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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Réamhscoileanna Gaeilge (11 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 562. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs an féidir léi gné den Ghaeilge a ionchorprú in oiliúint oideachais agus oiliúint cúramóirí gairmiúla i gcomhthéacs na n-áiseanna cúraim leanaí, go háirithe i gceantair ina bhfuil céatadán measartha den phobal ag labhairt na Gaeilge. [6910/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Réamhscoileanna Gaeilge (11 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs an bhfuil an Ghaeilge mar ábhar de chuid na Scéime um Chúram agus Oideachas Luath-Óige (COLO) agus mura bhfuil, an féidir breathnú air sin, i gcomhthéacs na haidhme foriomláine líon na ndaoine a úsáideann an Ghaeilge a mhéadú agus tacú le hinmharthanacht leanúnach...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Issues (11 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 682. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the community involvement scheme introduced in 2013; the uptake of the scheme; and if a similar investment project would be considered for footpath projects. [6906/14]

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: I am happy to speak on the County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill. Unfortunately, there is a cynical school of thought that regards any effort to reform this area as a cover for cost savings and reductions. While it is true that cost is always a factor, and no more so than when the State is recovering from a severe economic shock, the reforms being implemented in this Bill are about...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (6 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 21. To ask the Minister for Defence if any unit of the Defence Forces, aside from the contingent of the Permanent Defence Force deployed with the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, is assisting with UN and international humanitarian relief efforts to assist the hundreds of thousands of persons displaced by the violence in Syria. [5565/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (6 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 32. To ask the Minister for Defence the qualifying criteria and the procedure for the Irish Defence Forces to be called upon to assist in circumstances necessitated by severe storms; if the financial cost of such assistance would be borne by local authorities or if it would be covered by the existing financial resources supplied to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: This is an important Bill and I am delighted to see it before the Dáil. I commend the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, and his officials. The publication of whistleblower legislation is a clear commitment in the programme for Government. In 2012 the Mahon tribunal's report strongly recommended strengthening protection for whistleblowers....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (5 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the new form and letter that has been sent to persons seeking asylum regarding applications for subsidiary protection; if his attention has been drawn to the problems being encountered by persons seeking asylum regarding solicitors announcing an inability to assist with the new form and letter; if he appreciates that the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (5 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the progress of the creation of the new Irish human rights and equality commission; when the new commission will commence its examination of section 37 of the Employment Equality Act 1998; and the expected duration of this examination. [5340/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (4 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the level of engagement the management and board of Irish Water have with the Oireachtas; if he will share the view that Irish Water should engage and provide progress updates to the Oireachtas by way of Oireachtas committee on a monthly basis during the establishment phase; and if he will confirm that any...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (4 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Galway Volunteer Centre's funding will be maintained at the existing 2013 level for this year to enable the organisation to continue its effective work at promoting and facilitating voluntary work in Galway; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the centre has facilitated over 208,000...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (4 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person working in a public sector body is eligible to transfer to a civil service Government Department; if a central system for facilitating transfers within the Civil Service, the public sector and between the Civil Service and public sector has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5679/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Issues (4 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the options open to a public sector employee who has been aggrieved, has reported the grievance to higher level management on several occasions but with no examination or successful hearing of the issues concerned but remains in a unsatisfactory, unproductive and unsafe work environment which is proving to be detrimental to the health...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Patent Law (4 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 270. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views, in the context of the reform of European patent law and the creation of a Unified Patent Court, of the siting of a court in London which will have jurisdiction over Ireland and will create binding judgments that will affect all Irish businesses; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns among the Irish legal...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Patent Law (4 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the creation of the EU Unified Patent Court by intergovernmental treaty, if his attention has been drawn to concerns that the siting of the local division of the UPC in London will have a number of negative consequences including the impact on foreign direct investment, the increased costs of litigation for Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (4 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 411. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of the national broadband mapping project and of his Department's discussions and dialogue with the European Commission regarding state aid, which will be necessary to meet the Government's commitment of ensuring all households and businesses have access to high-speed broadband by 2016. [5682/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement (4 Feb 2014)

Seán Kyne: 494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the Private Residential Tenancies Board is empowered to impose a penalty which is the effective doubling of the registration fee for rented properties; the source of this specific power; and his views that a tapered penalty would be more appropriate in the cases of genuine and honest delayed...

Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2014)

Seán Kyne: Forfás has played a primary role in enterprise, trade, science, technology and innovation. Its dissolution and transfer of its powers and staff is part of the reform measures within the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to improve the ability of the Department to put in place policies to deliver and create jobs. I commend the excellent staff in the Department who will be...

Other Questions: Damáiste Stoirme (29 Jan 2014)

Seán Kyne: Mar atá a fhios ag an Aire Stáit, bhí an-damáiste déanta ar fud Chonamara ag tús na bliana sna stoirmeacha móra. Chonaic mé an damáiste sin in Inis Oírr, Inis Mór agus Inis Bó Finne, agus teastaíonn a lán airgid chun na fadhbanna sin a dheisiú. Tá a fhios agam go dteastaíonn cúnamh ón Rialtas agus...

Other Questions: Departmental Funding (29 Jan 2014)

Seán Kyne: 6. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department have given any commitment to the Health Service Executive to jointly fund the building of a new health centre in Inishbofin (details supplied). [3968/14]