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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: Were there contentious issues of state aid being refused in Ireland or that type of thing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Secretary General. (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Secretary General and his team here today. I commend them on the role they played during the EU Presidency. I agree with the concerns expressed by other speakers on public procurement. Are there any recent examples of Ireland being granted allowances under the state aid policy? Is there an equal interpretation of those rules across the EU? Is there an appetite for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities for Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (11 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the ambassador to the meeting and wish his country the very best during the forthcoming six months of its Presidency. What impact has the instability in the European Union and world economies had on Lithuania? He referred to the autumn summit in Vilnius between the EU and its eastern partnership countries. How are relations between the EU and its eastern partnership countries?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the Minister and his officials. I appreciate that this is a review of the Action Plan for Jobs, for which I commend the Minister and the Department because it sets out clearly the actions needed and, most importantly, identifies responsibilities. I commend the Minister's engagement with SMEs and stakeholders. I attended one of his meetings in Galway city which was very well...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Single Euro Payments Area (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of many Irish businesses regarding the non-mandatory status of the single euro payment area B2B which, despite the benefits to business and hence employment, has not been granted a timetable for implementation by Irish banks with the result that the SEPA core framework, intended for persons, will apply to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the reasons his Department has decided not to re-evaluate the base school status of schools this year; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this decision is negatively affecting certain schools (details supplied) in County Galway. [33485/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the context of the move to bring plurality to educational patronage, parents seeking a school in the Steiner model will be accommodated in County Galway and elsewhere in the West. [33486/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 337. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if rent supplement may be paid to a person in respect of a dwelling which was bequeathed to that person and several other siblings in equal shares; and if her Department officials are empowered to demonstrate a degree of flexibility in respect of the different circumstances of each case while also remaining within the general qualifying...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 403. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for enforcing speed limits in view of the clear disregard for speed limits on certain roads as evidenced on National Slow Down Day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33477/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 404. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide further financial assistance to enable the installation of speed cameras. [33478/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulation of Sunbed Use (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 557. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the dramatic 138% increase between 1994 and 2010 of skin cancer cases, if legislation regulating the use of sunbeds will be introduced with particular reference to younger persons and those with at-risk skin types. [33481/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Strategy (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 556. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made to date on meeting the primary health strategy commitment of establishing between 400 and 600 functioning primary care teams by the end of 2014 [33480/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 558. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the presumably unintended anomaly whereby medical card holders are charged the prescription charge twice where a single prescription item is dispensed at different strengths to make up the prescribed strength and if action will be taken to address same. [33487/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 578. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide for anti-speeding measures with particular reference to roads identified by groups in the national slow down day speed surveys (details supplied), as they are proven to reduce risk and save lives. [33478/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Disposal of Hazardous Waste (4 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. I do not doubt the presence of plenty of paper safeguards, regulations and rules that can be quoted, many of which have been mentioned by the Minister of State. Unfortunately, as it happens in this case, those rules and regulations are not being followed or at least that is the concern. In this case, radioactive material is not being labelled or...

Topical Issue Debate: Disposal of Hazardous Waste (4 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: I assume Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science is taking this issue. Is that the case?

Topical Issue Debate: Disposal of Hazardous Waste (4 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for choosing this topic. With no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, it is a pity that the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is not here. This arises all too often. This issue was recently brought to my attention and it has raised several unsettling facts. Coincidentally, this week has seen the welcome...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairman Designate of the National Standards Authority of Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: Does the NSAI use international standards for comparison of various products?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairman Designate of the National Standards Authority of Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Ms O'Neill and Mr. Buckley to the meeting. I wish Ms O'Neill well as chairperson. What challenges does she face in the role? Are there specific issues, for example, in the corporate plan for 2013 to 2015? With regard to new product development and standards relating to foreign direct investment, where does the authority come on board in this process? The US FDA was mentioned....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rates Reductions (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the introduction of a special reduced VAT rate for housing repair, maintenance and improvement work carried out as suggested by Chambers Ireland. [32194/13]