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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (5 Mar 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total social welfare bill for the years 2007-2012 inclusive in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11647/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (5 Mar 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person responsible for public health issues in relation to sewerage treatment infrastructure previously owned by a private individual or entity that is now abandoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11541/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Waste Management Regulations (5 Mar 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Health the person responsible for public health issues in relation to sewerage treatment infrastructure previously owned by a private individual or entity that is now abandoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11542/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Means-tested Schemes (27 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 12 February 2013, if she will compile and provide an approximate estimate of the cost per annum of means testing individuals for various welfare benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10501/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Websites (26 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to facilitate online applications for benefits noting that in excess of two million claims for payment are made each year; if there is a proposed timeline for the introduction of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10104/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (26 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason she refused an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork whom is incapable of work; the reason she did not order a medical assessment of the person before a decision was made; if she will clarify the payment available to a person that has been on illness benefit for a period of 24 months and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (26 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if applicants who are over the age of 40 years can still receive the single farm payment if they are not currently in receipt of this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9818/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (26 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request from each of the local authorities the percentage of the annual roads maintenance budget that is spent on payroll; if he will confirm the best practice target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10118/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (21 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Health the cost to his Department of medical cards issued for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9505/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (21 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to general practitioners for each medical card patient they treat for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9506/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (20 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: I had two other questions. One was what percentage of files came from public representatives.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (20 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: What is the overall budget for running the appeals office?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals: Discussion with Department of Social Protection (20 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: I welcome our guests and thank them for their presentation. As Deputy Griffin said, their comprehensive answers are much appreciated. On my own behalf and that of my staff, I genuinely thank the social welfare appeals office for the service it gives to public representatives. I acknowledge that it is unfailingly courteous and helpful. I was struck by the figures mentioned with regard to...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: I thank the Minister for his response. We would be delighted with any additional funding that would be made available to Cork County Council. On a serious note, we are borrowing billions as a nation every day to provide a whole array of public services. This is about menu options and about our priorities. If the Minister were to ask the people in west Cork what is a priority for them,...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as teacht isteach anseo inniu. I thank the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, for attending to respond to the issue I raise. Most of my constituents, as with the vast majority of constituents, are decent law-abiding citizens. They pay their car taxes and property taxes. They are paying an ever-increasing array of taxes which the majority of them have no...

Other Questions: Road Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: I thank the Minister for his response. I wish to bring a couple of issues to the Minister's attention. First, I acknowledge his efforts and those of his Department last year to rebalance the allocation to Cork County Council, which has the single largest road network in Ireland. Despite our calls in previous years to have such a rebalance undertaken, it was brought about last year. I wish...

Other Questions: Road Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the preventative measures being implemented by local authorities to preserve the condition of the network of rural roads that are being eroded to dirt tracks across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8384/13]

Other Questions: Road Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the current policy that operates within local authorities whereby rural roads are repaired as they are eroded by the current weather cycles and never maintained to prevent this erosion. [8385/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: FÁS Training Programmes (19 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the arrangement of a private company funded by the State offering training courses in County Cork in direct opposition to the local secondary school which already offers these courses and is endeavouring to maintain its pupil numbers for survival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8421/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (19 Feb 2013)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures to be followed by primary schools in issuing certificates to exempt students from studying the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8523/13]