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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his Department's procedures for collecting and maintaining data on capacity in the primary school network such as the number of classrooms in use and spare and if he is concerned at the under-utilisation of classrooms in city-based schools exemplified by the case of one school in Galway city in which six of the twelve...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (22 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate the progress made on preparing and enacting legislation in order that families of Irish citizens who die abroad can obtain an Irish death certificate or a document of equal validity and significance. [24756/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card (22 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the new public services card; if this will be on a national, regional or scheme basis; and if her Department will be establishing new centres to furnish members of the public with the card in as efficient and timely manner as possible. [24788/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions Legislation (22 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 210. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when it is envisaged that the Criminal Justice Spent Convictions Bill will be passed in view of the importance of the Bill in assisting those citizens move on from minor misdemeanours. [24787/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2012: Discussion with European Movement Ireland (21 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome Ms Sparks and Mr. Richmond to the committee and commend them for their report; it has a lot of valuable detail. MEPs took umbrage at some of the things in it but was there any explanation for the 15% drop in the number of speeches between 2011 and 2012 and the 33% drop in the number of parliamentary questions? I know there was a comment on the costs of answering parliamentary...

Other Questions: Road Projects Status (15 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister for his response. I am a long-time supporter of the Galway city outer bypass, which has been tied up in court for a number of years. Last month, the European Court of Justice ruled on it and the matter has reverted to the Supreme Court. Will the Minister reiterate his and the Government's support for the bypass? Will he comment on the imperative reasons of overriding...

Other Questions: Road Projects Status (15 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister for his reply. Since the announcement of the stimulus plan, we have waited for the N11-Newlands Cross project to get the go-ahead. That has now happened. The Minister stated that negotiations are under way with the preferred bidder on the M17-M18 project. How far along are they and when does the Minister expect them to conclude? It is a key infrastructural project...

Other Questions: Road Projects Status (15 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Galway City Outer Bypass with regard to an IROPI application which is necessary to progress this much-needed infrastructure project for Galway and the West. [22950/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Strategy (15 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will elaborate on the actions he and his Department and agencies have taken to combat injuries and fatalities on Irish roads to date in 2013. [22951/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Irish Language Issues (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 151. To ask the Taoiseach if a Cabinet Committee on Gaeilge and the Gaeltacht has been established, as outlined in the Twenty Year Strategy for the Irish Language; and if so, the number of occasions on which the committee has met. [23062/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Graduate Support Schemes (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of citizens who have graduated from the ICT skills conversion courses which began from March 2012 and are supported by her Department. [23058/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 319. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he plans to take in 2013 to deliver a National Step Change Initiative for Irish manufacturing with particular reference to assisting in the growth or establishment of indigenous sub-supply companies in sectors such as the medical devices industry. [23060/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Activation Measures (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseekers who have been called to interviews as part of her Department's strategy of having more regular and on-going engagement with jobseekers as set out in the pathways to work document. [22931/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 393. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made to date of the various actions as set out across the nine areas of action in the Twenty Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010 - 2030. [22922/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Conservation (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 409. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress achieved to date for energy efficiency improvements across the public sector as committed to in the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan. [22910/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 410. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm the level of funding which householders applied for under the better energy homes scheme and the better energy warmer homes scheme in 2012; the way these figures compare with 2011 and the amount available to the schemes in 2013. [22926/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: EU Directives (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 411. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline the progress made in transposing the Energy Efficiency Directive adopted by the European Council and Parliament in October 2012; the steps that will be required to complete the transposition and the timeframe, for the transposition's completion. [22927/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Conservation (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 412. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he woll report on the progress made in designing and finalising proposals for a domestic financing mechanism to stimulate energy efficiency projects as outlined in the green economy section of the Jobs Action Plan for 2013. [22928/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Schemes (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 415. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm the uptake of the energy efficiency retrofit fund which was announced as part of Budget 2013; and if he will indicate how successful the planned leveraging of funds from the private sector, in order to match the contribution from his Department, has been. [23063/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electric Vehicle Grants (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 416. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm the amount of grant funding, as well as the estimated number of vehicles purchased, under the two-year grant support scheme for the procurement of both battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland which was scheduled to...