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Other Questions: Mountain Recue Funding (19 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister for his supplementary reply. While I will not say they are joined up, his Department, along with the Department of Justice and Equality, and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, are working to provide possible sources of funding. Perhaps there should be a more centralised funding system for voluntary groups so they can avail of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (19 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the implementation of the ports policy; if his attention has been drawn to concerns that the designation of certain ports as ports of regional significance may inadvertently negatively impact on the ability of port companies to raise finance for port development plans; and when he intends to bring in...

Other Questions: Child Care Reports (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 77. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the progress of digitising inspection reports of child care facilities and on establishing a central database for such important inspection reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53809/13]

Other Questions: Child Care Reports (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: I ask the Minister the progress made on the central digitised database for the inspection reports on child care facilities sent to Pobal. This is an important issue in the light of the revelations on "Prime Time" earlier this year.

Other Questions: Child Care Reports (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: It is welcome that 1,912 documents are now online. It is important that parents know what is happening in their children's care facilities. The same applies to parents who are considering sending their children to a new care service. Responsibility for the new system of registration for the country's 4,000 child care facilities will rest with the Child and Family Agency from January 2014....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Report 2012: Discussion with European Court of Auditors (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Mr. Cardiff and his officials to the meeting and thank him for his very interesting report. Mr. Cardiff stated that half of the Court of Auditors' resources are used for the purpose of preparation of the annual report. Mr. Cardiff might clarify whether that also includes the court's investigative work. Mr. Cardiff also stated that the increase in the error margin since 2009 is...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 97. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if childcare companies, particularly those in the community and voluntary sector, register a modest surplus at the end of the year on account of careful and effective spending on the State funding received will be permitted to retain and re-invest said moneys into facilities; and if she will provide assurances that the State grants for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 416. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that women employed by local authorities prior to 1981 were not obliged the make contributions to the widows and orphans scheme; if a person (details supplied) in County Galway is obliged to pay arrears to the widows and orphans scheme; the time period for which these arrears apply; and the exact rule...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 625. To ask the Minister for Health further to the introduction of insulin pump treatment for diabetes, particularly for children, when such pumps will be made available in view of the fact that some parents and children in the Health Service Executive west area received training on the use of such equipment in May 2013 [54296/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Inspections (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the inspection procedure for health facilities, in particular hospitals; if there is a difference in the inspection procedures between public and private hospitals; if inspections are pre-arranged with facilities receiving prior notification; and if so, if it would be more effective to have on-the-spot, random inspections for all health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (17 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 638. To ask the Minister for Health while accepting that the income threshold has been exceeded in the case of a family of a girl with a disability (details supplied) if medical evidence has been taken into account and if the high level of care required by the applicant and provided by their parents has been taken into account, especially as their mother does not work in order to deliver the...

Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes Data (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the mapping and digitisation of uplands takes account of the fact that hill areas contain inclines and slopes that cannot be correctly measured by a mapping system which has regard only for the base area of the mapped area; if he will describe the procedure for mapping elevated lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes Data (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: I am asking the Minister whether the procedure within the mapping system for measuring gross area is different in the case of mountain or elevated land, as opposed to flat land.

Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes Data (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: I am not talking about any particular case. I often drive past large mountainous commonage areas that are sloped. Penalties are being imposed on many farmers who are thought to have over-claimed. They are losing money because of this. I think it is a genuine issue. Farmers could be losing a certain number of hectares on the basis of assessments involving the mapping system that is used...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (12 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the mapping of forage hectares will be completed for Irish farmers; his views that these annual mapping issues are causing a lot of concern to farmers; if he acknowledges that some lands in REP scheme or agri-environmental schemes over a number of years are liable to become overgrown and lead to penalties under overdeclaration...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill is a very significant step on the road to our country ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. For far too long this area of law has been neglected to the extent that the current provisions are helplessly and hopelessly outdated and do not reflect the standards that we should exceed in a modern republic. Very often...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the funding arrangements in place to avoid the delays experienced in securing appropriate services for persons with a disability upon graduating from school in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53338/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 209. To ask the Minister for Health in the context of the aims and objectives espoused in the report of the disability policy review, if progress has been made on providing persons with a disability and their families with the options of selecting services which best meet their needs; if he will consider piloting a new system such as this in the Health Service Executive west region; and if he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Review of Foreign Policy: Discussion with Minister of State (10 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister of State and apologise for being late for the early part of the meeting. I concur with what has been said regarding the embassies, which are an important asset for the country. The review should consider the area of trade and the most important trading links. There are too few embassies. Their location and the large areas not covered by embassies should be part of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on reducing waiting times and achieving efficiencies in the citizenship application process since 2011; and the impact this has had on the number of persons in the direct provision system. [52635/13]