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Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing supervisors for the State examination and the numbers of successful applicants who were, immediately prior to undertaking the role, job-seeking or retired. [30903/12]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to the State of the correction of State examinations. [30904/12]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidelines exist for the teaching of English in Gaelscoileanna as circulars exist providing guidance on the teaching of Irish in English-medium schools; and if not, if such a guidance document can be prepared. [30905/12]

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the progress of the key areas of competence of the Combat Poverty Agency which was abolished by the previous Government and whose functions were transferred to her Department. [30919/12]

Written Answers — Job Initiatives: Job Initiatives (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 335: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way he envisages the provision of the Gaeltacht Bill which empowers him to direct Udaras na Gaeltachta to provide funding to projects previously funded by Enterprise Ireland and the Industrial Development Authority to operate. [30906/12]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 349: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress of his recent programme of installing 100 mbs broadband in schools in the west. [30918/12]

Written Answers — Local and Community Development Programme: Local and Community Development Programme (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an application for funding on a contingency basis will be favourably considered for an organisation (details supplied) which caters for a vulnerable community but which has had to announce a cessation of operations this year. [30923/12]

Written Answers — Electoral Divisions: Electoral Divisions (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 418: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review local authority boundaries with regard to the recent publication of the report on the Constituency Commission; and the process to be followed if any such a review were to be conducted. [31025/12]

Written Answers — Marine Strategy: Marine Strategy (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 493: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent positive objectives achieved at EU level, if he will report on the progress of the establishment of the marine strategy entitled Our Ocean Wealth. [30922/12]

Written Answers — Universal Health Insurance: Universal Health Insurance (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 593: To ask the Minister for Health if extra resources will be allocated to the Health Service Executive medical card section to facilitate the efficient roll out of the legislative proposal to extend free primary care to those citizens with medical conditions recognised on the long term illness schedule [30920/12]

Written Answers — Special Delivery Unit: Special Delivery Unit (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 594: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the special delivery unit operating in Galway University Hospitals and the impact it has had on waiting times, particular in emergency departments [30921/12]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 615: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed breakdown in the expenditure, proposed or already undertaken, of the €1.8m investment announced for the first phase of the Wild Atlantic Way. [30908/12]

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 616: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expenditure to date in 2012 in tourism marketing and promotional campaigns in the US and Canada, Germany and China. [30910/12]

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 619: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the progress made to establish a greenway along the old Galway to Clifden railway, particularly in recognition of the retention of the Galway, Oughterard and Clifden Railway Act of 1872 and 1875 in the recent Statute Law Revision Bill 2012. [31026/12]

National Cultural Institutions: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: As a Deputy for Galway I know at first hand of the positive impact the arts and culture sectors have on our communities and our country. Galway is fortunate to have some of Ireland's best known festivals and arts organisations, including the Galway Arts Festival, the Clifden Arts Festival, the Galway Film Fleadh, the Cúirt International Festival of Literature, the Baboró International Arts...

Statute Law Revision Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (21 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: The Statute Law Revision Bill is very interesting and made entertaining reading. One sees some historical things, which one does not see anymore, and one could spend a lot of time going back over all the Acts mentioned. This Bill is more than an essential exercise in repealing outdated legislation prior to Independence in 1922 and ensures the law helps rather than hinders citizens. It also...

Statute Law Revision Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (21 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: We will worry about our own areas. More than a dozen Acts directly relating to Galway have been deemed to have outlived their usefulness and will be repealed with the passing of this Bill. However, more than a dozen more are being retained because future plans are dependent on them. The Bill specifically retains Acts on which future legislation or proposals will be built or on which legal...

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (20 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the engagement with the private sector to co-fund and support a bicycle rental scheme for Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30032/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there was a capital expenditure carryover in his Department for 2011; and if so, if he will outline the way in which these funds are being expended in 2012. [29692/12]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (19 Jun 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the expected budget to be available to fund the school transport service for the coming school year; and if local private companies or community groups will have the opportunity to tender for the provision of such services. [29695/12]