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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (7 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 161. To ask the Minister for Defence the recreational facilities or areas for residents to exercise that will be retained at the asylum seeker centre Knockalisheen after the proposed sale of lands adjacent to the centre by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20384/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments (7 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the proposal to subsume the sheep grassland scheme into the single farm payment from 2015; if any resultant increase in such payments will be in addition to or instead of any increase resulting from convergence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20564/14]

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Discussion (6 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: Mr. Aston referred to difficulties in developing piers. One of the sub-committee's recommendations, which I wholly support, is to make it slightly easier for local authorities to secure funding for the design element of planning for piers. Central funding is already provided by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the bricks and mortar to construct piers. I am interested...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Discussion (6 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: I do not wish to appear uninterested in the broader presentation but Senator Ó Domhnaill addressed in great detail the difficulties pertaining to salmon fishing and so forth.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (6 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if State funding will be provided for architectural technology courses in third level institutes here in view of the changed context for architectural technology graduates here on foot of recent BCAR legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20187/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (6 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on whether to give the go-ahead for a school (details supplied) in County Clare to progress to planning for an autism unit in its revised location and for a new access road occasioned by the sale of the existing road by the school's patron body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20227/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Policy (6 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 301. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to nominate pilot areas as contained in the CEDRA report on energising Ireland's rural economy; if he has considered any areas of County Clare in that regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20201/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (6 May 2014)

Michael McNamara: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for speech and language therapy here; if speech and language therapists on maternity or long-term sick leave are replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20163/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Live Exports (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: So am I.

Topical Issue Debate: Live Exports (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: Look at the figures for beef prices.

Topical Issue Debate: Live Exports (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: What about the Libyan and Tunisian markets?

Topical Issue Debate: Live Exports (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: I commend the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine on holding a beef summit, which took place on the day the Dáil went into recess for Easter. While I welcome that it was held, I am afraid I cannot welcome the results of the summit, which have been very disappointing. In the two weeks since the summit was held, beef prices have barely increased. O3 steers increased by 0.3% in...

Topical Issue Debate: Live Exports (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: I do not know if the farming organisations are satisfied with it, but the farmers are not and I am not. Let us consider the figure: 0% increase; 0.3% reduction; 0.3% increase; 1% increase; 1% increase; 0.6% increase; 0.3% increase. These are across the various classifications of steers and young bulls. The figures speak for themselves. They are not my figures or the IFA's but are the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the case of a person (details supplied) who was sentenced to the death penalty in Abu Dhabi with the UAE authorities. [18674/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of previous studies carried out by the Office of Public Works into flooding at Ballycar Lough, near Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, and proposals to carry out works to, or adjacent to, the swallow hole in order to increase the capacity to take the outfall from Ballycar Lough during periods of prolonged...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will grant permission to Kilrush Town Council to utilise its own resources, which have been saved in a capital fund for the provision of an astro turf sports facility, to co-finance the grant approved from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and IPB Insurances Limited; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Kyoto Protocol (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 640. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has compiled any data on the role that hedgerows play in carbon sequestration and thereby in meeting Ireland's obligations under the Kyoto Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18673/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 856. To ask the Minister for Health the annual total allocation from the HSE for people with disabilities in Clare for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19312/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 886. To ask the Minister for Health the annual total allocation to NGOs within County Clare for services to people with disabilities for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19425/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 887. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation to each NGO in County Clare in receipt of funding for services to disability in 2011, 2012 and 2013. [19426/14]