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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (18 Sep 2013)

Pat Deering: 609. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be accepted on a course funded by Momentum. [37537/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (18 Sep 2013)

Pat Deering: 879. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money provided for projects in the Leader Programme 2007-2013 in tabular form, the amount sanctioned and amount drawn down in each measure and by company. [37148/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: I compliment the Minister on having achieved a good deal at the end of last month. Obviously, there was much pressure to achieve that deal. If we had not achieved that deal, we would have been in serious difficulties going forward. It is important now to try to make the best of it and achieve as much as possible. The Minister might refer to the reference year, which was a key issue for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: In view of the fact that there is a realisation in the Competition Authority that all is not rosy in the garden - if I can put it that way - what kind of relationship does the authority have with the retail sector, especially with the grocery sector? Do the authority's officials meet with them monthly or annually? Does the authority ever discuss this big issue that everybody talks about?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: If a person has X amount of money to spend on X, Y and Z in a supermarket, that person will opt for the cheapest brand of the product at the expense of the quality, regardless of the standard. I take the witness's point that there are issues beyond that point, but there are also issues at that point. If a consumer has only a certain amount of money to spend, he or she will shop around for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Groceries Sector: Discussion with the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency (16 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: I welcome our guests here today. Over the past few months we have had detailed discussion with many large multiples and all the shareholders involved in this issue. Like Deputy Pringle, I am not convinced by the arguments some of the multiples have made regarding the issues that seem to come up regularly. Three players in the grocery sector dominate 70% of the market, Tesco, Dunne’s...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Household Charge Collection (16 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a householder cannot pay the €200 household charge from payroll in the same way as local property tax is deducted, as is outlined in legislation (details supplied). [34352/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Money Laundering (16 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance the regulation in place for money being transferred out of the country through over the counter mediums such as Western Union, Moneygram and so on; the control and checks that are in place to ensure it is not the reward of illegal activity; the tax rules that apply to this money; and the amount that has been transferred in this way in each of the past...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: 718. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the person who owns the fishing rights on the River Barrow, Carlow side, from Borris to St. Mullins and the restrictions the owner may place on a person or angling club who wishes to fish there. [34927/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (16 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: 793. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money drawn down in tabular form by each LEADER Company on a yearly basis since the scheme commenced. [34925/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Reform (16 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: 980. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the recent Common Agricultural Policy agreement, the process that will inform all stakeholders of the proposed changes that will take place as a result of the agreed redistribution of Ireland's and when the process will begin. [34926/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Technology Adoption Programme Payments (16 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: 981. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a BTAB discussion group payment which has been cleared for payment for a number of months. [34928/13]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: An English graduate.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Issues (11 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown in allocation of primary care posts in community care services on a regional basis and within the regions over the past two years. [33969/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care Issues (11 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: 227. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff who have left the community care services, on a regional basis, over the past two years; the number that have been replaced; and the number of vacancies that are waiting to be filled in the following categories, public health nurse, speech therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, other. [33970/13]

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: There has been rumour and speculation for many years regarding unfair practices within the grocery sector, in the context of the uneasy relationship that exists between producers and large multiples in this country. A statutory code of conduct is long overdue to regulate the conduct of the grocery sector. Will the Taoiseach indicate the progress that has been made on the consumer and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (10 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: 166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a final decision on their application for disability allowance; and if she will expedite the matter. [33627/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (10 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: 243. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is an extra long waiting period for access to speech therapy in the County Carlow area more so that any other area; if there is an appropriate level of resources in place to tackle the waiting list in County Carlow; and when additional staff will be taken on to tackle this problem [33695/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CAP Reform and Related Matters: Discussion (9 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: I welcome the Minister. During the spring which ran into the summer very quickly we faced a number of emergencies in the South. Were there the same problems in Northern Ireland? To what extent, compared to us, did it have problems with the forage issue? If it did have problems, how did it tackle them and what measures has it put in place to ensure it will not have the same problem on a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (9 Jul 2013)

Pat Deering: 365. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money set aside for gratuity payments for retiring councillors in 2014; and the criteria for qualification. [32916/13]