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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Staff (13 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the opportunities that persons in lower grades of the Public Service have been afforded ion contributing to the reforms of the public service as sought in the Public Service Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50649/12]

Tax Transparency Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: I commend Deputy Eoghan Murphy on the proposal he has brought before the House today. The Minister for Finance has stated his view that there is considerable merit in making more information available to the public in regard to sources of Exchequer income and breakdown of expenditure. Nobody could disagree with the principle on which the legislation is based. The practice in this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (8 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which a teacher would have had to have graduated from a Masters degree course and have commenced a Masters degree programme to be eligible for the qualification allowance which has been discontinued. [49304/12]

Civil Registration (Amendment) (Domestic Registration of Death Records) Bill 2012: First Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the registration in the State’s vital record registration system of resident citizens’ deaths that occur outside the State.

Civil Registration (Amendment) (Domestic Registration of Death Records) Bill 2012: First Stage (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Smuggling (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Finance if Customs and Excise or the Revenue Commissioners have conducted an assessment on the impact the introduction of plain or standardised packaging for cigarettes here would have on the illicit cigarette trade here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Department of Health supports international developments in relation to plain or standardised...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the provisions of funding for a school (details supplied) in County Galway which has supplied his Department with all necessary documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48131/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Procurement (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy of his Department and schools in the procurement of stationary for use in schools; if there has been any instruction issued that procurement should be centralised; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some vocational education committees are following a policy of centralisation for procurement which will adversely impact on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total expenditure on the child benefit scheme in each of the past ten years, from 2002 to date in 2012. [48120/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the child benefit scheme was first introduced and; the purpose and objectives of the scheme. [48123/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tobacco Smuggling (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of his public statement in the aftermath of the recent Crumlin shooting that the gangs responsible were likely to be involved in cigarette smuggling, if he intends to conduct a review with the Gardai on the measures they have in place for enforcement against this ongoing problem; if his attention been drawn to the fact that the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Education (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to extend the early childhood care and education scheme in terms of the hours provided and for an additional year in view of the evidence of the clear benefits of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48133/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 245 on the 12 of July 2012, if his support of international developments in relation to plain or standardised packaging for tobacco products is conditional on Irish Customs or Revenue assessments on the negative impact the introduction of such a measure could have on the illicit cigarette trade here; if he will confirm whether...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the cessation in funding for the applied suicide intervention skills training course at NUI Galway; and if alternative funding will be found to ensure the resumption of this training course which helps combat the risk of suicide [48128/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (6 Nov 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in the extension of general practitioner cards to those persons on the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48130/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (18 Oct 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a prohibition or if he has plans to introduce a prohibition on the use of sulkies on national and county roads; and his views on whether the use of such sulkies particularly in races on public roads are a danger to other road users. [45518/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (18 Oct 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a prohibition or if he has plans to introduce a prohibition on the use of sulkies on national and county roads; and his views on whether the use of such sulkies particularly in races on public roads are a danger to other road users. [45518/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (11 Oct 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawan to the Chalara fraxinea fungus which attacks ash trees and has decimated the number of such trees in other European countries; if the issue has been discussed at EU level; and if a ban on the importation of ash trees will be considered as a method of preventing the spread of this fungus here. [43970/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Project Contracts (11 Oct 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the funding from central Government supplied for a road project (details supplied) in County Galway contained any stipulations on the prioritisation of public transport on the road. [43969/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (11 Oct 2012)

Seán Kyne: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawan to the Chalara fraxinea fungus which attacks ash trees and has decimated the number of such trees in other European countries; if the issue has been discussed at EU level; and if a ban on the importation of ash trees will be considered as a method of preventing the spread of this fungus here. [43970/12]