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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Offshore Islands (2 Dec 2014)

Seán Kyne: 95. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of engagement he has had with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht relating to funding for community development workers on, non-Gaeltacht, off-shore islands; if he has identified sources of funding to ensure the continuation of the work performed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (2 Dec 2014)

Seán Kyne: 112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress the new foreshore legislation particularly in view of the impact on seaweed harvesting, with reference to the rights, often found in land register folios, of seaweed harvesters and the rights of those harvesting for domestic use, traditionally working in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the progress of the prefab replacement programme; the number of schools that have had prefabs replaced by county; the number of schools still to be reached; and her plans and timeframe to replace the temporary structures with permanent classroom accommodation. [45268/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (27 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with the increase in enrolments in 2015 and for the next number of years her plans to ensure additional capacity, with particular reference to Galway city and county. [45269/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy (27 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance if it consideration is or will be given, as a mechanism for reducing taxation and giving back to taxpayers, to returning all or portions of the pension levy, which was introduced to fund job creation initiatives, particularly in the context of the improving financial and economic position of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45701/14]

Human Rights Budgeting: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the motion and thank Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan for tabling it. It is important to have such a debate not just about the economy, but society, which is about people, families and communities. One must look at the context of the recession we have had for the past three years. Technically, we are in recovery stage currently but the primary goal when the Government came to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent NGO forum on human rights which his Department hosted, and the way his Department will assist in implementing the UN's guiding principles on business and human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45058/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Climate Change Policy (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role he plays in ensuring that climate justice features in the upcoming legislation on climate change in view of the fact that it will take into account the disproportionate effects which some developing countries have experienced as a result of climate change and aside from the legislation; if any other diplomatic efforts are being...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that volunteer centres across the country are to lose funding arising from the restructuring of the local development companies system which heretofore has allocated what has come to be known as the 1% funding for encouraging volunteering to the volunteer centres; if his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Audit: FIT Limited (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: I presumed so. The 7,000 figure sounds familiar. Have we missed the boat? Will companies outsource and continue to train people from other spheres? That is not an issue and is good for the economy. There is a pilot scheme to provide 200 places and Mr. Davitt said that FIT aspires to have up to 3,000 places within three to five years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Audit: FIT Limited (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: Is the delegation confident that 7,000 places will be filled or will still be available by using this model?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Audit: FIT Limited (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: Are people with level 8 qualifications or third level degrees returning? Are these jobs open to them? Is the delegation referring to people who have experience of third level? For a number of years governments here pushed to increase the number of third level graduates. Are these jobs an alternative opportunity? Parents sometimes push children by saying to them that they have to go to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Audit: FIT Limited (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Mr. Davitt and the group represented before the committee. The initiative it has enacted is exciting and I hope and I am confident that it will go from strength to strength. At third level it often goes in cycles and people tend to move into whatever sector is going well. The deputation will remember the dot coms in the early 2000s and the number of people who got involved in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the proposed science and technology park at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; the progress in developing this facility; if IDA Ireland or other relevant agencies in his Department has further plans and proposed visits to an industrial estate; and the infrastructural requirements to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Regulations (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 134. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if financial supports are available to allow small steel fabrication businesses to carry out retraining to upskill staff in order to comply with the new European standard IS EN 1090-1, which came into operation on 1 July 2014 regarding structural steelwork; if the local enterprise offices are permitted to fund such training; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Administration (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for a child to be assessed under the National Educational Psychological Service; the number of children on the waiting list for assessment; the number assessed per school year on average; the waiting list in Galway; her plans to improve the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44861/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if allowances will be provided for each parent in cases of separation and divorce in view of the sharing of parental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45336/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 588. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Bus Éireann, and other public transport providers, are required to meet obligations under the 2005 Disability Act, including providing wheelchair accessible travel; and the measures at the disposal of him to direct compliance with such obligations particularly in view of the importance of ensuring public transport serves all of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Penalties (20 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 59. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares a person (details supplied) was deemed to be over-claiming; the penalty that ensued; the deduction that was taken in 2014 for their 2013 single payment scheme and their 2013 disadvantaged areas scheme payment; the eligible area used for their 2014 SPS and DAS; and if a ground inspection has taken or will take...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (20 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 11 November 2014, if Inland Fisheries Ireland has a protocol in place to get written consent from a landowner before entering lands to carry out works; if land registry maps are consulted in order to establish proof of ownership; and his views that it is acceptable that lands...