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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (1 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 228. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of fuel allowance who only have oil heating may receive their payments in two lump sum payments rather than €20 per week. [28037/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (1 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 333. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reintroduce the tenant purchase scheme to allow tenants in rented local authority houses to purchase their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28354/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Turbary Rights (1 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the allocated turbary history of a plot of bog in County Sligo; the present position regarding a person (details supplied) in relation to the right of turbary over said plot; the options that exist for the person named to establish the history of the allocated turbary; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (1 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 556. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their medical card reinstated in view of the Government decision to reinstate medical cards that were removed between July 2011 and June, 2014; his views that children with Down syndrome should have an automatic entitlement to a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28387/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (1 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 592. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28537/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (1 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 593. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28538/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (1 Jul 2014)

Dara Calleary: 644. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the area manager position will be filled at the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, local area office in County Mayo; if this position is being advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28394/14]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: There is always a first.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: How many Report Stage amendments in total are envisaged and when will we see them?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: There will be a handful of amendments to every section, by the looks of it. Is it a Kildare handful or a Cork handful?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 86: In page 27, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following:“(8) The Minister shall establish an independent appeals mechanism for persons refused an employment permit under the provisions of subsection (1).”.This amendment aims to open another appeals mechanism for persons who are refused a permit. It would make it possible for an outside body to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: The intention is not to create an extra layer of bureaucracy but to provide a final arena for assessment in which all of the checks the Minister of State has outlined could be considered by an independent person to ensure they were all covered. The consequences for the status of someone who loses a permit are significant.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: If someone’s application is turned down, there could be a final court. I could include a time limit if the Minister of State wished and resubmit the amendment on Report Stage. The process takes such a long time and the consequences of losing an existing permit are so severe that this would cover all of the angles.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: Yes.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: It would be a higher officer in the Department, somebody with a fresh eye but with a knowledge of the system. I would be happy to return to this issue on Report Stage and clarify it in the meantime.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: How can amendments be consequential on amendments that come afterwards? I imagine something would only be consequential on something that comes before it, would it not?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: I presume the reference in amendment No. 34 to "a course of study" means a course that is regulated through FETAC, as opposed to one that can be established-----

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: I want to mention that we intend to propose amendments to section 8 on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: We may table amendments to section 8 on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (26 Jun 2014)

Dara Calleary: Could there be a consequence for others who have nothing to do with the case - colleagues in the workplace - in being drawn in to prove a salary? I might be exploited, but my colleague may be oblivious to this. Could information on terms and conditions be drawn into the court case?