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Written Answers — Road Improvement Schemes: Road Improvement Schemes (3 Jul 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Question 725: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the Public Private Partnership process for national roads in particular the N11 improvements in County Wicklow. [32343/12]

Sports Capital Programme (3 Jul 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the number of applications received as part of the sports capital programme; and the number of applications he expects to be successful in gaining funding. [31953/12]

Sports Capital Programme (3 Jul 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Question 711: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the length of time it will take to process and decide on the volume of applications for the sports capital programme. [31952/12]

Sports Capital Programme (3 Jul 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Question 726: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the number of applications that were received as part of the sports capital programme; the length of time it will take to process and decide on the number of successful of applications for the sports capital programme. [32344/12]

Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2012)

Andrew Doyle: I too welcome the Bill. As part of the Government's ongoing strategy on an action plan for jobs, it fits in with the other initiatives including the credit guarantee scheme, the innovation fund and the development capital scheme, all of which target different scales of operation. Jobs are the key to economic and social stability in any nation and in this State. Job creation must be the key...

Written Answers — Local Authority Grants: Local Authority Grants (24 May 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Question 130: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing grants for domestic rainwater harvesting as a measure to improve water conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26021/12]

Written Answers — Mortgage Interest Supplement: Mortgage Interest Supplement (16 May 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding mortgage interest supplement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [24414/12]

Written Answers — Job Initiatives: Job Initiatives (15 May 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Question 536: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the measures contained with the jobs initiative that pertained to tourism. [23730/12]

Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Andrew Doyle: It is important to acknowledge and commend the people who are the genesis of this Bill, including Senator Feargal Quinn who introduced the Bill two years ago in the Seanad. It is to the credit of the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, that it has been progressed rather than replaced with a Government Bill. This has allowed the Bill to make its progression through the Houses as quickly...

Private Members' Business. Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (1 May 2012)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the proposal by colleagues opposite and on the general area of employee protection. Members on all sides of the House are anxious to ensure the protection of employees is paramount in our employment relations law. That concern is not exclusive to any particular party or group, although we may have different approaches to it. The...

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Apr 2012)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome the opportunity to speak in the debate on the treaty which has been called many things from an "austerity treaty" to a "fiscal compact" to a "stability treaty". What one calls it depends on the way one wants to look at it, which will decide the approach one takes. The euro currency covers 17 countries. When this country decided that it should join the Economic and Monetary Union,...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (18 Apr 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Question 1014: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to deal with the current problems in assisted human reproduction in particular regarding surrogacy. [18804/12]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (18 Apr 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Question 1160: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will outline the progress made, including timelines, with regard to the establishment of a bilateral agreement with Russia for inter-country adoption into Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18020/12]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (18 Apr 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Question 1161: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the declarations issued for inter-country adoption by the Adoption Authority of Ireland since 1 November 2010 by country, both new declarations and revised declarations. [18022/12]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (22 Mar 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm the number of declarations for inter-country adoption issued by the Adoption Authority of Ireland since 1 November 2010. [15927/12]

Symphysiotomy: Statements (15 Mar 2012)

Andrew Doyle: I knew nothing about symphysiotomy and pubiotomy until the constituent to which Deputy Anne Ferris referred invited me to a meeting. I listened in horror to the stories being told. Coming from a farming background, I have cared for hundreds, if not thousands, of animals while they gave birth and I would call a vet if I needed help. A vet would be more considerate than some of these people....

Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (14 Mar 2012)

Andrew Doyle: I was somewhat surprised to note that the transfer of responsibility for the procurement of blood clotting and other biological products required primary legislation. However, the fact that it does offers an opportunity for Members to display at some level the ability to do something right and to do something which everyone is prepared to buy into. This buy-in is shared by all the experts,...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Of all the Members who sit in the Chair, the Deputy is the most understanding when a Member seeks to make a few points. It has often been said we should run the country more using a business model. If any business was in the same position as Ireland, it would look at its assets strategically. It would examine how it could reconfigure its assets base in order to survive. We are engaged in...

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2012)

Andrew Doyle: I am sharing time with Deputy Michael Creed. Deputy Dara Murphy referred to nettles. Consumed in the right way, they are good for us. We should bear this in mind.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2012)

Andrew Doyle: Boiled, stewed and drank, rather than grasped. A proper functioning democracy needs a legal profession. We inherited one and it is probably 200 years since its structure was looked at. The problems associated with the image of the legal profession are not unique to Ireland. Wherever one goes, one finds certain perceptions about barristers, lawyers and other members of the legal profession,...