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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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 423. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if she will provide an update on the success of the employment services delivered through the Local and Community Development Programme; the number of beneficiaries in 2012; and the projected number for 2013. [23059/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 572. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made on establishing the Family Support Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22937/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Policy (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 715. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his Department's work at establishing the Money Follows the Patient model which was proposed to begin in shadow form this year; if the model has begun in all acute hospitals; and if he envisages that the timeframe is such that a full phased implementation of the new model will commence from January 2014. [23061/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (14 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 758. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made on establishing a bike rental scheme in Galway similar to the successful scheme in Dublin which is about to expand. [22929/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Schemes (9 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Minister for his response and I commend the work of the Minister, the Department and Enterprise Ireland and the bodies involved in the seed schemes for start-ups. There have been many positive developments over the past number of years in the area and we have seen the benefits of it. With regard to the venture capital fund, it depends on when the exit takes place. If it...

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Schemes (9 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter and I welcome the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to the House to discuss it. The Minister was in Galway a number of weeks ago for a very informative meeting on the jobs action plan. The businesses and entrepreneurs in attendance got a great deal out of it. One of the benefits of such meetings other than the...