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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (18 Sep 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the names and addresses of current peace commissioners in County Kilkenny as of the 1 September 2012. [38369/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Tests (18 Sep 2012)

John Paul Phelan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the arrangements in place or planned to ensure that the same standards are implemented by driver testers across the country 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. [38367/12]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (18 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to update the law governing the area of money-lending in view of the increase in the number of persons who are borrowing money at exaggerated interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35492/12]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (18 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given, notwithstanding the creation of the loan guarantee scheme, to the creation of a new National Development Bank with a remit similar to the role previously filled by the ACC and ICC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35489/12]

Written Answers — Technological Universities: Technological Universities (18 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the establishment of a Technological University in the South East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35490/12]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (18 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps his Department have engaged in to promote job creation in the South East region which continues to have and unemployment rate significantly higher than the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35488/12]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (18 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions being undertaken by her Department in support of implementation of the EU Commission's Youth Opportunities Initiative to address youth unemployment. [35591/12]

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (18 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the arrangements and events that are planned by the Government to mark the centenary of World War I and the role of Irish soldiers in that conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35487/12]

Written Answers — Agricultural College Places: Agricultural College Places (18 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the places available in agricultural colleges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35485/12]

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (18 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be any extra milk quota available to those suppliers facing large super-levy bills as a result of their dairy herds being restricted by reason of disease in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35491/12]

Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: I am also glad to have the opportunity to raise a few points on the Personal Insolvency Bill. I welcome the legislation and the efforts of the Minister and his officials in drafting it. I heard much of the debate heretofore. There has been criticism that the Bill was slow in arriving. The nature of this legislation is such that it was bound to be difficult to draft. On the areas it...

Written Answers — Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation (17 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Question 431: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the funding provided by his Department in 2012 for the Traveller Accommodation Programme; if he will provide a breakdown of the amounts provided to each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35486/12]

Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Deputy Healy-Rae's father was good at that. He built a lot of things.

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (10 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been changes recent to the URT rebate on vehicles purchased by the families of disabled people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33172/12]

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (10 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance if the fuel and motor tax rebates for vehicles of families with disabled children have been abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33173/12]

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (10 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any rebates on URT and VAT for the purchase of MPV's or buses for the purpose of transporting children with Spina Bifida; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33174/12]

Education (Amendment) (Protection of Schools) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on small rural schools, having been a student in one. I later served on the board of management of what was a four-teacher school. It became a three-teacher school but it now has a fourth teacher. Hopefully, in the next few years, Listerlin national school, County Kilkenny, will be in the reckoning for a fifth teacher. I want to make the case for...

Criminal Justice (Search Warrants) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Jul 2012)

John Paul Phelan: I have a few brief comments to make on this Bill, which, as the previous speakers have noted, is a small item of legislation to deal with a situation that has arisen following a recent Supreme Court judgment. I commend the Minister and his officials on acting swiftly on foot of that decision. I also agree with previous speakers with regard to my own interaction with members of the Garda...

Statute Law Revision Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (21 Jun 2012)

John Paul Phelan: I am glad to have a few moments to speak on the Statue Law Revision Bill 2012 and to commend the work of the officials of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform who were belonging to a different Department, I assume the then Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, until the new Department was created a year ago. As somebody who has been a legislator for ten years and a...

Local Government (Household Charge) (Repeal) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Jun 2012)

John Paul Phelan: I want to add my voice to those of my Government colleagues who are opposing this legislation. I speak to highlight some of the inaccuracies I have heard, particularly in some of last night's debate, from the proposers of this legislation. As Deputy Coffey pointed out, nobody in the Government wants a position where new charges or higher taxes must be paid, but the country finds itself in an...