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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the extension planned for a college (details supplied) in County Kildare which is included in his Department's building plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39863/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (20 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: 743. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the calculation basis for the contributory old age pension in view of the impact the averaging system is having on many women in particular that for different reasons took breaks from work and are now receiving lower pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39895/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Business and Employers Confederation (19 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Chair. I will not need ten. I thank the witnesses for their interesting presentation and for engaging with us. To touch on a point which Deputy Lahart made in respect of the lost decade, it was not about finishing the projects which had been started but about the projects which we were not able to start. The second terminal in Dublin Airport was finished but we were not able...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: I thank the delegates for coming and their presentations which are very useful. I wish to comment on a point made earlier. Obviously, as a Government, we want to avoid a boom to bust cycle. We did not move to balance the budget two years earlier which the delegates said was possible because spending money in certain ways, rather than balancing the budget, made more sense, of which there...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: I will be brief.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: I thank the witnesses for attending. I would welcome some clarification of their comments regarding pension age because it is a very different conversation when one is talking about making it optional for someone who wants to keep working at the age of 68, 69 or beyond that and a mandatory situation, which would present a lot of difficulties. Based on the witnesses' opening statement, it is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: I am struck by Dr. McQuinn's absolute focus on social housing, which is a key area.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: There is the question of affordable housing for those looking to start on the ladder, and so on.

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: 762. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the need for a full time general practitioner service for Monasterevin, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36811/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Noxious Weeds (11 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the responsibilities of landowners regarding noxious weeds on their property; the way in which laws regarding this issue are enforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38237/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Noxious Weeds (11 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the responsibility of local authorities for the management of noxious weeds on public ground and roadsides; the way in which the rules in this regard are monitored and enforced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38254/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (11 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1456. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to allow excess solar energy generated through solar PV panels to be sold back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38108/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (11 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1469. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process and timeframe for a decision on the future ownership of the electric vehicle network here. [38520/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications Data (11 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1584. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the applications received for the current round of sports capital grants; when he expects a decision to be made regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38109/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development (11 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1711. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available from his Department for owners of buildings in regional and rural towns in which the full building is not being used for commercial or residential purposes and could be used for housing if the upper stories of the building could be renovated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37276/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (11 Sep 2017)

Martin Heydon: 2008. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to address the issue of communal infrastructure, such as septic tanks, in housing estates where in some cases there is a delay in the taking in charge of such estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37874/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (26 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kildare which needs additional classrooms for the new school year in September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36459/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Training (26 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1096. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the consideration of a proposal to provide specific general practitioner training programme for County Kildare in view of the increasing population in the county and concerns around the future availability of GP's particularly in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36502/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (26 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the ongoing review of ANCs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36511/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (26 Jul 2017)

Martin Heydon: 1461. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will review the allowances paid to foster persons particularly those paid for foster children over 18 years of age that remain in full-time care of the foster persons and require as much if not more care than younger children but receive a lower rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36438/17]