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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Missions (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if annual reports are still made and compiled by the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations in New York; the use and purpose of these reports and who they are accountable to in his Department in Dublin; if these UN reports by the delegation are made public and if they are laid before Dáil Éireann...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council Membership (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken by the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations by both the outgoing and incoming Ambassadors on Ireland's approach on seeking election to the UN Security Council as a rotating non-permanent member for the 2021-2022 elected term; the steps he believes that will make Ireland a successful...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Africa Ireland Economic Forum (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparations that are under way for the upcoming Ireland Africa Economic Forum taking place on 3 October 2013; his views on whether this will strengthen Irish interests on the continent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30610/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Banking Sector (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance if officials in his Department or the Central Bank of Ireland have been in consultation with the European Central Bank regarding a programme to provide cheap funding to small businesses, a programme similar to that of one run by the Bank of England in the United Kingdom entitled Funding for Lending that commenced in 2012; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Council Meetings (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the parameters of the discussions held with Ministerial colleagues at the 3248th ECOFIN Council meeting in Luxembourg on 21 June 2013; if he will detail any agreements reached; if he will provide an update on matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30362/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will be conducting a study or a report on the impact that increasing student fees for third level students is having on families with children attending college, in view of the fact the fact that he has committed to increasing the third level registration fee for students by €250 annually in the coming years; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the decision to bring the deadline forward by one month for applications to be made to Student Universal Support Ireland for the 2013/14 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30687/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 343. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details surrounding the mobile and tablet application that is to be launched soon by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland; the devices and marketplaces to which the app will be available; his views on whether it will be beneficial in attracting further inward investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30628/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Elected Mayor for Dublin Metropolitian Area (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 412. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on a directly elected Mayor for Dublin; if this proposal will abolish the Cathaoirleach roles in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, South Dublin County Council and Fingal County Council; the discussions his officials have held both within his Department and with other stakeholders...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Redeployment (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 446. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline in tabular form, the number of officials seconded from his Department to various Embassies, Honorary Consuls and other associated missions by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade around the world on a location-by-location basis; the rank of each official at each location; if he will outline the term length of each...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Registration of Wills (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 481. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration have been given to provide for a register of wills in Ireland; if Ireland ever signed the Convention on the Establishment of a Scheme of Registration of Wills when drafted in 1972; if his attention has been drawn to any plans within the EU to draw up a directive on the administration of probate; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Transport (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 495. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times on a yearly basis, a helicopter aircraft from the Irish Air Corps landed at the helicopter landing pad on top of Government Buildings at Merrion Street, Dublin, between 26 June 1997 and 8 March 2011 as part of the Ministerial Air Transport Service; the passengers for which each landing was conducted; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 496. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of funding his Department has allocated for the upkeep and maintenance of properties owned by his Department and the Irish Defence Forces in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30698/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any delays are occurring at present on the live shipping exports to Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30607/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Cow Quota (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the issue of the fertility of suckler herds has been brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30688/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education Issues (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 529. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the provision of the free pre-school year is being used by various childcare and preschool facilities during early childhood care to increase childcare fees and charge parents a large top up fee or premium on top of the States provision of the free year; her views on whether these...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Contracts (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 657. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 25 April 2013, if he will provide an update regarding the proposed national motorway maintenance and renewal contract being put forward by the National Roads Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30305/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Services (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 659. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Dublin Bus intends to roll-out free Wi-Fi on Dublin Bus services; if discussions have taken place between officials in his Department and Dublin Bus on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30315/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (25 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: 670. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail on a centre-by-centre basis, when the last audits of all National Car Testing Service centres and facilities were conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30695/13]

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2013)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013. I welcome the fact that the Referendum Commission was put in place at the earliest possible point to ensure that the information is given to the public to consider as quickly as possible. I have read the legislation. One item struck me and it relates to the...