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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 470. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs in Waterford for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35338/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 471. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency supported jobs in Waterford for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35339/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 472. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency site visits to Waterford and the south east for 2011, 2012 and the first 6 months of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35342/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 473. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new start-up businesses that were established in Waterford in 2012 and in the first half of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35348/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 649. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of public service cards that have been issued since their introduction on a county basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35345/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Application (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 738. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering introducing similar legislation to that of the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, and in particular section 71(1) that may act as an incentive for landlords to seek out new tenants at a faster pace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35349/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 834. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 837 of 16 April 2013, if this project is still envisaged to start in quarter 3 of 2013; the total amount of funding that is in place in order for this project to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35344/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Expenditure (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 904. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost of the free legal aid service that the State provides on annual basis for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34940/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 905. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount of money that has been recouped by the free legal aid service on an annual basis for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34941/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the amount of capital funding his Department has allocated to the piers in Helvick Head, Ballincourty and Dungarvan Harbour in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35335/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 996. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of capital investment his Deparment has allocated to Dunmore East Harbour, Passage East Harbour and Cheekpoint Harbour for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35336/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 997. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of money allocated by his Deparment for the upgrade of the slip in Dunmore East Harbour in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35337/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 998. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the possibility of the recommencement of export of livestock to the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35343/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 1128. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in respect of the promised primary care centres in Waterford city and Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35341/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Overseas Visitors Statistics (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 1204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of non-domestic visitors to Waterford for the years 2011 and 2012 and for the first half of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35346/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Road Network (16 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 1205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the instructions that he gave to local authorities in respect of making available funding for local funds from different allocations from within local authority funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35350/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: I welcome Professor Convery and Mr. O'Sullivan. I listened with interest to their contributions on innovation and agree with them. I spoke at previous hearings on the alignment of policies and target setting. It is all very well to set targets, but if in our sectors there is no alignment with the overall national policy on how to reduce carbon emissions, we will find it very difficult to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (11 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: 213. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of capital funding provided by her Department in the constituency of Waterford for the years 2010 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013; if she will provide this information in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33951/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Heads of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2013: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the Minister for coming before us. The key issue at the heart of this debate relates to whether we should set targets. I am of the view that we cannot set targets unless there is a proper alignment of policies throughout our entire national framework. We are informed that agriculture, transport and industry are among the main contributors of carbon emissions. We have put in place...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I wish to reiterate the importance of examining the valuation process. I acknowledge that it needs to be independent, but it is working in an inherited system that is not fit for purpose, given the current economic reality. The Government is doing good work by creating efficiencies in local government and how services are delivered. We have...