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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities are obliged to adopt voluntary sector plans which would facilitate the creation of the best environment for community, voluntary and non-Governmental organisations in each city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32228/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Impact (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in addressing the difficulties which small to medium sized businesses located in town and village centres are experiencing in meeting the cost of commercial rates; and if central Government can provide incentives to local authorities to adopt a more flexible job friendly rate mechanism. [32285/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hazardous Waste Disposal (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 699. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the procedures in place to ensure the safe disposal of hazardous waste, including radioactive material, from public and private hospitals here; and the steps open to citizens should they harbour concerns regarding the safety of such waste disposal [32195/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 700. To ask the Minister for Health if the system for providing support services, educational, vocational or otherwise, can be urgently assessed so that a permanent, more effective framework can be implemented which would provide certainty as well as options for persons with disabilities graduating from second level education. [32198/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Threshold (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Kyne: 703. To ask the Minister for Health if the drugs payment scheme threshold will be protected, or preferably reduced, in recognition of the many citizens with long-term but manageable illnesses who are ineligible for medical cards and rely on the drugs payment scheme to help meet the costs associated with health care [32286/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Appointments (27 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: 266. To ask the Minister for Health if the post of Chief Dental Advisor to his Department was filled recently by way of an open public competition; and if not, the reasons for same [31357/13]

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: Perhaps unsurprisingly, this issue is the one on which I have received the most correspondence since my election to the House. I have received emails, letters, postcards, telephone calls and messages on social media. I have met hundreds of people, sometimes in Leinster House, but mostly in my constituency and at clinics. I was the only politician from the constituencies of Galway West and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Budget 2014 Proposals: Discussion with IBEC (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the representatives from IBEC. I attended with Deputy Calleary and others a meeting in Galway a couple of weeks ago at which we went through a number of the points under discussion today. Does IBEC have a concern about the earlier timing of the budget given that November is the key tax month to plan for things? Is there a concern about a possible impact on the validity of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Alternative Ten Point Plan for Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Mr. Murphy and Mr. Talbot. Senator Quinn asked a number of the questions I had intended to ask. It is great to see proposals like this. Like other speakers, I would have liked to have seen more figures with regard to costs, etc. Perhaps the members of the delegation can work on that over the period ahead. Can they elaborate on the French model to which they referred? The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Student Universal Support Ireland appeals process takes up to six weeks; the reason a person (details supplied) has been required to confirm their nationality and residency, on multiple occasions, when the said person has never resided outside of this jurisdiction. [30818/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the processing by Student Universal Support Ireland of additional information, in this case an invoice for the cost of an educational course of a person (details supplied) in County Galway which has caused the grant application to be erroneously considered in the appeals process; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Issues (25 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: 540. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the progress at addressing the issues raised by an organisation (details supplied) from County Galway. [30609/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CES (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Mr. Freudenstein and thank him for his contribution. We had similar discussions at previous meetings and with Francis Jacobs from European Parliament Ireland. Mr. Freudenstein is trying to improve democracy and accountability at a time of increasing unpopularity of the concept of the European Union and polarisation within many member states owing to the economic crisis. This time...

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: This is a very important Bill and part of the programme for Government between our two parties. The difference between the election to Seanad Éireann and the referendum on abolishing it as the 32nd amendment to the Constitution is striking. Unlike the election to the Seanad, a referendum allows every Irish citizen over the age of 18 to have a vote and a say. The Seanad, as is, is...

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Support Services Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister of State for her response and I appreciate the ongoing work taking place on this issue and the work Genio has done for many years. The additional €4 million provided under the HSE service plan is welcome but it is not adequate. I appreciate the Minister of State and the HSE are liaising and negotiating with service providers but they need to ensure at this stage...

Topical Issue Debate: Disability Support Services Provision (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue for discussion. I also welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, to the House. I was here this time last year raising a similar issue and thankfully the difficulties were addressed for the parents and children in question. Unfortunately, we are back again this year with new parents and new children facing the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the European Union: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Mr. Jacobs and thank him for his contribution. This time next year we will have 600 plus fewer county councillors, and depending on the passage of the referendum on the abolition of the Seanad, we may have fewer Members of the Oireachtas in 2016. The number of politicians in Ireland will be reduced. That will give more of a profile or the possibility of a higher profile for MEPs....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the continuation of favourable tax treatment to families involved in passing on family farms from one generation to the next particularly in view of how central such a policy is in sustaining the model of agriculture preferred here and in Europe and how central farms are to our rural communities. [29290/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Agencies Issues (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: 162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there is a conflict of interest between the statutory autonomy of the Valuation Tribunal and the financial control over the Tribunal by the Commissioner of Valuation, the accounting office of the Valuation Office, which is the respondent in all valuation appeals heard by the tribunal. [29289/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Regulation (18 Jun 2013)

Seán Kyne: 184. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the statistics from Forfás on Ireland's competitiveness performance which demonstrates a less favourable ranking in terms of dealing with construction permits, getting electricity and enforcing contacts when compared with other similar sized nations, the steps he is taking to improve Ireland's performance. [29291/13]