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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Regulations (12 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussion that took place between his Department and a company (details supplied) that led to the company surrendering its foreshore licence to drill an exploratory well in Dublin Bay, including details of the elements of the EU, EIA Directive that were apparently not transposed correctly into Irish law in 1999; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Road Maintenance (12 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the issue of road maintenance in Waterford city and county (details supplied); and the timeframe for same. [12308/13]

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: Last week, at the national conference of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, new figures emerged indicating that guidance counsellor hours in second level schools had been cut by 25%. The figures, which were provided by the Minister for Education and Skills, were an upward revision of estimates made previously by guidance counsellors. The Minister failed to address a more revealing...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: With respect, the Tánaiste misses my point. At issue is the provision of one-to-one counselling, not group counselling. For example, when a student presents who is gay or experiencing a problem of a personal nature at home, he or she does not want to discuss the matter in group counselling and will require one-to-one counselling. What is the point of supplying schools with documents...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Provision (7 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his plans to increase the student staff ratio in the further education sector in view of the damaging effect this will have on the sector in terms of job and skill losses, loss of courses and reduction of course places for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11998/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Provision (7 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact that the the planned increase in the student staff ratio in the further education sector will have on course offerings, specialist training skills and course places; and if he will make a statement on the matter [12000/13]

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: It does not include the land.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: The land must be included when valuing the house.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (5 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Authority site visits made to Waterford in 2011 and 2012; if he will clarify the number of those visits that were to Waterford City and the number to Dungarvan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11289/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (5 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant properties currently being leased by the Industrial Development Agency in Waterford city; the number being leased in County Waterford; if he will identify the location of each of those properties; if he will further state the timeframe each property has been lying idle; if he will provide details of the outstanding...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Numbers (5 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who took to jobbridge placements in Waterford city and county since the programme began; the number of those who completed a jobbridge internship in Waterford that went directly into full-time positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11291/13]

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)

John Halligan: Figures released this week in my constituency, Waterford, show that the number of home burglaries in January was up by over 30% on the figure for the same period last year. The rising statistic are on a par with figures throughout the country. In some areas the number of home burglaries has almost tripled in the past year. I suspect, given all the facts and figures, the real figure is a...

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)

John Halligan: I believe the remarks of the Tánaiste are sincere and imagine many people throughout the country will be most comforted by them. They will send a clear message that there is a price to be paid if one violates the home of another. I am not here to make any direct attack on the Judiciary. However, I put it to the Tánaiste that throughout my political life I have spent a good deal...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (28 Feb 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Finance the further measures, if any, he proposes to take to force banks in which the Government own shares, to restructure or write-down distressed mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10632/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (28 Feb 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has done any analysis on the projected impact on consumer spending and the current mortgage crisis of his plans to introduce the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10633/13]

State Forestry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2013)

John Halligan: Deputy Boyd Barrett is right in what he is saying.

State Forestry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Feb 2013)

John Halligan: I am ideologically opposed to the sale of State assets. Any car boot sale of the nation's assets is a sell-out of workers and taxpayers alike. Placing some of our key State assets in private hands would confer on the owners an unwarranted and a potentially hazardous degree of economic and social power, as has happened in other countries, not to mention augmenting the wealth of these private...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Recruitment (27 Feb 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of posts that have been filled in the public sector since the beginning of the moratorium on recruitment; if he will provide details by Department and the rationale for the lifting of the moratorium in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10371/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (26 Feb 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the recent oil/gas find in Ballyroe, County Kerry and the possible find off the coast of Northern Ireland and the evidence this provides that significant gas and oil deposits exist in Irish waters, if he is considering changes in the licensing and tax regime surrounding gas and oil exploration; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (26 Feb 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether the exploration licence granted to a company (details supplied) to prospect off the coast of Dublin complies with the Aarhus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9991/13]