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Topical Issue Debate: Upward-Only Rent Reviews (26 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: We did, actually. We brought forward the legislation. The Minister was very vocal in opposition on so many issues, including this one. He is now in government and had the chance for two years to do something about it, but he has sat on his tail and the retail industry has been left like so many other groups he courted. On this occasion he should be conscious that it is not only me who is...

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: They were represented by trade unions.

Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: The Taoiseach is not showing it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Development: Discussion with Skillnets (26 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: I welcome Mr. Nuzum and the team. I have always been a fan of Skillnets. It is close to market. Mr. Nuzum's organisation is responsible for much of the shake-up in education and training in the past few years. I am interested in two matters. ManagementWorks is probably a departure from Skillnets original core mission. How many have gone through it at this stage and what is Skillnets...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (26 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his proposal on internal convergence is still on the table for the Common Agriculture Policy negotiations; if this proposal has been modified, and if so, the way it has been modified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14646/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (26 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposed regulatory or legislative changes arising from the recent horse meat scandal; when it is proposed to make such changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14736/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Amalgamations (26 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the rules regarding a list of primary school amalgamations. [14991/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (26 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person responsible for the administration of the LEADER Programme in the Gaeltacht region of Erris, County Mayo; if he will confirm that the programme is currently being administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14769/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (26 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person responsible for the administration of the LEADER Programme in the Gaeltacht region of Erris, County Mayo; if he will confirm that the programme is currently being administered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14769/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (26 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will allow An Garda Síochána to adopt a leasing policy for transport as is common in police forces across the EU; if he will agree that An Garda Síochána has an attrition rate of one patrol car daily across the State and that his Department's fleet replacement policy is flawed in that the recent purchase of 250 vehicles...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Technology Adoption Programme Eligibility (26 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider allowing all sheep farmers on offshore islands to join the sheep technology adoption programme scheme irrespective of the amount of breeding stock they have, due to the marginal and exposed location of the farm. [14743/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Atlantic Way (26 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed Atlantic Way, County Mayo; if he will outline the proposed route of the Atlantic Way; the budget assigned to the Atlantic Way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14887/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licence Issues (26 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the basis for there being only one photo capture system for the new driving licence; if his attention has been drawn to the impact this select system will have on the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15093/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Access to Health Services (21 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and his office for allowing us to raise this issue and thank Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh, who organised a briefing by Mr. Sherif Sultan, the vascular surgeon at University College Hospital Galway and the Galway Clinic, on this topic yesterday. It is not even a funding issue. Someone just needs to take responsibility in the three counties of Galway, Mayo...

Topical Issue Debate: Access to Health Services (21 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: After that, my own and Deputy Naughten's remarks still hold. There is a ridiculous anomaly that someone a mile inside a county border can get the machine while someone a mile on the other side is in the wrong county and cannot get it. I will raise this at my HSE meeting in Castlebar, and the Galway Deputies will be raising it tomorrow. It would be good if the Minister of State, Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: Is just like the Labour Party in opposition.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: Is the Minister going to talk about his own connections?

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: Deputy Rabbitte wrote the book.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (21 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to tackle fuel smuggling in the border area; his views on whether the extension of the carbon levy to solid fuels may result in an additional form of smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14055/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (21 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he plans to deal with the mortgage arrears crisis in the buy to let sector in a manner that does not disrupt the overall well-being of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14029/13]