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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...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: In common with a number of colleagues, I have already acknowledged in this House that mistakes were made by the Government and Irish Water in regard to this project. It is important to put up our hands. Those mistakes relate to the ambitious scale of the project, its timescale and the speed of its implementation. A particular difficulty was the complexity of the charging regime, with even...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (19 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 19. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if measures are being introduced to professionalise child care provision which would be of benefit to child care providers, in terms of personal development and recognition of skills acquired but also for ensuring a high standard of child care at facilities across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43965/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (19 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 23. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if progress has been made on introducing a second year of the early childhood care and education programme; if there is an indicative timeframe for its introduction in view of the success, as verified by research, of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43964/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (19 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway in relation to disadvantaged areas scheme and single payment scheme. [44507/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: Does Mr. Nolan think there should be a body within NERA or an independent body to cover the wider construction sector, including electrical contractors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: Perhaps Mr. Costigan has a view on that area as well. Reference was made to 46,000 workers on relevant contracts tax, RCT. Are those figures from Revenue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: When Mr. Costigan met with the Revenue Commissioners, did they not explain it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: Like Deputy Calleary, I am concerned about the notion of substantial representation. I am not sure I am clearer on it but it is an issue of concern and it needs to be examined more closely. Mr. Nolan mentioned subcontractors who constitute a particular group of people and it was the subject of a recent "Prime Time" programme. Mr. Nolan highlighted a case, which I will not name, and he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2013: European Movement Ireland (18 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Ms Noelle O'Connell and Mr. Neale Richmond and commend them on their oversight report on the Oireachtas and our Ministers abroad. European Movement Ireland recommends a consistent methodology for this tracking and analysis? How does it hope it will be implemented? Are different trends in the engagement of established member states and newer member states from the former eastern...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (18 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of JobsPlus positions, as distinct from the companies which are participating, which have been taken up in counties Galway and Mayo; and if this scheme is kept under review to ensure that the widest possible number of organisations may avail of it. [44328/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Drainage Schemes Status (18 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the works at a location (details supplied) in County Galway. [44367/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (18 Nov 2014)

Seán Kyne: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 4 November 2014, if revised reference areas in maps sent to two separate shareholders (details supplied) are the reference areas that will be used for further applications to his Department. [44070/14]