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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (28 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service is recommending private language schools that are affiliated to Marketing English in Ireland on its student task force website to non-European students, as opposed to other private language schools, given that the affiliated language schools are no more regulated than the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Language Schools (28 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the case that six of the English language schools to close during 2014 and 2015 were accreditation and co-ordination of English language services-approved, and three were members of Marketing English in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16407/15]

Industrial Relations (Members of the Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy McNamara for bringing this Bill to the House. I apologise that I will have to leave the Chamber directly after my contribution. It is good to be able to discuss the gardaí in a positive light in the House. There has been a tendency recently to demonise gardaí within this Chamber in ignorance of the work they do and the risks they face every day in protecting us....

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: I thank my colleagues from all sides of the House who have spoken since yesterday evening on this topic. The intention was to place SMEs, which give 350,000 people an income in this country on a daily basis, at the centre of the political debate. We have succeeded to some degree in that regard, given the media coverage and discussion on this topic. The intention of the motion was to lay...

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: A former Minister.

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: A sweetheart deal involving a former Fine Gael leader.

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes: — the importance of the self-employed and micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SME) sectors to the Irish economy with 350,000 self-employed people and 580,000 people in enterprises of 50 people or less; — the disparity in tax treatment between the self-employed and PAYE sectors; — that certain social welfare benefits...

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: I look forward to the debate over the next two nights on the role and future of SMEs. It is good that we can bring small business to the fore of parliamentary business. While we have an excellent committee, previously chaired by the Minister of State, Deputy English, and currently chaired by Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, which addresses many of these issues, that work, because it takes...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Minimum Wage (21 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 218. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide the latest data on the number of employees in the State on the national minimum wage; the percentage out of the total workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13739/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (21 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 219. To ask the Taoiseach the median hourly wage in 2013 and 2014; the number of persons who are on 25%, 50% and 75% of the average hourly median wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13740/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (21 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 220. To ask the Taoiseach the number of employees who were earning less than two thirds of the hourly median wage in 2013 and 2014; the percentage of the workforce this corresponds to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13741/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (21 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 221. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons under 21 years of age on the national minimum wage in 2013 and 2014; the number of persons in the age categories 16 to 17 and 18 to 20 earning less than two thirds of the hourly median wage in 2013 and 2014; the percentage of the workforce this corresponds to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13742/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme Implementation (21 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when Social Welfare legislation to provide for the back to work family dividend scheme will be published. [15291/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (21 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason not to allow illness benefit to be paid to working persons in receipt of a widow's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15408/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (21 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 333. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his Department's planned introduction of an early warning mechanism on key economic trends, and planned monthly data series to track employment and cost trends; the consultation he had with stakeholders; if he will provide a breakdown on the monthly information he plans to publish; if companies have concerns on the introduction of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (21 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 334. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation regarding his Department's planned introduction of an early warning mechanism on key economic trends, and planned monthly data series to track employment and cost trends, if there was an analysis completed on the industrial relations implications where companies are unionised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15631/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants (21 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 642. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grant assistance in place to upgrade an existing water well. [15584/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Issues (21 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 691. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Aviation Authority pays rent to landowners where Doppler Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Radio Range, DVOR, devices are erected. [15407/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (16 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in processing an application under the agri-environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14973/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Investigations (16 Apr 2015)

Dara Calleary: 190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 25 November 2014, if he will place the relevant report on the record of Dáil Éireann, in view of the fact that An Garda Síochána has decided not to pursue any issue within it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15097/15]