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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences Applications (17 May 2016)

Seán Kyne: 1105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the procedure for acquiring an exploration licence including the information, application process and fees required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10379/16]

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Seán Kyne: I welcome this debate on the farming and the agriculture sector. It is an important sector to the Irish economy. I will begin with the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership because it has been in the news lately. Considerable work was done in recent years by a number of Oireachtas committees, including the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the Joint Committee on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications (28 Apr 2016)

Seán Kyne: 50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive a payment for 2015 under the areas of natural constraint scheme; the minimum livestock units required to qualify; the number of horse passports submitted as proof of stocking; the number of passports accepted and rejected; the reasons for the rejection of some; and if he will...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Seán Kyne: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirleach, as ucht an seans a thabhairt dom cúpla focal a rá maidir leis an gceist thábhachtach seo ó thaobh Uisce Éireann agus na táillí uisce de. I and Fine Gael have believed in this over the last number of years and even before that it was part of our manifesto in 2011. Some people have stated that we did not get a mandate...

EU-UK Relations: Statements (21 Apr 2016)

Seán Kyne: In my first speech since re-election, I thank the people of Galway West for putting their faith in me again. I pay tribute to my new colleagues, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Catherine Connolly on their election. I also pay tribute to the retired Deputy, Mr. Brian Walsh, and thank him for his support in the election, and also to the former Deputy, Mr. John O'Mahony, who was not returned...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme Eligibility (20 Apr 2016)

Seán Kyne: 182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why the young farmers' payment was refused to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the income threshold that is used in such decisions; if pensions are reckonable in such calculations; if appeals are allowed; if issues surrounding pension income are detailed in the terms and conditions; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Apr 2016)

Seán Kyne: 340. To ask the Minister for Health if funding to organisations providing services to persons with a disability are subject to ongoing review so as to facilitate the provision of services across seven days, including weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7596/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (14 Apr 2016)

Seán Kyne: 196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; why this application was not successful; if in deciding on the application he considered that the person was previously a participant under the agri-environment options scheme does not have tier 1 lands...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (14 Apr 2016)

Seán Kyne: 225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the result of an appeal and review for a person (details supplied) following an application to the agriculture appeals office in respect of an overclaim; if he has considered, due to the circumstances of the case, the possibility that an underclaim exists by the person; and when he will issue a decision on this. [6827/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (14 Apr 2016)

Seán Kyne: 243. To ask the Minister for Defence the status of a request for a transfer by a member (details supplied) of the Reserve Defence Force; when he will make a decision on this; the reason for the delay; if he will take the personal circumstances of the person into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6535/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (6 Apr 2016)

Seán Kyne: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a mechanism to allow a person (details supplied) in County Galway who paid voluntary pension contributions in 2014 but failed to pay in 2015 to pay voluntary pension contributions for 2015; if there is an appeals mechanism in this regard; if he will consider an oversight of the payment deadline for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Insurance Costs (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Kyne: 128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware of the rising cost of insurance for nursing home providers, the severely limited number of companies providing such insurance and if this a matter which the Competition and Consumer Protection Agency could examine, given the implications for consumers as well as service providers. [5164/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Kyne: 129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress his Department and related agencies under his Department's remit have made concerning the alleviation of transport and traffic challenges in Galway city which have been identified as impediments to businesses locating in the city or to new businesses being established there. [5165/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Kyne: 154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue the decision on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if and when a ground inspection has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4797/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Kyne: 159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway received a penalty under the agri-environment options scheme 2; if an appeal has been received; when he will issue a decision on any such appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4818/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Kyne: 161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason payment has not issued to a person (details supplied) under the areas of natural constraint scheme 2015; if a copy of the flock register has been sought to account for lambs born during the year; if stocking restrictions due to farm location within the Twelve Bens mountain range has been taken into account on judging...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Kyne: 169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the case of persons (details supplied) in County Galway on their application under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; the reason their application was not successful; if, in deciding on the application, consideration was given to the fact that they were previously participants under the rural environment...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Parades (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Kyne: 216. To ask the Minister for Defence why a member (details supplied), along with ten other members, of the Reserve Defence Forces was excluded from the remainder of training for the 1916 commemorative parade on O'Connell Street in Dublin 1 as part of the Easter Rising ceremonies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4773/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Kyne: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a drug (details supplied) is not approved under the long-term illness scheme for multiple sclerosis sufferers; if the primary care reimbursement section of the Health Service Executive is examining this drug; if he accepts that this drug works very well for some multiple sclerosis sufferers with no resultant relapses for patients using it; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Mar 2016)

Seán Kyne: 371. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an operating positron emission tomography scan available in University Hospital Galway or if there are arrangements in place with other hospitals; if so the details of those arrangements; and his plans to review the situation. [5124/16]