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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]

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are any plans to alter the opening hours of the visitor centre located on Dun Aonghasa which is under the remit of the Office of Public Works on Inis Mór in view of the importance of the visitor centre in ensuring visitor safety and in enhancing overall visitor experience to the heritage site. [1259/12]

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the progress to reverse the restrictive amendments placed, in 2003, on the Freedom of Information Act. [1267/12]

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 486: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will confirm whether any value-for-money reports or cost-benefit analyses have been carried out with regard to the plans to merge the functions of the National Library and the National Archives; and if the contents of such reports will be made accessible to the public before any rationalisation occurs. [1260/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 487: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a breakdown of the funding provided to Inishbofin Island over the past ten years by the sections of his Department which were originally part of the old Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. [1286/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends appointing a permanent city manager for the City of Galway; and when this might happen. [1262/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 568: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the funding provided to Inishbofin Island over the past ten years by the sections of his Department originally part of the old Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. [1285/12]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 804: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if and when consent will be given to the Adoption Authority of Ireland to open negotiations with Ethiopia with the aim of establishing a bilateral agreement between the two countries and thereby facilitate a resumption of intercountry adoption which is sought by a number of Irish couples, particularly those who had previously...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 803: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the progress of the delegation who travelled from Ireland to Russia in December with the task of examining the way inter-country adoptions could resume between the two States. [1263/12]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 1041: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the plans for The Gathering, the plans for regional participation and role to be played by strategically significant tourist areas such as Connemara. [1254/12]

Written Answers — Clamping Industry: Clamping Industry (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 1042: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate the practice of clamping vehicles, particularly on private property and with regard to the ambiguity that can exist in relation to this practice. [1255/12]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 1043: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the numbers of overseas visitors to Ireland in 2011; the way these figures compare with those of the past four years; and the targets being set for 2012. [1256/12]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 1044: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the effects of the measures contained in the jobs initiative for tourism and tourist-related businesses. [1257/12]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (11 Jan 2012)

Seán Kyne: Question 1045: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the main strategy to sustain and increase tourist numbers on a regional basis, in particular the west; and his views on the role being played by the State agencies under his remit. [1258/12]