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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 104. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many retailers consider the interest rate and the term length of the finance services available under the microfinance scheme to be to onerous and are consequently preventing a significant update of what is a welcome and innovative programme. [21868/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County and City Enterprise Boards Reform (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 105. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the planned reform of the city and county enterprise boards; and the steps being taken to ensure that the vital job creation and business support functions will be enhanced in respect of the new anticipated configurations. [21878/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if additional resources will be made available to the Money Advice and Budgeting Service to enhance the support, advice and information available to persons in financial difficulties such as mortgage arrears. [21817/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Proposed Legislation (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an indicative time frame for the introduction of the legislation which will permit transgender persons to obtain a birth certificate recognising their gender, particularly in consideration of the amount of time that has elapsed since the European Court finding against Ireland on this matter. [21862/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Regional Airports (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 134. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the usage of the air strips at Cleggan and Inishboffin, County Galway, which will improve access to the island. [21811/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Air Services Provision (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 135. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the efforts to secure the air services to the Aran Islands beyond the current public service obligation time period. [21879/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider partnership arrangements with Eircom and other telecommunications companies who are undertaking upgrade works to the fixed line fibre cable broadband network in that his Department would finance the extension of the network in areas which are in relatively close proximity to the locations of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 148. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the progress of reforming the structures of LEADER funding provision as contained in the Putting People First document; and if any agreement has been made on the bottom-up approach of delivery. [21877/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if work is underway on drawing up a new strategy to tackle the problem of homelessness in advance of the expiry of the current strategy this year. [21880/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Expenditure (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional resources will be made available to the Legal Aid Board to enhance the support, advice and information available to persons in financial difficulties such as mortgage arrears. [21817/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Expenditure (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 152. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if additional resources will be made available to the Legal Aid Board to enhance the support, advice and information available to persons in financial difficulties such as mortgage arrears. [21817/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights Issues (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when it is envisaged that the newly constituted Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission will be in a position to examine and report on the effects of Section 37 of the 1998 Employment Equality Act; and if he will indicate a timeframe for implementing the recommendations, if any, on legislative changes. [21876/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the progress of measures introduced to combat the effects of the ash die-back disease. [21866/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Passports (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in reforming the horse registration and passport scheme in view of the recent shortcomings identified. [21875/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to identify and prevent the importation of drugs, prescription or otherwise, purchased on the internet in view of the dangers of the consumption of same without medical direction or supervision. [21863/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Calming Measures (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any standard designs for traffic calming measures, such as ramps exist; and if directions will be given to local authorities on the construction of traffic calming features in order that the quality and durability of same will be assured across the country. [21813/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Tests (8 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the way the standard of driving test examination are assured across the country particularly in view of the extraordinary differences in pass rates from centre to centre. [21814/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transformational Potential of Cloud Computing: Discussion with Microsoft Ireland (7 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: The US Department of Defense deals with sensitive material. What system would it use?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transformational Potential of Cloud Computing: Discussion with Microsoft Ireland (7 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: Ms Hallahan mentioned a few things, including security and privacy which are primary concerns. I remember that we received something from the Oireachtas IT unit stating that, as cloud computing services are located outside the State, security cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, it is obviously an issue in here as well. Ms Hallahan said she was doing her best to reassure organisations, so how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Groceries Sector: Discussion (7 May 2013)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the representatives and thank them for their presentations. It is a very exciting industry and always has been but was somewhat overshadowed during the past decade by the Celtic tiger when some people thought there were better things on offer but clearly there was not. It is therefore good to see the sustainable indigenous industry in agriculture. Perhaps Mr. Cormac Healy would...