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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (15 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 344. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in a tabular form, on a county basis and in the case of Dublin on a local authority basis the number of Industrial Development Agency client visits to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30684/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (15 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the qualifying criteria for back to education allowance; if a person who has previously received the allowance may reapply if undertaking studies at the same level as when previously receiving the allowance; if certified illness will be considered in the circumstance whereby illness prevented an applicant from completing their initial course...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (15 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a Leader application (details supplied in County Mayo); the reason for the delay in deciding on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30778/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (15 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 563. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a recruitment difficulty within the Irish Prison Service in relation to a post (details supplied); and when the investigation into matter by the Commission for Public Service Appointments will be completed. [30785/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (15 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 570. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a job recently advertised at a prison (details supplied) that is, if it is a new position or a rebadged position; and, in view of this specific clarification, to outline the procedures that should apply to staff on transfer panels who apply for the position, that is, if staff have previously turned down an offered position should...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (15 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 605. To ask the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria and application process for securing a transfer within the national ambulance service; the rights paramedics have in terms of transfers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31038/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (15 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 617. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [30759/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (15 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 729. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of applications for the 2014 sports capital programme from sporting and community groups in County Mayo; the number of applications that were successful; the number of applications that were deemed unsuccessful; the reason individual applications were unsuccessful; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (15 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 736. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance that may be available to minority sports (details supplied) towards the cost of affiliation to their governing bodies; the qualifying criteria should any assistance be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30970/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Good Friday Agreement recognises the special position of victims. Recognition is one thing and those who signed up to, and negotiated, an agreement must put actions into the recognition. In this case, the British Government must act and provide that information. I encourage the Minister to work with Justice For The Forgotten in pursuing the notion of an independent mediator who will...

Topical Issue Debate: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for providing us with the opportunity to raise the issue six years from the date on which the Oireachtas agreed the all-party motion. Deputies Smith, Crowe, Pringle, Finian McGrath and I are all on the cross-party group working with Justice for the Forgotten in this area and we agreed to submit this Topical Issue today to mark that anniversary. It is also 40...

Topical Issue Debate: Respite Care Grant Administration (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: Has Deputy Lawlor not got his on?

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Michael McGrath for sharing his time with me. I take the opportunity of the debate on this finance issue to wish Derek Moran every success and congratulate him on his selection as Secretary General of the Department of Finance, although it is a position though that should have been advertised. When we consider the level of coverage being given to the so-called - on-off or...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions that have been taken in response to the analysis of the action plan on jobs carried out by the OECD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29937/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: This question seeks the reaction of the Minister in regard to the recent OECD report on the action plan on jobs.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: One of the criticisms of the report was that the overall strategy was too centralised and needed to be adjusted and that bodies representing different industries and sectors in different regions of the country would be involved in it. This would support the ever and ongoing discussion on regional investment. Has the Minister any thoughts of a departmental review of regional policy? I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the employment opportunities and challenges arising from the transatlantic trade and investment partnership talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29941/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: This question seeks to establish the position in regard to the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, TTIP. I notice the Taoiseach is getting very involved in that area this morning, in the context of one transatlantic project. This is an area that is hugely important for Ireland and the Minister puts a lot of store in it. What exactly does the partnership mean for us?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Trade Agreements (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: What are the downsides and what work is under way in the Department to look at the downsides?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: There is also the matter of bureaucracy and red tape. Work has been under way in the Department for some time to address the number and type of regulations. How effective has that been in the past three years since the issue was identified in November 2011? Is it now easier for companies to do business with regard to licences, etc.? Will the Minister of State provide an update on the work...