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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (17 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 1372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the cutbacks affecting grants to primary schools over the past seven years; if she plans to start restoring some of these grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33915/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (17 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 1373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to restore the minor works grant paid to primary schools; if so, when same will be paid; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a review was due to take place of disadvantaged status for schools over four years ago; her plans to carry out such a review so that some schools can apply for disadvantaged status. [33916/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 1406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reviewing the funding model for third level education with a view to introducing a UK-style student loan system, whereby the money would be paid back to the Exchequer from future earnings, in order to help those families which earn more than the grants threshold but which are not in a position to fund their children's...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 1407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she considers the additional €4,830 allowance to the third level grants threshold for second or subsequent children adequate, considering the average estimated cost is more than €10,000 per year to keep a student in college. [34238/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (17 Sep 2014)

Pat Deering: 1436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of both principal and deputy principal allowances based on teacher numbers, her plans to give extra allowances to cover the number of special needs assistants/escorts in schools; the number of SNAs and escorts at primary level; her plans to increase the ancillary grant to schools to take into account the extra administration work...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (17 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 647. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Carlow. [32114/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (17 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 648. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a decision on the review of their medical card. [32115/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (17 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 649. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a decision on their medical card application. [32116/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (17 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 650. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will have a decision on their medical card application. [32117/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 669. To ask the Minister for Health the general practitioners panels in County Carlow that are still able to accept new medical card patients onto their panel (details supplied). [32208/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (15 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if for current B.Ed students completing their four year degree course in 2016-2017 whether or not their diploma will be included in their degree; and if not the reason for same in view of the number of weeks they spend teaching as part of the current course. [31354/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (15 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 355. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures being put in place to reduce the costs of doing business for small and medium enterprises; and the incentives in place to encourage new business set-ups. [31559/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (15 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of Gateway places that have been allocated on a county basis; and the number of these places that have been filled by 1 July in tabular form. [31025/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (15 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of commercial rate collection in each local authority area in tabular form for each of the past three years. [31560/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (15 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when he will be allocating funding under the mid-term review of the rural water programme 2014. [31561/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used for short listing candidates for teaching positions in ETBs; and if he will indicate if this a centralised system for all ETBs. [29491/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 482. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rights, if any, adjacent property owners have regarding ESB Networks running cables in front of or near their properties; if undergrounding such cables can be mandatory in order to minimise the visual damage done by such cables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29757/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 483. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to update the relevant sections of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1927 to give greater rights to landowners affected either directly or indirectly by works carried out by ESB Networks such as providing a supply to new one-off housing; if his attention has been drawn to any court cases involving ESB Networks and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 782. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a procedure carried out in St. James Hospital, Dublin. [29829/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Commercial Rates (3 Jul 2014)

Pat Deering: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 24 June 2014, the form of wording that is necessary to prove that this child care facility has as its main object or objects a charitable purpose in order that it can qualify for the exemption. [28754/14]