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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (26 May 2015)

Pat Deering: 242. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on an appeal for an invalidity pension. [20671/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Programme (26 May 2015)

Pat Deering: 373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the new suckler cow scheme in view of the six year rule that would result in farmers being penalised if they do not comply with all conditions in this time span, and if they decide to move to a different enterprise in that six years. [19943/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions Mergers (26 May 2015)

Pat Deering: 804. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report of the independent facilitator (details supplied) between Carlow Institute of Technology and Waterford Institute of Technology will be published; if she has seen it yet, even though it has gone past its release date; and if she will reconfirm her commitment to a technology university for the south east. [19942/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Community Involvement Scheme (26 May 2015)

Pat Deering: 1006. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a community involvement scheme and a local improvement scheme for the upgrade of local roads in the coming year. [19944/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Eligibility (26 May 2015)

Pat Deering: 1008. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of the projects that applied for sports capital funding in County Carlow and in County Kilkenny; if all are eligible for funding; and if not, the reason. [19968/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (19 May 2015)

Pat Deering: 62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a reply to an appeal in respect of a disability allowance. [19352/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Abolition (19 May 2015)

Pat Deering: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance when tax relief for mortgages for principal residences will end; his plans to offset the negative financial impact of such a decision on mortgage holders. [19213/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Pat Deering: I welcome and congratulate Mr. O'Driscoll and wish him the best of luck in the remainder of his career. I will start with the simplification of the CAP. I completely agree with Deputy Ó Cuív in his analysis of the situation. Simplification, in my view, means simplifying everything and making it less bureaucratic but this has not happened. It has become even more bureaucratic over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Pat Deering: The timescale for the appeals seems long. If one wants to submit an appeal, one has 14 days to lodge documentation, but is it the case that one may not hear anything for six months?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Pat Deering: I accept that. I suppose the point that would irritate many farmers is, for example, that the Department gives a tight timescale to submit the application and documentation and if these are five minutes late, it is bye-bye.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Pat Deering: Going back to one of the issues spoken about a while back regarding the super-levy situation, I accept Mr. O'Driscoll's point that there was not support among the 28 states for our position at the time. How did we fare compared to the other 28? In the overall scheme of things, was the EU under or over quota? How many of the 28 states were under or over the quota?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Pat Deering: Does the EU as a whole have a quota or is it broken down on an individual basis? If there is an overall quota, was the EU over or under quota?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Applications (12 May 2015)

Pat Deering: 226. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a result in respect of a one-parent family payment that is currently under review. [18151/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (6 May 2015)

Pat Deering: 198. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made with the identification of the nine advance sites-factories in the different regions, since the announcement some time ago, with particular reference to the County Carlow area; if the vacant Braun site in the town of Carlow will be considered for future use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17895/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (6 May 2015)

Pat Deering: 491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a special needs assistant (details supplied) in County Carlow, who was made redundant in 2012, will not be considered for future positions despite being fully qualified. [17607/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (6 May 2015)

Pat Deering: 598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of clubs and organisations that have applied for the Sport Capital Grant in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17605/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Data (6 May 2015)

Pat Deering: 599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the moneys that have remained undrawn from sport capital grants, as of 1 April 2015, by county basis. [17606/15]

Order of Business (30 Apr 2015)

Pat Deering: I ask the Minister to update the House on the Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014, which was one of the most important pieces of legislation introduced in this House. We have been awaiting regulations under the legislation for quite some time. The Bill regulates the relationship between producers and retailers.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry Regulation (30 Apr 2015)

Pat Deering: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to introducing a heavy goods vehicle levy for foreign trucks entering the State, similar to the £10 sterling per day Irish hauliers have to pay when entering the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland; his views that this is unfair in view of the fact it only operates one way; and if he will make...

Carlow-Kilkenny By-election: Issue of Writ (29 Apr 2015)

Pat Deering: Was Deputy Martin accompanied by Deputy John McGuinness?