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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (24 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 341. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the numbers and locations of post offices that closed in each of the years between 2005 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27330/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Island Communities (24 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 411. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans, under additional funding for islands, to help farmers with privately owned Islands with the cost of transporting stock and equipment from the mainland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26724/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility (24 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to farmers who volunteer lands to county councils for greenways, in terms of retaining the use of this land in calculating areas for entitlements and disadvantaged area payments as there are at present no compensatory payments being made to the farmers for this public good; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (24 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 435. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the proposed GLAS scheme, if his Department will provide farmers and/or planners with lists of farmers who have declared shares on any given commonage to make it possible to prepare plans. [27209/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (24 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 436. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the proposed GLAS scheme, the status of the maximum minimum commonage figures published in 2012 by the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if these will be used in the preparation of rural environment protection scheme plans. [27215/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (24 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 437. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the proposed GLAS scheme, the level of training and support that will be provided to the process by the National Parks and Wildlife Services and his Department; and when ecologists and agriculturalists will be selected and trained to do this work. [27217/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (24 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 438. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the proposed GLAS scheme, the structures that will be put in place to ensure that sustainable commonage management plans reach a common standard across the country. [27218/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Administration (24 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 439. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the proposed GLAS scheme, the reason the RDP leaves the issue of funding the costs of preparing GLAS plans to be borne by farmers alone when it could be funded/part funded directly by his Department under the knowledge transfer or collaborative support measures. [27219/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (24 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the proposed GLAS scheme his views on the process of getting agreement of 50% or 80% of active commonage shareholders in the preparation of a GLAS plan; the way a planner would be selected in view of the fact that many individual farmers have used different planners over the years. [27221/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (24 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 544. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the national cancer care guidelines regarding a 12 week period of referrals for routine cases; and if such a waiting time for an 18 year old with a lump on her breast is too long, in view of the stress such a wait would cause to a girl so young. [26725/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments (19 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is envisaged that a final decision on the future of the sheep grasslands scheme will be made; if it will be retained as a separate payment or if it will be integrated with single payment entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26136/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Scheme (19 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the consultation and discussion with farming groups regarding the GLAS scheme especially regarding 50% and 80% for the tiered participation of commonage shareholders in the scheme. [26132/14]

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: The Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013 is a perfect example of the reform that is needed. The Bill replaces an Act of the Oireachtas that is almost 60 years old and takes into account the changes that have occurred concerning maritime issues in that time. Charges are regularly made against the Government that it is not pursuing reform speedily enough or it is not ambitious...

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 6. To ask the Minister for Defence in recognition of the substantial number of Irish men and women who participated in the Great War, if the current Irish Defence Forces will be participating in commemorative events; if so, if he will outline such events particularly in the context of the forthcoming centenary of the war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25786/14]

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: This question relates to the Irish men who died in the Great War. Will the Irish Defence Forces be participating in commemorative events and, if so, will the Minister outline those events?

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the involvement of the Defence Forces in the commemoration of the First World War as we approach the centenary on 28 July. I acknowledge the sacrifice of 754 men from Galway and 720 men from Mayo who died in that conflict. It is only in recent years that there has been an attempt to remember the sacrifice that was made and the different reasons people fought, including for the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rights of Way Provision (18 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 21. To ask the Minister for Defence if a right of way access to a beach in Galway city by Renmore Barracks has been extinguished; the reason for same; if such reasons included those of privacy or security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25785/14]

Public Sector Management (Appointment of Senior Members of the Garda Síochána) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the publication of the Bill, as I would welcome the publication of any Bill that generates debate, and I congratulate Deputy Ross on its publication. I welcome the Minister and wish to take this first opportunity to congratulate her officially on her appointment as Minister under challenging circumstances in the year that is in it. One could say that 2014 will go down as the year...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: Many of the points have been covered so I will not repeat them. I welcome the group. There has been much talk about O'Connell Street. I do not believe O'Connell Street has been the same since they cut down the nice trees, but that is just a personal view. I used to come from the west and see the nice trees. Anyway, somebody made the decision. Online trade was mentioned. Coming from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Child Care Costs (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve the taxation arrangements regarding child care, such as exempting child care costs from tax liability when such a service is provided by an employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26124/14]