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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (23 Apr 2015)

Martin Heydon: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to restore middle management and leadership posts within schools, specifically including an increase in release days for teaching principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16086/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Activation Projects (22 Apr 2015)

Martin Heydon: 57. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the funding of programmes under the disability activation project, which is due to cease shortly; the options she is considering for the continuation of funding for programmes such as this, particularly in view of the soon to be published comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (22 Apr 2015)

Martin Heydon: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the action his Department has taken and is continuing to take to put pressure on Irish banks to reduce the variable interest rates being charged to mortgage holders, which have not kept pace with reductions in European interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15959/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (22 Apr 2015)

Martin Heydon: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to update retirement relief from capital gains tax (details supplied) to take account of the contribution of spouses to business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15961/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (22 Apr 2015)

Martin Heydon: 165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application (details supplied) for funding from Kildare County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15956/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Collection (22 Apr 2015)

Martin Heydon: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the work being carried out by his Department and the interdepartmental group reviewing road charges and road tax for heavy goods vehicles; when a report will be available from the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15960/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossession (21 Apr 2015)

Martin Heydon: Repossessions should not be carried out in the dead of night. Such activity just leads to a risk of a flashpoint, which has a direct impact on innocent local communities. No personal landowner should be subjected to hooded men moving around their property with dogs in the dead of night in the name of our courts. We must ensure there are no repeat instances of what happened in Kildare last...

Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossession (21 Apr 2015)

Martin Heydon: If there are deficiencies there, we need to look at our court system. If our courts are just issuing orders with no description of how the order is to be carried out, we are allowing receivers or private security firms to act with impunity with the full weight of a High Court order behind them. They can say they can do what they like because they have a High Court order. Perhaps we need...

Topical Issue Debate: Home Repossession (21 Apr 2015)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Minister of State for being in attendance to discuss this issue. There always have been and, unfortunately, always will be repossessions of houses, land and property, and it is a dreadful vista for any individual or family, but it happens only at the end of a lengthy process. It is a dreadful experience for others living nearby. Leaving aside the rights or wrongs of individual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector: Irish Farmers Association (21 Apr 2015)

Martin Heydon: I thank the witnesses for coming here today, for their very detailed presentations and for the forthright manner in which it was presented. While bravery may be too strong a word, I acknowledge that it takes some guts when the topic under discussion involves them being critical of the hand that feeds them. The witnesses are here today representing producers throughout the country rather...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (21 Apr 2015)

Martin Heydon: 298. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for a change in the tax credits and rates in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the way that person's situation can be adjusted or improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15382/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (21 Apr 2015)

Martin Heydon: 670. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when revised planning guidelines in respect of wind farms will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15794/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (31 Mar 2015)

Martin Heydon: 517. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the inclusion of Crohn's disease on the long-term illness list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13293/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Grants (31 Mar 2015)

Martin Heydon: 664. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grant assistance available to households to upgrade their septic tank system in advance of an inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13242/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Absenteeism (24 Mar 2015)

Martin Heydon: 316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has reviewed the impact of the cost of absenteeism and sick leave on businesses; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11464/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (12 Mar 2015)

Martin Heydon: 45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount currently paid to bus operators nationally for the free travel pass; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10958/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (12 Mar 2015)

Martin Heydon: 75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if payments to bus operators under the free travel scheme are reduced where those bus operators reduce the number of stops they make on the routes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10959/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme (12 Mar 2015)

Martin Heydon: 76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide clarification on aspects relating to the Free Travel Scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10960/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Aid (12 Mar 2015)

Martin Heydon: 126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact of the extension of the regional aid map to include Athy, County Kildare; if this has led to direct State aid to new or existing companies in the area to date; the efforts that have been taken to advertise this incentive for the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10940/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (12 Mar 2015)

Martin Heydon: 144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken by his Department to assist, and support, farmers in completing the basic payment scheme, and applications to the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, ahead of 15 May 2015 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10988/15]