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Central Bank Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: One of the features of the financial instability and turmoil that the country faced some five years ago was that of institutions acting outside their areas of traditional competency. Building societies exemplify this. Institutions that previously had been concerned solely with providing financial assistance to people to purchase homes expanded into commercial and property sectors. The...

Other Questions: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (9 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on providing additional support, from the budget for 2015 or from this year's departmental budget - should the State's financial position improve to the extent that additional resources may be found - for the book rental schemes already in operation in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16451/14]

Other Questions: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (9 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: In the light of the negotiations that will take place on the budget for 2015, does the Minister envisage seeking additional resources for book rental schemes in schools in which such schemes are already in operation?

Other Questions: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (9 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister for his reply. I also thank him and the Government for making €5 million available this year for the establishment of new schemes. I was contacted by the principal of Scoil Shéamais Naofa in Bearna who informed me that it had had a partial book rental scheme in place for the past two years. The scheme cannot be extended to the entire school as a result of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (9 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a committee in operation to advise him on education matters; the membership of the committee; if such a committee has representatives from Gaeltacht schools, alongside representatives of Gaelscoileanna, particularly in view of the different challenges that face Gaeltacht schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16452/14]

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill. It is a key deliverable of the public sector reform plan published in 2011 in terms of the streamlining of our State bodies. I acknowledge that the acting chairman designate, at the launch of the annual reports for 2013 of the Equality Authority and the Irish Human Rights Commission in November of last year, stated that it is a...

Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: The Minister's office has confirmed that a Minister will be available next Tuesday, 15 April 2014 and I will defer it until then.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of the review of the EU VAT directive and with regard to the campaign by MEPs, supported by national public representatives, if he will extend the favourable VAT terms which currently apply to marine-based rescue services to mountain rescue teams, and in consideration that the overall decision will be made by the relevant Council of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 34. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in the context of capital acquisitions tax, consideration can, subject to the wishes of a parent, be given to reducing the length of time a foster child is required to be in the care of an individual before that person is treated as a child or adopted child for the purposes of inheritance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16181/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Food Security (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if food security is being examined as part of the review of Ireland's review of foreign policy and if there is further scope for drawing on the expertise and knowledge of Ireland's farming community in assisting less developed countries in surmounting food security challenges; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress of the consultations to determine the areas to be included in the living cities initiative in each of the four cities involved; the status of the application to seek state aid approval; and the way applications are to be made under the Initiative. [16768/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the investment and development of the Dublin Institute of Technology which is preparing to relocate its constituent colleges to Grangegorman, the plans envisaged for the buildings currently in use by DIT such as those on Bolton Street and Cathal Brugha Street which have a long association of educational use for the public;...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Training (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the training that staff, such as case officers, receive regarding labour activation and job-seeking activities; if additional training opportunities have been provided for staff on account of the increased volume of clients and the welcome introduction of new support programmes and measures to assist job-seekers, and the steps open to a customer...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Construction Industry Register Ireland (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 410. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm and provide the membership of the Construction Industry Register Ireland evaluation committee; if he will provide assurances that small- to medium-sized local builders, as well as sole traders, will not be at a disadvantage following the new requirements to register; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 415. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress, following the signing by Ireland of the Optional Protocol of the Convention against Torture on 2 October 2007, on ratifying this important component of the UN's human rights treaties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16760/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 416. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which Ireland signed on 29 March 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16761/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 417. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on the ratification for the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16762/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement of his Department with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and agencies such as Enterprise Ireland in assisting Irish food producers to commence or increase exporting, with a particular view to increasing the number of destination countries and thereby reduce dependancy on the British market. [16765/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (8 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the fodder crisis of winter-spring 2013, if his Department has drawn up plans to be enacted should such a serious crisis occur again particularly on account of the losses and hardship experienced by farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16766/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (3 Apr 2014)

Seán Kyne: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the current financial provision of the State to the overseas aid programmes; the number of recipient countries and recipient organisations in 2013; the planned number of each in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15384/14]