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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she has taken to date and future proposals to address the issue of child benefit being paid in respect of children living outside the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46483/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she has taken to date and future proposals to address the issue of child benefit being paid in respect of children living outside the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46483/12]

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: I join previous speakers in welcoming the Education and Training Boards Bill 2012, which I support. Previous speakers also referred to the fact that we have numerous pieces of legislation dealing with the VECs. There have been efforts made across different Departments, including the Department of Justice and Equality, the Department of Education and Skills and others, to update and...

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: That is good news, which I will relay to the people concerned. Questions have also arisen in regard to the allocation of sub-offices to particular parts of the country and not to others. Carlow-Kilkenny, which politically has been one constituency in all bar two or three elections since the foundation of the State, is an obvious choice for an amalgamated VEC. Also, a number of other...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (17 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Committee members have received a great deal of correspondence from sports clubs. I understand this section deals with those groups and other individuals exempted from the legislation. Voluntary sporting organisations have concerns regarding voluntary coaches, the current delays in vetting and the impact that the Bill may have on fielding teams. Another concern relates to mixed teams, for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Imports (16 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of litres of goats milk imported into the State in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44730/12]

Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: I agree with a large chunk of the comments of the previous speaker, Deputy Shane Ross, although I disagree with some of them also. I have previously expressed my view of the relationship between the former President of France and the German Chancellor. To some extent, their occasional meetings served to undermine the functioning of the European Union. It seems that Chancellor Merkel, now...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (9 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has been refused school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42598/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (9 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the excessive cost of school books and the burden it is placing on students and families at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43244/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (9 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an application of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has to pay for concessionary school transport even though their parents have a medical card. [43245/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Grades (9 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the different grades that currently exist within the public service; and if he will detail the entry level pay levels associated with each grade [43021/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (9 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the name and addresses of current Peace Commissioners in County Kilkenny as of 1 September 2012. [43019/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Disease Controls (9 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the number of live goats imported into the State in the year 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43018/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Tests (9 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements in place or planned to ensure the same standards are implemented by driving testers across the country in order to ensure that the large differences in test outcomes throughout the country does not continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43020/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (3 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise on status of applications made under the sports capital funding scheme in which planning permission has not been received for proposed project subject to the funding application, be it due to a direct refusal of permission, an appeal to an Bord Pleanála or delays due to requests by the relevant planning authority for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (2 Oct 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny who has been refused school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41506/12]

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2012)

John Paul Phelan: I join previous speakers in welcoming the Bill. I also welcome the fact that we are going to have a referendum to recognise the rights of children distinctly within the Constitution. I commend the Minister and her officials for bringing us to the point at which we are discussing the legislation that will allow the referendum to take place. The programme for Government contained an express...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Report (25 Sep 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the 2012 funding for the mental health services with particular reference to the 414 additional staff that were announced for the provision of the service; if as per recent information from his Department it is still hoped that 353 of these positions will be filled before the end of 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

John Paul Phelan: I agree with Deputy Tom Hayes that the vast majority of people involved in agriculture and animal husbandry who have good practices have nothing to fear from this legislation. I welcome the updating of the legislation which goes back over 100 years dealing with cruelty to animals and animal diseases. I welcome the publication of the Bill and the provisions outlining basic requirements for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Grades (18 Sep 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the different grades that currently exist within the public service: and if he will detail the entry level pay levels associated with each grade. [38368/12]