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Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (7 Feb 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he would report on the progress of the committee tasked with planning centenary celebrations for a range of historically significant events, including the Easter 1916 Rising. [6907/12]

Written Answers — Civil Partnership: Civil Partnership (7 Feb 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when the legislative shortcomings of the Civil Partnership Act, which although a vitally important step in introducing equality and recognising the diverse composition of family units here, will be remedied to vindicate and realise the rights of non-biological parents and the children of families with same gender parents....

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (7 Feb 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made on the transposition of directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes; if he views primary legislation as the best method of implementing the directive, particularly as such a method stimulates and facilitates debate on topics of significant public...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (1 Feb 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health if consideration can be given to enabling hospitals and their constituent parts such as laboratories to offer internships as part of the JobBridge scheme, which would provide students from medical science backgrounds, such as biochemistry, an opportunity to gain experience. [5727/12]

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Seán Kyne: This debate has been taking place since the former Minister for Education and Science, Mary Coughlan, commissioned a value for money report and thereby acknowledged the need to review the school system and possibly save money in schools with fewer than 50 pupils. While the debate has focused on the quality of education and teacher numbers, it also raises the issue of how we secure the...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (31 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering rebalancing the excise tax structure on cigarettes by reducing the [i]ad valorem[/i] element significantly and increasing the specific element of excise tax, thereby removing the tax discount for cheap cigarettes; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 12 EU member states have rebalanced their tax structures by...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (31 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 405: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 11 January 2012, if he will provide a breakdown of the current expenditure figures, detailing the funding from him to Inishbofin Island for the years 2002 through to 2011. [5549/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (31 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 468: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the retrospective element of the exemption to the household charge for persons who, owing to illness, have moved out of their homes to be cared for by relatives or in a nursing home, is resulting in those citizens who left their homes in 2011 being liable for...

Written Answers — Seafood Industry: Seafood Industry (31 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 548: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will be continuing with all recommendations of the Irish Seafood National Programme 2007-2013 with particular reference to its exclusion of financial assistance to marine salmon aquaculture licence holders in view of concerns over sea lice. [5483/12]

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (31 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 549: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is intended that a licence available for an offshore salmon farm, with particular reference to proposals for such a site off the coast of the Aran Islands, will be advertised. [5484/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (31 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 639: To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate when the measure to extend medical card provision to persons on the long term illness scheme, as announced by budget 2012, will be introduced. [5488/12]

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: I am pleased to say a few words about this Bill. One element of politics I particularly dislike is the clear attempt to define politicians as being on the left or the right. It assumes that to be concerned about the lowest paid and most vulnerable in society one is left wing, and that if one is right wing it is all about big business and profits. I do not subscribe to that type of...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (17 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the practice of recruiting substitute teachers to fill temporary vacancies of those employed to operate the oral examination components of the various language subjects at leaving certificate level can be reviewed with the aim of ensuring both experience gaining and employment opportunities are made available for young, graduate...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (17 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be given to amending section 46 (1) of the Freedom of Information Acts in order to make available to the public, records created by participants in judicial proceedings on matters of public importance such as a road development for example. [2610/12]

Written Answers — Money Advice and Budgeting Service: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (17 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the role of the Money Advice and Budgeting Service will be enhanced with corresponding additional resources for assisting over indebted citizens in view of the preparation of the reformed personal insolvency legislation. [2588/12]

Written Answers — Funeral Industry: Funeral Industry (17 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any plans to regulate the funeral industry here, thereby ensuring minimum standards for the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2571/12]

Written Answers — Personal Debt: Personal Debt (17 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to regulate or licence private debt management companies which operate their scheme for a fee or charge unlike the non-profit State supported Money Advice and Budgeting Service. [2591/12]

Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Níl ach trí nóiméad agam le labhairt ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo, na scoileanna beaga i gConamara, go mórmhór iadsan sa Ghaeltacht. Tá feachtas tosnaithe anois ag na scoileanna sin chun an ordú faoin PTR a athrú. Aontaím leis an bhfeachtas sin. This campaign relates to one-teacher, two-teacher, three-teacher and four-teacher schools. In his contribution yesterday on behalf of...

Private Members' Business. Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: That is good and I look forward to reading it. Notwithstanding the vote that will take place on this Private Members' motion, on which I will support the Government, I ask the Minister to initiate a review of these changes for rural schools and to liaise with teachers to find alternative ways of maximising the constrained resources within the education budget. Flexibility is required...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extending the very welcome measure contained in budget 2012 on mortgage interest relief for those persons who purchased homes between 2004 and 2008 to those who purchased in 2009 and who now find themselves in financial difficulty, exacerbated by the decrease in the property value of their home. [1261/12]