten years and came home in the past couple of years with a husband and a young family, I am aware of some of the challenges in adjusting to life back in Ireland. My sister chose not to live close to the home place but in a rural village about half an hour away. The local school in the village is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Returning Emigrant Support Services: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: I was previously a member of the agricultural committee. The witness has addressed access and the green certificate, and moved on to the issue of redistribution, which took place under the last Common Agricultural Policy. This was intended to bring about a more balanced approach. It was a very contentious issue which saw a divide between the so-called productive farmer and more marginal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Returning Emigrant Support Services: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: I will make one final point, although I was not political point-scoring at all. The sheik that Mr. Staunton mentioned would have been entitled to more money in the past. The reason somebody who owned extensive amounts of stud land is getting that money is that historically, and still to this day, they have a large holding and a lot of cattle. They are farming productively.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Returning Emigrant Support Services: Discussion (15 Feb 2017)

Martin Heydon: It is easy to come with the headline "Top Ten".