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Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: The Minister has had them for two years.

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: Has the Minister for Social Protection got confidence in him?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Staff Remuneration (20 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering any changes to the manner in which the National Asset Management Agency recruits and remunerates staff; the contractual obligations it imposes on staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8387/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (20 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement his Department has had with the European Commission in respect of the preliminary investigation into Ireland’s corporation tax rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8386/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (20 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a family (details supplied) in County Mayo will have their asylum application confirmed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8606/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (20 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 217. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo may expect to have their disadvantaged area payment processed; the reasons for this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8719/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (20 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Sligo may expect to have their REP scheme 4 payment processed; the reasons for this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8720/14]

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: Is the Taoiseach happy with him?

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: His babysitters.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Staff (19 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of customs officials assigned to the illegal drug section in counties Mayo and Sligo; the measures taken for the protection of the western seaboard from illegal drug smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8560/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Applications (19 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: 188. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of the mobility allowance scheme and the motorised transport grant scheme has been completed; if he will outline the criteria and application process for the replacement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8640/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Maternity Services (18 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: Is that the full report?

Topical Issue Debate: Maternity Services (18 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter, as well as thanking the Minister for Health for coming in to reply. According to The Connaught Telegraph, a report commissioned by the HSE conducted by the Dublin-based firm, Health Partnership, is examining maternity services in the west-northwest hospitals group. The initial first draft of the report is recommending closure...

Topical Issue Debate: Maternity Services (18 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister for his reply. I accept that no decision on reconfiguration will be taken in a regional context, but the Minister is opening up the reconfiguration issue in a national context. What stage is this national maternity review at and what is the timeline? Will it be delivered in the Minister's time in office? What are its terms of reference? The Minister of State, Deputy...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (18 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: No.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (18 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: I will come back to this on Report Stage, as this is a mistake. We are moving away from having locally elected representatives involved in this enterprise function, and it will be purely a matter for unelected officials. That is wrong. The role and oversight of local business people in the running of county enterprise boards has been important so there should be some way of involving...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (18 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 4: In page 5, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following:"(4) Funding for the activities carried out by local authorities on behalf of Enterprise Ireland under the terms of this legislation shall be identified as a separate item in the annual estimates and shall not be included in the overall Enterprise Ireland vote.".

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (18 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 5: In page 5, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“7. (1) Any alterations to an arrangement or service level agreement (as provided for in paragraphs (b) and (c) of section 6) between Enterprise Ireland and a local authority for the provision of services under the terms of this Act shall be subject to the approval of the Oireachtas. (2) Any arrangement...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (18 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: This amendment has been ruled out of order because it purportedly imposes a charge on the State on the basis that it provides for oversight of local enterprise offices by representatives of local authorities and business. Will the Minister explain where it is suggested in this relatively simple amendment that a charge to the State would arise? Many in the business community believe local...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (18 Feb 2014)

Dara Calleary: I am anxious to find out where the charge on the Exchequer arises.