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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Sector: Discussion with Waterford IT and IT Carlow (18 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: Okay. We have gone over time. This meeting is becoming something of a road trip. I thank the members of the delegation for their attendance. Senator Cullinane will include the issues they have raised in his report on the south east. I wish the witnesses a safe trip back to the south east. We will suspend the meeting briefly while we wait for the members of the next delegation to take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Sector: Discussion with Waterford IT and IT Carlow (18 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: Is Carlow VEC contracted to run some of the local employment services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Sector: Discussion with Waterford IT and IT Carlow (18 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: I will start with questions to the witnesses from the institutes of technology, who can respond if they have the figures. Do they have any figures on the employment rate of graduates from the institutes? How do they compare to other institutes around the country? Do they have any figures on employability from the courses they run? Mr. Declan Doyle mentioned the need to match education...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Sector: Discussion with Waterford IT and IT Carlow (18 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: We will take questions from all Deputies and Senators and then open up to people who feel responsible to answer the relevant questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: South-East Economic Development Strategy Report: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: I made the point that, no matter how good the road, being an hour from Dublin was the tipping point for many FDI companies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: South-East Economic Development Strategy Report: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: I will be brief. I have just one question and it relates to the airport. Obviously, having the longer airport runway means that planes with jet engines can land, which opens up opportunities. Are there any discussions on the possibility that if this were to happen particular airlines would be willing to consider opening up routes in Waterford? I want to keep this conversation real. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: 233. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the details of the ten schools to be admitted to the school meals programme for the new academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28957/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (18 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: 245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 and the timescale in which the appeal will be decided. [29174/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates Issues (12 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent interest rate increase on variable rate mortgages by a bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28194/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (12 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will include social clauses for the long-term unemployed in the education projects announced as part of the €150 million extra in capital expenditure for 2013and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28256/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clause (12 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to promote the use of social clauses for the long-term unemployed in the projects announced as part of the €150 million extra in capital expenditure for 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28259/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: After-School Support Services (12 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: 118. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if Ballymun will be included as a location in the next phase of the new after-school childcare scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28253/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Issues (12 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: 143. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will include social clauses for the long-term unemployed in any projects under the aegis of his Department announced as part of the €150 million extra in capital expenditure for 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28258/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Parking Charges (12 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: 144. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities can apply parking charges to privately owned car parks in retail parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28269/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Expenditure Programme Issues (12 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include social clauses for the long-term unemployed in the transport projects announced as part of the €150 million extra in capital expenditure for 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28255/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beekeeping Industry (11 Jun 2013)

John Lyons: 824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the importance of bees for pollination and food production, his views on the effect of pesticides on the bee population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27697/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Crèche Inspections (29 May 2013)

John Lyons: At the nub of the debate is the idea that when every parent who loves his or her child leaves that child to the door of an institution, he or she wants the child to be safe and cared for. That is all we ask for. We know the Minister has the commitment, as became clear with her response. I am sure anybody listening shares my wish that when a child goes to a crèche or any institution...

Topical Issue Debate: Crèche Inspections (29 May 2013)

John Lyons: Absolutely.

Topical Issue Debate: Crèche Inspections (29 May 2013)

John Lyons: I will preface my remarks by saying there are many crèches today that are carrying out exemplary professional work with children. I worked as a secondary school teacher and if someone reported that a teacher had tied up a student or put a student into a room with a blanket over him, we would be gobsmacked. We put up with this for long enough in our nursing homes but it is not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (29 May 2013)

John Lyons: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the Exchequer losses from the smuggling of illicit tobacco products here and the resulting health effects, if he has any plans to increase the number of freight x-ray scanning machines to cover all our ports;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26182/13]