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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (11 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single farm payment and older REP scheme 4 payment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55132/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (11 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sites off the west coast that are proposed to be developed as offshore fish farms; the scientific assessment of the environmental impact that has been conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55135/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (11 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single farm payment and older REP scheme 4 payment will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55132/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (11 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sites off the west coast that are proposed to be developed as offshore fish farms; the scientific assessment of the environmental impact that has been conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55135/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (11 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sites off the west coast that are proposed to be developed as offshore fish farms; the scientific assessment of the environmental impact that has been conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55135/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman Special Reports: Discussion with Ombudsman (6 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: We are responsible for the oversight of petitions. We have to deal with each of them case by case. Some of the things that arise from them will be obvious. I do not wish to detract from what Senator Ó Clochartaigh has said. If we start throwing a broad net and generally giving out about the Department of Health's culture and all the rest, we will lose the power of our findings and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman Special Reports: Discussion with Ombudsman (6 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the Ombudsman and her colleague. She has described her great frustration in dealing with the Department of Health and outlined a litany of previous problems with the Department, some of which have resulted in additional costs to the State because they were not dealt with in a timely manner. She performs a helpful role in that the ordinary citizen can bring a problem such as this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation (6 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the Courts Service, as it embarks upon a detailed evaluation of the court venues at Achill, Ballyhaunis, Swinford and Westport, County Mayo, with a view to possible closures, has investigated the availability or otherwise of public transport to local persons in these rural areas which would impede on their ability to attend at a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (6 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount that has been paid under the disadvantaged area scheme for each of the the years 2007 to 2011 to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the stocking densities for each of those years and the stocking density requirement for the 2012 application. [55017/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Ireland West Airport Knock: Discussion (5 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: Does the Minister or Department acknowledge that Knock Airport will be disadvantaged and has either suggested any way in which the playing field could be levelled?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Ireland West Airport Knock: Discussion (5 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: My question was more for the chairman because he has had strategic meetings at a different level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Ireland West Airport Knock: Discussion (5 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome Mr. Scollan and Mr. Gilmore. Deputy O'Donovan, who has now left, spoke about Shannon. The witnesses have explained all the engagement they have had with the Department. While I understand why something needs to be done for Shannon from the point of view of its importance for the mid-west region, there is no policy for airports nationally. The witnesses have been advised that now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Ireland West Airport Knock: Discussion (5 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: I will outline my beef first and then my question will make perfect sense. A decision has been made in respect of one airport but there have been no decisions in respect of other airports. A substantial financial decision has been made which, on the face of it, will skew competition for airports such as Knock and is not responsible. Does the Department view the airport as being...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Liquor Licences (5 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of intoxicating liquor licences that have lapsed for each year over the past five years; the reasons the licences have lapsed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54628/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Remuneration (5 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Covered Institutions Remuneration Oversight Committee is still in place; the frequency with which it reports; its latest recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54813/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (5 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help workers in the direct employment of the Health Service Executive in County Mayo are having their hours reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54629/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (5 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help workers in the direct employment of the Health Service Executive in County Mayo are having their hours reduced while at the same time the HSE in County Mayo is retaining a private company (details supplied) for 2,000 home help hours per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54632/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (4 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: It is not one scheme; it is planned maintenance on local authority housing, which can be one-off houses or within a housing estate. I was informed it is the Department's specifications that are being used.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (4 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: What was the range of options? Mr. O'Connor mentioned a wood-burning stove and oil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Building Regulations: Discussion (4 Dec 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: These houses were refurbished in recent years. They could be 30 or 40 years old. They will not be refurbished again. I am aware of cases in which people are living in one room because they cannot afford oil to heat the other rooms. One cannot buy oil in the same way one can buy a bag of coal. These are elderly people, some of whom are in their houses all day-----