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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Information Technology in Schools: Camara Ireland (28 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: I will be brief. I apologise for missing the presentation because I was obliged to go to the Dáil Chamber. I was just saying to Deputy Cannon that I should declare an interest because some of my lads attend CoderDojo and with many thanks to Camara Ireland, have got laptops to do that. Again, I apologise if the witnesses already have addressed this point but the evolution of technology...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy (27 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding altering the conditions of private pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3617/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Levy (27 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the public sector pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3617/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (22 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make available a dedicated annual stream of funding for community groups to develop, construct and promote new outdoor trails such as greenways, blueways, and other outdoor pursuits for the enjoyment of the local population, and also to attract visitors to the various regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Motion (Resumed) (21 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: Táim fíor bhuíoch as ucht an deis labhairt. This is a difficult topic for any of us to make a contribution because it is associated with painful, traumatic and heart-rending stories that we have heard through the modern day media doing their best to give us a feel for what it was like for the people caught up in this but, at the end of day, all most of us can do is try to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (21 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available in respect of a person (details supplied) who has secured a college placement in the UK; if discretion may be used when deciding to award grants to applicants who fall slightly outside of the financial guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2973/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Sport and Recreational Development (20 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil as an deis a labhairt ar an ábhar seo sa Teach anocht. I thank the Minister coming in to take the matter. It moves seamlessly on from the previous discussion about airports moving into this area of tourism. My overall objective and a dream I would like to realise, which I share with many of my...

Topical Issue Debate: Sport and Recreational Development (20 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: I thank the Minister for his response. In essence we are all on the one hymn sheet here. We all know it is a great idea and the merits of it. I will not labour those points. Having spoken with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, I am confident that new funding will be available and new stimulus funding will be announced this year, and I think Deputy Donohoe's...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (20 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 201. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the cuts due to be imposed on lone parents; the reason there is a proposed cut on lone parents who are in receipt of a half rate carer’s allowance and will no longer be eligible for the OPFP due to the age of their youngest child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2572/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (20 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update regarding the tendering process for the Bandon flood prevention scheme; when a contractor will be awarded the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2674/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (20 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 307. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a claim for an area aid payment will be finalised and issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [2839/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (20 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Alzheimer's is not covered under the long-term illness scheme. [2254/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (20 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be finalised regarding a foreshore licence application in respect of a person (details supplied) in view of the urgency of the particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2837/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (15 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on Fáilte Ireland disposing of a premises of integral importance to tourism in the west Cork region (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to and his further views on the comprehensive proposals put forward by an organisation to his Department to utilise the premises; the expenditure incurred by the State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: I ask the witnesses to comment on the specifics of the labour activation measures, including Gateway, Tús and JobBridge, and to give their opinion of the success or otherwise of those measures in terms of their impact on unemployment. Our strategy has changed in recent years by moving away from merely issuing cheques to providing a more respectful service by engaging with people and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Jobless Households: NESC, ICTU and INOU (14 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: It is always good to promote people.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when her Department will have completed a review to decide if payments can be made to persons under the insolvency payments scheme after being made redundant by companies which have not been liquidated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1378/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have applied to her Department for a payment from the insolvency payments scheme but do not qualify as the employer has not been liquidated for each of the past seven years; the value of these application to the applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1379/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 310. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the single farm payment application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork who has not yet received any payment [1146/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (14 Jan 2015)

Jim Daly: 323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applications to transfer entitlements will be completed by his Department for herd owners (details supplied) in west Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1389/15]