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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (28 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on consultations he has had with regard to junior certificate reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25494/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (28 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the choice for students on the autism spectrum who are being educated in mainstream classrooms to take part in summer camps being organised in schools where it is available to them as part of the July provision scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25503/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Costs (23 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 16. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether sufficient progress is being made in reducing the State’s legal bill across his Department and State agencies under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24669/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme Implementation (22 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied with the operation of the credit guarantee scheme; the number of jobs it is supporting to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24415/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues (21 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether bank stress tests should be completed prior to the completion of Ireland's programme of EU / IMF support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23931/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (21 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an outstanding agri environment option scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23679/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Price Issues (21 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that milk commodities are now returning double figures on the world market than in May 2012, his views on the fact that the processors are not passing on the price increases to the milk suppliers; if he has met with milk processors to discuss same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23740/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Service (16 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals, if any, he has to review the Diplomatic Service; if there are proposals to open new consulates/embassies in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23204/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments (16 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been paid all outstanding moneys under the animal welfare recording breeding scheme 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23375/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (16 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of lands that have some designations under the hen harrier (details supplied) his view regarding this land being planted under the afforestation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23474/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Free Travel Scheme Administration (15 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions, if any, his Department has had with the Department of Social Protection regarding a review of the operation of the free travel scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22993/13]

Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (14 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 118. To ask the Minister for Health when he will meet with members of SOUND to discuss their concerns and the commitments he has previously made to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22608/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (14 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the 2012 agri environment option scheme payment has not been issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [22392/13]

Other Questions: Adoption Services Provision (9 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the Adoption (Tracing and Information) Bill will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21860/13]

Fodder Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to a debate I believe is the most serious debate we have had in this House this year and last year. Since June 2012, my part of the country has been battered. Within one month of the beginning of the crisis in June, I raised the issue during Leaders' Questions on 12 July, but it was almost dismissed out of hand. Unfortunately, not only did the...

Fodder Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: On 16 April, Deputies Jim Daly, Éamon Ó Cuív and myself submitted a Topical Issue matter on the crisis. The Minister was in the Dáil building on that day, but he did not come into the Chamber to respond on the issue.

Fodder Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: The Minister was in the building.

Fodder Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: The Minister must have been in two places at the one time, because half an hour before the debate I met him in the corridor and asked him about the weather crisis. That is the only private conversation I have had with him since the issue of the milk quota prices in 2011. I met him half an hour before I stood up here in the Dáil.

Fodder Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: The Minister may think that was more important, but this is a desperate crisis. I will not read the last two or three paragraphs of the response put on the record of the Dáil as an adequate response. Deputy Dara Calleary mentioned that the IFA came out the following day saying the response was grossly inadequate. At that stage co-ops were sourcing silage for farmers all over the...

Other Questions: Aquaculture Development (8 May 2013)

Michael Moynihan: 6. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the temporary restriction on development grants included in the text of the Irish Seafood National Programme is still in place; whether a decision has been taken to reverse the decision in this programme to defer until after 2013 the targets for the increased productive capacity for salmon; and if he will make a statement on the...