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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (29 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: 89. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding school completion programmes, such as that operated successfully in Westside, Galway city; if he will confirm that funding will be allocated to ensure the continued operation of the programmes; if clarity on the funding will be forthcoming in order that plans for the next school year can be implemented; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (29 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: 105. To ask the Minister for Health further to his comments in Dáil Eireann on 25 March 2015, the progress achieved by the Health Service Executive in its engagement on the issue of unsocial hours or twilight payments and section 38 and 39 organisations, which was to be concluded by 17 April 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16955/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (29 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: 144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the take-up of the grant system for facilitating the adaptation of taxis and other such vehicles for persons with a disability; if the scheme will open to new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16503/15]

Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the order by which locations will be selected for works, as part of the national broadband plan, in view of areas such as those covered by the Knockferry exchange in County Galway, for example, which were inexplicably omitted from the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16289/15]

Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: This question relates to the order in which locations will be selected for works under the national broadband plan in view of areas such as those covered by the Knockferry exchange in County Galway, for example, being excluded in the previous national broadband scheme.

Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister for the reply. It goes without saying that the deficiencies in rural broadband are impacting on jobs, impeding regional recovery and depriving consumers from getting the best value in regard to broadband. I commend the Minister on the plans we have to roll out broadband and go to tender by the end of the year. It is an important and ambitious programme. Previous...

Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister for that. Is he confident there will be no delay in the tendering by the end of the year? Also, does he have a preference for the areas that are chosen first? Would they be the areas with the highest population or the areas closer to urban centres?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Department officials. I welcome the improved certainty the document provides through the pictures, notwithstanding the fact there are still some issues. Since the start of the single payment, or whatever it was originally called, many features were ineligible, such as rock, ponds, dense scrub and so on, and that is a given. The main concern I had recently was in regard to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: The witness said that the victim of fire is not penalised. Does that mean that there would be a need for Garda reports or reports from the fire services? How is it proved if a dispute arises as to whether a fire was accidental?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: Is the burden on the farmer to prove that it was accidental rather than the Department to prove that it was done on purpose?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: I can see it being tied up with Department appeals and the agricultural appeals office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: Regarding NHAs eligible for-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Joint Committee
The Creative Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: I welcome all the contributors and apologise for stepping out during a couple of the contributions. There are just a few things I wish to raise, the first of which pertains to the Arts Council. I am familiar with the great work that is done in Galway and the really important funding for the arts festivals in Galway and Clifden and the knock-on effects that has. While I am sure Ms Orlaith...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: 20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the study under way on hydraulic fracturing; if he will re-affirm that no policy decisions on licensing will be considered until the study is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16214/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance if, following the amendments to section 481 concerning arrangements for film and television production, any examination on the impact of the changes has been carried out; if any reliefs extend to the development of film and television studios for the purposes of attracting new business into regional locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the current status of the living cities initiative; if approval has been received from the European Commission; and if the initiative, which has significant potential for urban areas across all cities, is being sufficiently publicised. [16814/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the application received by the Health Service Executive for the inclusion of Fampridine on the community drugs scheme; when it is envisaged a decision will be made; and if he will confirm that the effectiveness of the medication on the lives of persons with multiple sclerosis is central to the decision-making process. [16788/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the current legal position on the sale of cigarettes in packets greater than 20, such as 25, which are available at a price of just 10% more than 20; his plans to standardise quantities permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16789/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: 339. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the current staffing levels for mental health services in County Galway; the budgetary amount for mental health services in the area formerly referred to as Health Service Executive west for each year since 2011; and if he will provide an outline of the increases in staff numbers. [16810/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Dementia Strategy (28 Apr 2015)

Seán Kyne: 341. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress of implementing the national dementia strategy which was introduced in December 2014; if a specific portion of the Health Service Executive budget is being targeted at this, or if the measures within the strategy are to be achieved through existing budgetary structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16815/15]