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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Data (6 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total spent on free legal aid in 2012; the total number of persons to whom free legal aid was provided; the average fee-cost of the free legal aid; the ten largest individual amounts paid for individual cases under free legal aid in 2012; the number of persons who had previously received free legal aid on one other, two other, three other,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (6 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal of single farm payment for 2013 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20081/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (6 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford in relation to the urgent funding needed under the nursing homes support package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20022/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a review of the current planning legislation to allow the extension of planning permission in cases which cannot be pursued due to economic circumstances; if he will allow the applicant the opportunity to prove that they can comply with modern standards by way of submission of information to the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (1 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will carry out a review of the procedures in place for the letting of local authority houses to ensure that local authorities are not prevented from overly onerous regulations and conditions from letting houses to tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19458/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (1 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions gardaí in the Garda division of Limerick have made against persons whose car exhausts exceed the maximum noise levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19771/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (1 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to sulky racing on public roads, if it is still the legal position that the Summary Jurisdiction Ireland Act from the 1800s requires persons to display the name of the owner of the horse drawn vehicle and the townland where they reside on the vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19803/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution Legislation (1 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislation in place on the maximum amount of noise that a car exhaust can emit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19772/14]

Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Three more weeks, Billy.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the issue of rogue traders preying on vulnerable persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19274/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction on a school (details supplied) in County Wexford will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19071/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing Appeals Mechanism (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the position regarding a school that had 85 pupils on its roll last September and consequently lost a class teacher because the school was one pupil short of the 86 needed for next September; the number of small schools country-wide that are in a similar position losing a teacher as they are one pupil short; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the financial benefit to the State if there was a freeze on the pupil-teacher ratio for the 2014-15 year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19143/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the current maximum pupil-teacher ratio for small schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19144/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a temporary principal can be brought in to cover a programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19168/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 262. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce measures in primary or secondary legislation to define the use of the term "accountant" in order to introduce protections for the consumer.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19117/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 267. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to bring forward proposals including regulations and-or legislation to address the issue of individuals and groups targeting vulnerable people by offering bogus services; if he will consider the introduction of a standardised identification scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19171/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any exemptions in which a person can apply for employment through JobBridge without having the qualifying criteria of being in receipt of a social welfare payment; the reason for not being in receipt of a social welfare payment is due to the fact that the applicant is living at home with their parents, as all jobs they have applied...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Black Economy Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the issue of persons in the black economy undermining legitimate self-employed businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19170/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 433. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be made available in the Lough Gur, Broadford area of County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19174/14]