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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (13 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding single farm payment and area aid payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will expedite the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48511/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (12 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedure to be followed by a public body to obtain a derogation from public procurement rules in order to include a social clause to favour long term unemployed and apprenticeship and training as part of the enforceable contract performance conditions in services and works contracts which it awards to third parties; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (12 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider engaging the Radiological Institute of Ireland to undertake a study of radioactive emissions from pylons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48266/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 347. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the issuing of payments to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo under the disadvantaged area payment scheme 2013 and the single farm payment scheme 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47742/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (7 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the progress of the N26-N5-N58 road project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46945/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (7 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the technical reasons Eirgrid pursue a general policy of not undergrounding electricity powerlines in Grid 25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47526/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (7 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review regulation guidelines made pursuant to section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 which pressurises a husband and wife who are separated, where one remains in the family home which is in their joint names, to enter into a formal legal separation or divorce in order for the spouse...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 168. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances in which a visa will be granted to a dependent family member over 18 years contrary to general policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47455/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (7 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in a payment now due under the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47474/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (7 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 218. To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce the scheme to replace the motorised vehicle grant scheme for persons with disabilities; if this will be done as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47524/13]

Cannabis Regulation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: The push to legalise cannabis, thanks to social media and the current proponents of legalisation, seems new but it is not. This is, in fact, a tired old story rehashing a case already lost some decades ago. Past generations, particularly during the freewheeling decade of the 1960s in both Europe and the United States, seriously experimented openly with all sorts of so-called mind-expanding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Nuclear Power Plants: Discussion with Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (5 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: From our point of view - we hope we feed into policy formulation - is it the case that some agency, perhaps the RPII, needs to be charged with that function or that the level of public fear is exceeding the level of danger to human health? Should this be a priority for the Government, considering the general fear among communities on account of high power electricity lines? The fear is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Nuclear Power Plants: Discussion with Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (5 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the representatives to the committee. They are the experts on radiation and the institute is charged under radiological protection legislation with assessing risk, advising the Government and assessing how it could be mitigated or what is likely to happen in the future. There are many types of types of radiation and we are talking about nuclear radiation in particular here. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Nuclear Power Plants: Discussion with Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (5 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: Is it fair to say that radon gas comes within the institute's remit and there are public health concerns about the incidence of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Nuclear Power Plants: Discussion with Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (5 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: If there are equal public health concerns about EMF radiation and control of it and if that type of radiation does not come under the institute's remit, surely some other equally expert group would have to look after the interests of pubic health in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Nuclear Power Plants: Discussion with Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (5 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: On what basis was the Government considering charging the institute with responsibility for dealing with non-ionising radiation, which would be EMF radiation?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (5 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the sales process pursued by the National Asset Management Agency such as in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation loan sale offers where the market generally does not bid what NAMA expects to be bid; the person is accountable to the taxpayer for setting the valuation or reserve price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45623/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Seed Capital Scheme Applications (5 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 400. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the procedure for applying for funding under the seed and venture capital scheme; the processing time for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46139/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications (5 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 621. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name and location of every organisation in County Mayo that applied for a grant under the better energy areas scheme in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46701/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme Applications (5 Nov 2013)

Michelle Mulherin: 622. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the name and location of every organisation in County Mayo that applied for a grant under the better energy communities scheme this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46702/13]