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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions Mergers (30 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress report on the proposed merger of IT Carlow and Waterford IT to form the new technological university of the south east. [36833/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 566. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any planning application for lithium mining in the Carlow-Wicklow region, or any region, will be subject to the normal local authority planning process to ensure full transparency. [36836/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mining Licences (30 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 596. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he held a meeting or meetings with the Chinese ambassador or his officials this year regarding lithium mining in the Carlow/Wicklow region, or any other region; if a commitment has been given to make the mining process more efficient as part of an approach to boost lithium production; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mining Licences (30 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 600. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the possibility of lithium mining in the Carlow/Wicklow region, or any region; if licences have been applied for or already issued; if some of these licences have been sold to a Chinese mining company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36835/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (30 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 630. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to explain the reason there is a 25% increase in membership fee to Fáilte Ireland homes approval scheme for 2015. [37041/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (30 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to explain the reason for the lack of marketing of the south east, midlands and east coast in 2014; and his plans to promote these areas in 2015. [37042/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (25 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the McGuinness Commission will report; if EirGrid's planning application for Gridlink will be delayed or is it considered still possible to meet the original time frame; if a corridor for the proposed line has been selected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36215/14]

Order of Business (24 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: As the Minister well knows, the south east of the country faces a difficulty from an unemployment point of view. One of the best ways to try to sort out that issue is through education. As the Minister is probably aware, Carlow IT and Waterford IT have done much work in proposing the formation of a technological university. Will the Minister give me a timescale on when the technological...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vote 30 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: The application process seems to be very bureaucratic. This is what I am hearing back. The Minister said himself that many approvals have not resulted in drawdowns. Not just in the dairy sector, but also in the sheep fencing/mobile handling equipment scheme, for example; from what I hear back, this is particularly bad. There seems to be an awful lot of red tape between the results and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vote 30 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: I have a brief question in regard to the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS. There appears to be a significant backlog of applications in the system, going back months or even to last year. What is the reason for this? I presume the funding is there. Is there a problem with the application process or have the criteria changed? Can the process be streamlined?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vote 30 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: I have a brief question on a different area completely. Last spring twelvemonth we had difficulties with the fodder prices and so on. There were almost 1,100 calls to the Department on the issue. How does that compare to the past year? How does it compare to previous years? Traditionally, farmers would have been reluctant to ring the Department when such a situation arose. How have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vote 30 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: I welcome the Minister and his officials to the committee. Regarding the Food Harvest 2020 targets, 74% of the recommendations have been achieved or substantive action has been taken in relation to them. How does the Department quantify what has been achieved so far, considering that we are now six years from 2020? There has been a great deal of discussion and debate on the beef situation...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (23 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a decision on their appeal; and if she will expedite a reply. [35862/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Data (23 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received this year on a county basis under the TAMS scheme in the various sectors; the number of approvals to date; and the timescale for dealing with outstanding applications [35899/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Services for People with Disabilities (23 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 337. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the criteria that is used for evaluation for funding under the Tusla programme for residential care centres fo people with disability. [35607/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (23 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [35262/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (23 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a discretionary medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [35263/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Inspections (23 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria used by HIQA for the evaluation of residential care centres for people with disabilities. [35604/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Inspections (23 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HIQA inspections that have been carried out on residential care centres for people with disabilities over the past twelve months; and where these inspections have taken place. [35606/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Administration (23 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which a person who has paid the household charge and is now in receipt of correspondence from the Revenue Commissioners can prove he or she has paid the charge since the organisation responsible for collecting it no longer is answering the telephone or replying to email and the Revenue Commissioners are...