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Topical Issue Debate: Farm Inspections (25 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister of State for reading that information into the record of the House. We understand all of that. This is a desperately serious situation in the first instance because of the weather, which we understand is out of everyone's control. What we need now is for the Department to adopt a commonsensical approach. In terms of inspections, inspectors are examining land to...

Topical Issue Debate: Farm Inspections (25 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: The issue I raise is extremely important, especially in the Duhallow area of north Cork. I need not inform anyone about the horrendous weather conditions we experienced over the summer months and the difficulties they created for the farming community. These difficulties persist as farmers seek to provide fodder for cattle over the winter. On 12 July during Leaders' Questions I asked that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Digital Television Service (25 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of the fact that in 2011 TV users paid some €134 million for public service TV through the mandatory TV licence, his views on whether it is an affront to the 1 million plus persons who paid the licence to describe the Saorview service as free; in view of the fact that there remain 200,000 homes that have not...

Statutory Sick Pay: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important motion. I thank Deputy Calleary for tabling it. There is no doubt that small businesses that employ two, three, four or five people are hurting in a bad way. I refer particularly to retail businesses. This is a huge issue in smaller towns throughout the country. We are familiar with the fanfare that accompanies big job announcements....

Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that the European Commission accepts the new Waste Water Services as satisfying their legal concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46175/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry Issues (18 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent report from the Irish Hotels Federation which indicated that hotels here are carrying a total debt of €6.7bn; his views on the need for hotels here to attract new investment and the proposal contained within the report for a limited form of tax relief to attract such investment; and if he will make a statement...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (17 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this very important issue on the floor of the Dáil. It is projected that the Presentation Convent national school will experience huge growth by 2014 or 2015. At present the enrolment figure is approximately 240 and it is projected this will rise to 289 in September 2013 and to 340 by September 2016. It has received one extra mainstream classroom...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (17 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and for outlining the facts. The board of management has been in discussion with the local community to get a room for the extra classroom. The Department will provide money for a prefab, but the school does not want this because it is a short-term solution and it believes it would be a waste of vital resources. The Minister of State outlined...

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

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

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Given that we are concerned here predominantly with the rationalisation of VECs and the work commenced a number of years ago, if we look back at the VEC system in place for the last number of years we can see that, by and large, it has served the State very well. The vocational schools set up in the 1940s and 1950s hugely benefited the...

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

Michael Moynihan: The reports that encouraged education as a means to get out of poverty were great inventions. One matter for regret over the past 40 years is that when new towns were being built to get rid of slums in Dublin and Limerick, houses were built without proper facilities and they forgot about putting a proper education system in place to ensure the new towns were not just housing units. This...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Language (17 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed progress on the Irish Language Act with the Northern Executive and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44891/12]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Nuclear Disarmament Initiative (17 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with EU actions to curb Iranian efforts to achieve armed nuclear capability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44902/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (17 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the outstanding headage payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45032/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (17 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the outstanding single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45106/12]

Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Deputy Ó Caoláin for tabling the motion and I appreciate the opportunity to contribute to the debate. In any discussion on home help the constant line we get back from the public is that the home help service is value for money. The home help service saves the State by allowing people to stay in their own communities for longer. Of all the schemes the State has...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Sale of State Assets (11 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for selling off parts of Bord Gáis and the potential impact this could have on the work of Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43709/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Resources (11 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in view of estimates that the Barryroe Oilfield contains more than a billion barrels of oil, his plans to maximise the benefit to the State of such resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43705/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (11 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the maximum amount of savings a person can have and still be entitled to qualify for rent allowance. [43934/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Incentives (11 Oct 2012)

Michael Moynihan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the EU Commission proposals that aim to cap crop based bio-fuel production to a maximum of 5% of total transport fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43957/12]