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Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The amendments I read out are grouped and are to be discussed together. It was not my decision to group them; it was an independent decision.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The grouping list has been circulated to Members.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will take measures to ensure that persons who were formerly self-employed may gain access to job activation measures on an equal basis to all other persons who are unemployed, regardless of entitlement to job seekers allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29487/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Benefits (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views that changes are needed to ensure that former self-employed persons gain access to a greater range of supports from her Department if they find themselves unemployed; the measures she has taken in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29488/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Data (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views that persons who were previously self-employed but are now unemployed should be included in the live register figures; if she will take measures to facilitate this change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29489/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Entrepreneurship Plan (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures his Department has implemented to encourage entrepreneurial activity; the efforts in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29304/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of jobs created in County Cork by the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland supported companies in the each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29305/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 129. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of jobs created in County Cork by businesses supported by local enterprise offices in the each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29306/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the number of jobs he anticipates the south-west region Action Plan for Jobs 2015 to 2017 will help create; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29307/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Local Authority Funding (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 176. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been provided to Cork City Council in respect of the national play day, since 2011; the number of applications received from the council for such funding; the number of applications granted; if any applications were refused, the reason for the refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29308/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Local Authority Funding (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 177. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of funding that has been provided to Cork County Council in respect to national play day, since 2011; the number of applications received from the council for such funding; the number of applications granted; if any applications were refused, the reason for the refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29309/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Strategies (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 178. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the implementation of the national decision-making strategy; the measures that will be taken in assisting secondary school students in making decisions regarding their future careers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29310/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Bereavement Counselling Services (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider developing a national policy to provide parents and families access to appropriate, professional and qualified support when the death of a child occurs in a health care setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29314/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Action Plan on Bullying (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have published their anti-bullying policy to the board of management, in accordance with the action plan on bullying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29312/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (15 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 336. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken to encourage increased enrolment in Irish colleges and the learning of Irish, with reference to the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29311/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The purpose of today's meeting is to continue our hearings on affordable and high-quality child care provision. I thank the committee rapporteur, Deputy Sandra McLellan, for her work on the issue. The focus of our discussion is the education needs of carers and community child care workers. I welcome Mr. Joe Rynn, manager of Dublin City Childcare Committee; Ms Avril McMonagle, manager of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Moloney. She can refer to other points in the question and answer session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: In inviting Deputy Joe Costello to make his contribution, I take the opportunity to welcome him to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Affordable High-Quality Child Care: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Moloney and all our witnesses this morning for their excellent presentations and the quality of their engagement.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (14 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the eligibility for family income supplement in order that persons working less than 19 hours per week can benefit from this payment, given that such a move would be of particular help to those transitioning from the one parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28809/15]