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

Michael McNamara: 888. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities who benefitted from services he funds for person with disabilities within County Clare; and if he will provide a breakdown in respect of the Health Service Executive and each NGO. [19427/14]

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

Michael McNamara: 889. To ask the Minister for Health the amount assigned to rent, transport and salaries for each NGO. [19428/14]

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

Michael McNamara: 890. To ask the Minister for Health the number of organisations within County Clare who are providing services on a voluntary basis to persons with disabilities. [19429/14]

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

Michael McNamara: 891. To ask the Minister for Health the number of disabled persons in County Clare who are awaiting aids and appliances for a time period in excess of six months. [19432/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 927. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Irish Rail services from Galway, via Limerick, to Cork, the fourth, third and second largest cities in the State take from 3 hours 55 minutes to 4 hours 45 minutes, when private bus competitors can cover the journey in 2 hours 50 minutes and the estimated travel time by car is 2 hours 38 minutes. [18623/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 928. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason express trains between Dublin and Limerick all travel via Limerick Junction, thereby servicing only stations already serviced by express trains between Dublin and Cork, when the route via Ballybrophy is substantially shorter and also serves potential customers in Clare and Tipperary. [18624/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 929. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will appoint a management team to Irish Rail which will run the rail network so as to provide a service across as much of the State as possible and thereby attract greater revenues for the company. [18625/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations Car Park Charges (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 930. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he believes pay and display at Irish Rail car parks, which requires customers to decide in advance the exact return train they will take, is an incentive to use Irish Rail services. [18626/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Freedom of Information Remit (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 931. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the absence of any competition to Irish Rail, he is of the opinion that Irish Rail can legitimately use the excuse of commercial sensitivity to refuse to provide information to elected representatives. [18627/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Improvements Scheme (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 959. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make an allocation to local authorities to fund works under the local improvement scheme and thereby remove their discretion to divert such funding to other areas. [19516/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Improvements Scheme (30 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 960. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make an allocation to local authorities specifically to fund works under the local improvement scheme and thereby remove their discretion to divert any such funding to other areas. [19517/14]

Topical Issues: Regional Development (17 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: I understand the Minister is at the beef summit, which I greatly welcome, and so I will defer this Topical Issue. However I will return to it in the first week of the next term to see what results, if any, accrue from the summit.

Topical Issues: Regional Development (17 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: I am very happy to defer it until then. It is difficult to see how real progress can be made until live shipping is facilitated because at present processors are increasing their capabilities to produce beef and thereby are manipulating the markets.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (17 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection is she will identify the provisions in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 or Statutory Instrument 142 of 2007 which provide a lawful basis for discriminating between those who receive social welfare payments directly to their bank accounts and those who receive their payments through the post office network in the manner prescribed for...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (17 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she considers that those who receive social welfare payments directly to their bank accounts are less likely to claim jobseeker's allowance in respect of days when they are not unemployed than those who receive their payments through the post office network. [18375/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (17 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department considers that jobseeker's allowance claimants aged 30 or under are more likely to claim jobseeker's allowance in respect of days when they are not unemployed than those who are aged 60 and over. [18376/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (17 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection of the 17,000 letters issued to jobseeking clients between late 2013 and April 2014, the number sent to clients aged under 30 and if she considers they are more likely to claim jobseeker's allowance in respect of days when they are not unemployed than those who are aged over 60. [18377/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (17 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a saving would accrue to her Department if all jobseeking clients received their payments through electronic fund transfers and if she will outline the scale of any such saving. [18378/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (17 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate the animal welfare justification for the requirement that a ship’s classification certificate must be issued by a classification society which is a member of the International Association of Classification Societies; and the way in which this requirement complies with the requirement of EU law to adopt...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (17 Apr 2014)

Michael McNamara: 208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the current rules in relation to the approval of ships for livestock transport are set higher than those which apply in other EU member states. [18363/14]