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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection while acknowledging the introduction of the new housing assistance payment, if a more flexible approach can be adopted regarding the rent supplement scheme in areas such as Galway city which is experiencing a rise in rental prices and in consideration that the roll-out of HAP is being performed on a phased basis; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Reform (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 386. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department representatives, formerly community welfare officers, have access to information such as bank statements and other documentation supplied by customers to her Department's local offices; and if not, if consideration will be given to introducing a system onto which documents could be uploaded giving DSP representatives immediate...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the implementation of the proposed housing assistance payment can be fast-tracked to assist in alleviating the problem of housing which is particularly prominent in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26085/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (17 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 744. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to including the medication, fampyra, for multiple sclerosis on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26118/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Installation Aid Schemes Eligibility (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister for his reply. I recognise that he is supportive of this group and that, as he stated in his response, he is actively investigating alternative ways of assisting them. Are the Minister's counterparts in Europe actively pursuing this issue? Will it be possible to put in place alternative arrangements by way of addendum to the existing regulations, albeit regulations not...

Topical Issue Debate: Installation Aid Schemes Eligibility (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for choosing this topical issue. I know the Minister is attuned to the needs of young farmers and that he supported them in the recent Common Agricultural Policy review. For the first time in the history of the CAP there is a chapter dedicated to young farmers, which consists of a mandatory top-up on payments in the first years of farming. Macra na...

Topical Issue Debate: Installation Aid Schemes Eligibility (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: -----or could the national reserve be made available to them or some initiative in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister of State to the committee. He mentioned that there would be no great surprises in these recommendations. The Government has been dealing with the relevant matters for a while. The recommendations continue on from the troika's programme. On Tuesday, I asked a question of the Minister, Deputy Bruton, at the jobs committee. These are classed as recommendations, but...

Other Questions: Broadband Services Provision (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I certainly welcome the Government initiative announced in April on rural broadband and the State-led intervention. It is an issue that has come up repeatedly over the past number of years and certainly during the most recent canvas, particularly in the most rural areas. However, this issue was not limited to such areas, as companies with inadequate services were also identified in places...

Other Questions: Broadband Services Provision (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: In respect of the roll-out of rural broadband, has a decision been made on whether one company will receive a tender or whether it will be split into regional areas? Second, how does the ESB (Electronic Communications Networks) Act 2014, which was passed some time ago, fit in? Presumably it will be ready in order that a company may co-operate with the ESB to use its infrastructure for...

Other Questions: Broadband Services Provision (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the progress of the rural broadband implementation plan; if the plan has cleared the EU regulations; and when it is hoped to begin the roll out of broadband infrastructure to the rural locations identified recently. [24720/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (12 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the planned roll-out of State-supported broadband infrastructure will include locations close to urban areas, such as Bushypark in Galway, which are near the upgraded infrastructure of companies such as Eircom but which are not serviced by the private operators, particularly in the context of employment and businesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Supports for SME Sector: European Commission (11 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the director general, Mr. Calleja Crespo, and his team to the meeting. I have two brief questions. He mentioned promoting entrepreneurship and starting at primary school level. Are there Europe-wide programmes with regard to that initiative? On internationalisation, any new trade agreement obviously entails both opportunities and threats. Are certain sectors concerned about the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (11 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 13. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available to support art galleries and exhibitions, particularly in Galway and other locations outside Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24451/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Natural Heritage Areas Designation (11 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 32. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has sought a report into the recent actions of the National Parks and Wildlife Service pertaining to turf cutting on Knockarasar bog in Galway; if there has been any change in policy regarding this type of bog; the date on which the Moycullen district bogs were designated as NHAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Ms O'Toole and the other witnesses. Like others, I express support for Mr. Younis's plight. That sort of discrimination should not happen to anybody; it is disgraceful. Did the witnesses meet the Department prior to publication of the Bill, or even after it, and sound out the Minister or his officials in relation to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations: Discussion (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister and his officials. I apologise for having had to step out and hope that nothing I ask has been already covered. The Minister said there are no great surprises and it does not seem to me that the committee or the Dáil would need to deal with the country-specific recommendations. In the legal context, are they recommendations, directives or directions? Are there...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the operation of community welfare services, following the reorganisation with a new focus on telephone services and home visits has been monitored and kept under review; if her Department has sought feedback; if any recommendations have arisen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24122/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the Civil Registration Bill 2014; when this Bill will be introduced; and if, in view of the regrettable delays at amending the law regarding the issuance of death certificates of Irish persons who die while abroad, the Bill will have sufficient retrospective applicability. [24123/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (10 Jun 2014)

Seán Kyne: 414. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment option scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); the result of an inspection undertaken on their farm; and the penalty if any to be applied. [24301/14]