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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (23 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 71. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the up-to-date figures relating to the number of persons participating on the Gateway scheme by council and the number of persons whom have had their payments discontinued for a period following a call-up for the Gateway scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35232/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (23 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the number of persons who have voluntarily left the live register as a result of being called up to participate on the Gateway scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35233/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 386. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any technical difficulties with the blood testing laboratory at Cork University Hospital; and if he will confirm that the laboratory is in full functioning order. [35779/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (23 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills while recognising the supports currently available under the student assistance fund, her plans to allow recipients of the BETA access to maintenance payments under the SUSI scheme as allowed for by recipients of the one parent family payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35259/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (23 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to rental accommodation scheme housing tenants whose agreement will not be renewed by the receiver of the property, noting the persons have resided in the property for 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35793/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: There is Lotto funding worth millions of euro for training grants for participants.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: Sorry, from the dormant accounts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: The Deputy's party wants to stop them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: And on the black market question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: Further to the question I asked earlier, I would be the first to be very proud of the achievements of the Department to date in becoming an active Department, in trying to deal with unemployment and in actively engaging in the myriad of programmes it has. In fairness, the Department has been transformed from being just a cheque issuing one to one which actively engages. The Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: It related to the black market.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Review of Vote 37: Minister for Social Protection (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: It is still a difficulty for some employers to compete with the welfare system. I asked 12 random employers in the town I represent in my constituency last week if they found it difficult to compete and they said they had difficulty this summer. We had a great season and west Cork was thriving but employers find it very difficult to get people into the workplace. Unfortunately, there are...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending legislation to allow persons who are financially struggling to survive to draw down early all or a portion of a retirement pension fund which was set aside in better times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33133/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Central Bank of Ireland to publish the number of mortgages held in covered institutions that have been converted from a tracker rate to a variable rate in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33588/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 455. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the imported fodder transport scheme will issue in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33820/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 768. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the introduction of a law to make it illegal for persons to smoke who were born after the year 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32905/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (17 Sep 2014)

Jim Daly: 1640. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if areas (details supplied) in County Cork are included in the indicative list of locations for fibre-build out as part of the State intervention under the national broadband plan; if his attention has been drawn to the unacceptable levels of service available in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (17 Jul 2014)

Jim Daly: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all publicly funded schools here will be able to monitor and report on their energy usage and reductions from January 2015 as legally required in accordance with Statutory Instrument 542 of 2009; the savings in energy use and in spending on energy as a percentage of capitation funding her Department has targeted from all schools for 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Usage (17 Jul 2014)

Jim Daly: 435. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the data for public sector energy use in 2011, 2012 and 2013 will be published; the reason for the delay in releasing this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32412/14]