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Other Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: That is great if they are parked up at the manager's house.

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: They are all parked up at managers' houses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Role and Functions: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: Would letters regularly come from the State Claims Agency?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Role and Functions: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: Or to the PIAB.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Role and Functions: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: The board is not rapped over the knuckles for expressing an opinion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Role and Functions: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: I endorse fully the remarks of the Chairman. I pay tribute to Ms Dowling, her executive team and the board. I welcome back Mr. Joe O’Toole who is now on the other side of the fence. The work done is really impressive. Those who doubt public sector reform can be achieved should note this model. We had a good briefing with the board a few weeks ago in Buswells Hotel and the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of hours overtime worked by staff of the Passport Office in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the cost associated with this overtime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15285/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Garda Investigations (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of cases of alleged or suspected misappropriation being investigated against members of staff at the Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15286/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the proposed amalgamation of the Church of Ireland College of Education with St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra and the Mater Dei Institute of Education with DCU; the level of consultation that has taken place with Church of Ireland parents and teachers across the country on the matter; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Programme Expenditure (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of public funding committed to County Mayo in 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of capital projects that have commenced and have been completed in County Mayo in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15164/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 246. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the present working arrangements for au pairs; if he proposes changes to these arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15204/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Staff (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 250. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has had any discussions with IDA Ireland on the establishment of a fully staffed south-east regional office in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15289/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Administration (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if holders of travel passes can book seats online and, if not, the reason for same; and her plans to allow them to do so in order to avail of online discounts to make seat bookings and so on. [14803/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the current average waiting time of eight to 12 months for processing social welfare appeals; if she has any plans to increase the number of appeals officers within the Social Welfare Appeals Office; her views on whether the current waiting period is leaving many persons with uncertainty surrounding their own...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 334. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of semi-State bodies under his control that are involved in wind farm development; his plans to direct any other State agencies under his control to engage in wind farm development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15175/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 338. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of agencies or companies within his Department involved in wind energy development; the element of co-ordination between them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15233/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Activities (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way Coillte is empowered under legislation to develop and build wind farms; the way this activity can be reconciled to its other responsibilities as set out in applicable legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15175/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Activities (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the provisions in legislation that allow Coillte Teoranta to engage in activities other than forestry; the investments made to date by Coillte in wind energy; the amounts paid out by it, outlined in a tabular form on a project-by-project basis, to consultants and contractors regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 489. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that nursing positions in special needs schools have not yet been formally recognised by his Department or the Department of Children and Youth Affairs; if he agrees that this situation is utterly unsatisfactory and poses numerous issues and problems for the management, staff and, in particular, pupils of such...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (1 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: 559. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that nursing positions in special needs schools have not yet been formally recognised by the Department of Education and Skills or the Department of Health; if he agrees that this situation is utterly unsatisfactory and poses numerous issues and problems for the management, staff and, in particular, pupils of such...