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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Initiatives: Discussion with ConnectIreland (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: I missed the presentation but I heard the programme before and I have read some of the material. Like my colleagues, I commend, compliment and congratulate the representatives from ConnectIreland. I hope that the organisation goes from strength to strength. We will do our best to spread the message to try to promote Ireland. Reference was made to the welcome and appreciation shown in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Grazing Rights (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans for farmers participating in the Twelve Bens-Garraun complex in Connemara; the negotiations his Department has had with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding said farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51461/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding VEC funded schools and voluntary religious schools, whether VEC schools have a distinct advantage in terms of State funding to the detriment of voluntary religious schools; if he accepts that this is having a negative effect on schools being able to attract pupils equally particularly in areas which have schools in close...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if recognition and extra supports are provided or can be provided for schools which do not have selective entrance policies such as entrance exams and interviews compared with neighbouring schools. [51865/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is a critical number of teachers required to fulfil the full curriculum in secondary schools and if he acknowledges that the future survival of a secondary school in a rural location could be endangered where teacher numbers fall below a critical level. [51962/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Media Mergers (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 145. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of legislation to deal with media ownership which will promote diversity and prevent monopolies; if he has had discussions with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on the matter; and when such legislation will be introduced into the legislative process. [51959/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 197. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the method of calculation, used by her Department, of maintenance payments payable by the father of a child to the mother of the child; the effect maintenance payments have on one parent family payments and if the information regarding such rules and regulations are available to the public. [51971/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ferry Services Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 215. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 26 November 2013, the qualifications the adjudicators of the tender process in the provision of cargo services to the Aran Islands had regarding issues of marine and maritime practice; and if he is satisfied with the level of qualifications in view of the specialist issues at stake....

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ferry Services Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 216. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 26 November 2013, if the present operators of the Aran Islands cargo service are in adherence with the tender requirements to dock at Inis Meáin pier; if the present vessel being used has the thruster power to dock in bad weather at Inis Meáin; the number of days in 2013 in...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ferry Services Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 217. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 26 November 2013, if in the open competitive tender process unsuccessful candidates had a vessel which fulfilled the stated criteria of being able to transport petrol and of having a crane capable of landing cargo; and if he will provide the marks they were awarded in comparison with the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ferry Services Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 218. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 26 November 2013, if this response confirms that the service provider successful in the tender process is not currently, nor since 1 January 2013, providing a service within the terms specified in the tender documents. [51948/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Media Mergers (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 231. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the progress of media ownership legislation which will promote diversity and prevent monopolies; and if he has had discussions with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on this matter. [51961/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (3 Dec 2013)

Seán Kyne: 461. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 665 of 26 November 2013, if he will confirm if there will be categories of persons excluded, for whatever reasons, from being organ donors if and when the opt-out organ donation system is introduced. [51972/13]

Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2013)

Seán Kyne: Road safety is an issue on which there has been substantial progress in the past decade. Improving safety and saving lives on our roads is a concern for all parties and all Members of this House. Credit is due to the Opposition, the former Government, for commencing strategies and reforms at a time when there was a death on Irish roads for every day of the year and more besides. Much...

Topical Issue Debate: Fire Stations Provision (28 Nov 2013)

Seán Kyne: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire, Deputy Hogan, sa Teach inniu chun an cheist thábhachtach seo do Chonamara theas a phlé, an ceart atá ag daoine eile i nGaillimh stáisiún dóiteáin a bheith acu sa cheantar. Níl a fhios agam cén fáth gur tharla sé go bhfuil seacht stáisiúin dóiteáin i nGaillimh thoir ach nach bhfuil ach...

Topical Issue Debate: Fire Stations Provision (28 Nov 2013)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister for his reply. I acknowledge my colleague, Deputy Nolan, who has expressed a good deal of interest in this area as well. I appreciate the Minister's response and I understand the position. I stated at the meeting in Carraroe that I was unsure of the commitment of the manager and the management team to this area and whether they would be able to come up with the running...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance (28 Nov 2013)

Seán Kyne: 28. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has an Irish language service plan; if not, the steps being taken to ensure that her Department can meet its public service delivery objectives through the first official language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50837/13]

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Seán Kyne: I acknowledge the excellent publication received from the Irish Forestry and Forest Products Association which gave a very interesting overview of the forestry sector. It contains some facts and figures which are very valuable to the debate. It is worth putting on record that in 2012, the forestry sector contributed some €2.2 billion to the Irish economy. Overall, afforestation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Social Dimension of Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Nov 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome our three guests. Professor Callan mentioned symmetry in the adjustment process and pressure on deficit countries. It is fair enough, as pressure is presumably applied to reduce their deficits, but he stated that the European Commission "fails to impose similar pressure on the surplus countries". Will he expand on this point? Does he mean a surplus country should be required to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Seán Kyne: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the findings of the Chief Inspector's Report 2010-2012; the steps he intends to take arising from the findings with particular reference to improving the quality of teaching and the quality of learning of the Irish language at post-primary level. [50836/13]