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Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (27 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 684: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of St Patrick's day internationally as a means for the promotion of tourism in Ireland; the measures taken overseas to take advantage of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16912/12]

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this important Bill. Other Deputies have observed that on the day the report of the Mahon tribunal is published it is timely to be discussing the issue of political funding. Some of the activities highlighted in that report were prevalent before the representation allowance was introduced with a view to ensuring local authority...

Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (21 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 303: To ask the Minister for Social Protection in recognition of the crucial importance of carer's allowance in supporting families, that the proposals to include the payment in the calculation of means for eligibility criteria for the family income supplement be reconsidered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15794/12]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (21 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on introducing mandatory requirements on local authorities to initiate public consultation procedures for proposed wind farm development owing to the size and impact on the environment, both natural and man made, such developments undeniably have; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 716: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the Health Service Executive plans to cease funding for essential support services for persons with disabilities who graduate from schools; and if a permanent facility may be established to avoid the occurrence each year of this issue which causes immense worry and distress for families across the country. [15795/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the process followed and the conditions which had to be satisfied in the selection of the locations of new schools and those schools to receive new extensions under the recently announced five year school building plan. [14759/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a primary school (details supplied) in Galway, currently dependent on eight prefabs to cater for more than half of its 450 pupils in Galway city, has been omitted from the five-year schools building plan as announced this week. [14819/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (15 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the only secondary school teaching through the medium of English and serving communities in a large geographical area (details supplied), in view of the immense efforts expended by the local community in the design and planning stages, has been omitted from the five-year schools building plan. [14820/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (15 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will explain the reasoning behind his decision to substantially increase the rental amount it charges a fisheries co-operative (details supplied) in County Galway to an amount first mentioned in 2006 when both purchasing and rental prices for property and premises were significantly higher than today's market value,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures being taken to alleviate the delays in the scanning of medical evidence pertaining to carer's allowance applications, which, according to her Department's officials, is the reason for the delay in the assessment of the applications. [14263/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (13 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if strong consideration will be given, in the interests of fairness and transparency, to introducing assessments in person carried out by qualified medical personnel in the application or review process for all health-related social protection schemes such as domiciliary care allowance and disability allowance. [14267/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 28 February 2012, the reason the domiciliary care allowance has been withdrawn, following reviews, in several cases concerning children with autism, particularly given the way this condition is a lifelong disability. [14273/12]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (13 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 461: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason, despite the noticeable improvements in processing times in the immigration and naturalisation section of his Department, for the delay of over three years in the processing of an application in respect of a person (details supplied). [14271/12]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (13 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the upcoming Animal Welfare Bill will contain a provision to abolish live hare coursing in view of the demonstrable evidence of the harm, injury and distress that such a sport causes to the wildlife concerned and also in recognition that such a measure would bring Ireland into line with other developed nations...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (13 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 618: To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the concerns of stakeholder organisations (details supplied) regarding the time taken to transpose the Directive 2010/63/EU, and in recognition of such organisations' strong support for the[i] ad hoc[/i] but comprehensive guidelines and procedures currently followed in most Irish laboratory settings to be given a...

Written Answers — National Carers' Strategy: National Carers' Strategy (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health the progress of the national carers' strategy; and the timeframe for its delivery in view of the vital role played by carers in communities across the country. [13348/12]

Public Sector Numbers: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: One of the most regrettable features in the difficult times we have been experiencing has been the forces attempting to pitch one group of society against another: young against old, urban against rural, employed against unemployed, and private sector against public sector. These attempts have served no purpose whatsoever in the battle to regain our economic sovereignty, which is a battle...

Turbary Rights: Motion (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak on this important issue. It is difficult to believe it is almost 20 years since the legislation pertaining to the habitats directive, as contained in a previous treaty, was passed in 1992. At the time the former Taoiseach, Mr. Albert Reynolds, was in government and came home with €8 billion. What we are dealing with was part of the small...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (6 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views that it would be a highly positive measure, in the context of the reform of the public sector, if the Irish Human Rights Commission's Human Rights Guide for the Civil and Public Service was updated from the 2010 edition, became part of all training areas and was distributed throughout the public service. [12824/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (6 Mar 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the habitual residence condition, which affects several social welfare payments and was introduced in 2004 to prevent welfare tourism, is causing hardship to persons, in particular Irish citizens who have returned home, in accessing social assistance and if the HRC can be examined to...