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Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: Yes, I am sharing time with Deputy Browne. I welcome the opportunity to speak on yesterday's budget. It says a lot about the budget that there are only four of us, including the Acting Chairman, in the Chamber to debate or, I should say, to listen to statements on the budget; I would not say it is a debate. The context of this process and the way we do budgets has to change. We all knew...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: My apologies. That is still not enough. We need to ensure that the entire system is focused on apprenticeships. If we look to the European model of apprenticeships, they are not only for the trades. There are many areas in which we could get involved. An issue that was not addressed yesterday is that we are still penalising those under the age of 25 with respect to social welfare. There...

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: Then deal with it.

Leaders' Questions (14 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: Correct.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (14 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in an application for a student grant for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, who has been denied the special rate of grant; her views that the circumstances of this case are unusual, and that a special dispensation should be applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35817/15]

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: Let us have an election.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Budget Statement 2016 (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: It should have happened two years ago.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of introducing a 30% flat rate tax to attract skilled foreign workers; the loss to the Exchequer compared to normal income tax, pay related social insurance and the universal social charge rates that currently apply for a person earning €30,000; €35,000; €40,000; €45,000; €50,000; €60,000;...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 92. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, the number of new Industrial Development Agency Ireland jobs created over the 2000 to 2010 period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35632/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, by county, the number of jobs supported by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland at the end of quarter three, 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35789/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, by county, a breakdown of the number of Industrial Development Agency Ireland sponsored visits from the start of quarter one to the end of quarter three, 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35790/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, by county, the number of new Enterprise Ireland jobs created over the 2000 to 2010 period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35633/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, by county, the number of jobs supported by Enterprise Ireland at the end of Quarter 3, 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35788/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, from 2003 to 2014, the number of research publications from researchers located here, based on the Web of Science Core Collection dataset; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35791/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Applications (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application under the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35194/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 120. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo will receive a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35438/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Mayo division from the end of September 2010 to the end of September 2015 or the latest date available. [35700/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 236. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been granted a medical card for himself only, but not for his dependants as set out under 5.1 of medical cards retention section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35192/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available for schools to assist students with special needs; if supports are available for materials, adaptations, etc; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35221/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (13 Oct 2015)

Dara Calleary: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that special needs students who require the use of memory sticks and universal serial bus memory sticks to complete State examinations are charged for the costs of these; her plans to eliminate this charge; if she has discussed the issue with the State Examinations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter....