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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (4 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate the possibility of quarantining and testing imported bee species, in order to protect the native Irish bee's natural habitat from diseases or other threats which jeopardise the indigenous Irish bee population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38572/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (4 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 90. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has previously conducted or commissioned a survey to assess the threat imported bees can pose to the indigenous Irish bee population through the spreading of disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38573/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (4 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the appointment of bee inspectors, similar to those appointed in Northern Ireland, through European Union financial aid funding to monitor and control the spread of pests and diseases that threaten the natural habitat of the indigenous Irish bee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38574/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (4 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a survey was conducted to determine if eel stocks had been depleted to such levels that fishermen were forced to abstain from eel fishing on the rivers Barrow and Suir; if the survey deemed that eel stocks were below the conservation limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38679/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (4 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the nature of the survey conducted to determine if eel stocks had been depleted to such levels that fishermen were forced to abstain from eel fishing on the rivers Barrow and Suir; the criteria of same; the locations in which it was carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38680/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (4 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 264. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he envisages that the appropriate rivers will ever be re-opened for eel fishing; if not, if he will consider a voluntary buy-out scheme for current licence holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38681/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (4 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 265. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commission a survey on brown trout stocks on the River Barrow to decipher if stocks of same are below the conservation limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38682/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (4 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 266. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will sanction the restocking of brown trout on the River Barrow to bring the population of same up to appropriate figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38683/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Salmon Hardship Scheme (4 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 267. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a voluntary buy-out scheme for current licence holders on the River Barrow where sea-slob trout population levels have fallen below conservation limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38684/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (4 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 268. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will commission a survey on dace stocks on the River Barrow to decipher if population of same have increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38685/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (4 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 269. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures in place to combat the reported increase in the dace population on the River Barrow and to prevent juvenile dace from feeding on trout eggs and damaging the natural indigenous population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38686/15]

Leaders' Questions (3 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: The Irish diaspora. We will have to copy these lads.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (3 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 566. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider appointing appropriate representatives from national shooting sports organisations such as the National Sports Coalition to the new firearms and appeals authority, which is due to be established, to ensure a reasonable and rational approach to shooting sports activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (3 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 857. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, which was input on the Health Service Executive's system on 3 August 2015, as confirmed by the executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38367/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 965. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate resource teaching hours to a student (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37798/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland (3 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 1157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend the system by which Fáilte Ireland awards its quality assured and quality approved guarantees and subsequent signage in order to adopt a dual approach for bed and breakfasts which are registered under the Irish homes classification scheme, and therefore fulfil the criteria of the quality assured and the quality...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland (3 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 1158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will implement a uniform sign type for all accommodation providers which will fulfil criteria of the quality assured and the quality approved schemes, as was the case up to introduction of the new Fáilte Ireland welcome standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37464/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fáilte Ireland (3 Nov 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 1159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a provision by which the bed and breakfast classified sector will be permitted to display the new quality assured signage of the Fáilte Ireland welcome standard and the traditional uniform quality approved signage of the Fáilte Ireland quality approved classification for accommodation providers; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 29. To ask the Minister for Health the reason University Hospital Waterford has seen its inpatient-day case waiting list increase by more than twice the national average and by four times the rate of increase in the South-South West Hospitals Group as a whole since it became part of that group in May 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36581/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (22 Oct 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 56. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to reduce the waiting times for speech and language therapy in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36582/15]