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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection (3 Dec 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the non-principal private residence charge will be abolished from 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51977/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Development Companies Administration (3 Dec 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local development companies that have been subject to Employment Appeals Tribunal hearings in the past five years; the names of those LDCs; the payments that were awarded in each case; the way the moneys were paid; the total cost to the State, including awards and legal fees and a breakdown of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Development Companies Administration (3 Dec 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local development companies that have been the subject of complaints to all statutory labour relations mechanisms in the past five years and the name of the LDC in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51752/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Development Companies Administration (3 Dec 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of 2013 local development company programmes that have yet to be signed off by Pobal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51753/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (3 Dec 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review of a single farm payment penalty will be carried out in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51343/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (3 Dec 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 345. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a penalty on a single farm payment will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51592/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (3 Dec 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 349. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51716/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (28 Nov 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an application for a forest road grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51193/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51205/13]

Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)

Brendan Griffin: In the interest of the security of everybody on this island and the neighbouring island, will the explosives Bill be prioritised? This legislation is of particular urgency given the recent security concerns in Northern Ireland, where a potentially huge loss of life was averted by the work of the security forces. These explosive devices were placed without any regard for the health and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is acceptable to provide scribes and readers for students who need them for State exams at junior and leaving certificate years but not for Christmas and summer exams in 1st, 2nd and 5th year; his views on whether the failure to provide such services outside of State exams disadvantages those who do not qualify for any...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (26 Nov 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of two, three and four teacher schools that have embarked on the amalgamation process since the implementation of Budget 2012 teacher threshold increases; if he will provide a breakdown for each of the three sizes of school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50751/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (26 Nov 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that his Department provides enough assistance to any small school that wishes to explore the possibility of amalgamation with a nearby school; the process to be followed; the supports his Department provides; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50752/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (26 Nov 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he would provide in tabular form the schools in County Kerry that have lost a teacher due to the implementation of budget 2012 teacher threshold increases; if he will categorise the information into two, three and four teacher categories; the academic years for which the teachers were lost; the enrolment numbers in each case; the total...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (26 Nov 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total savings achieved since the implementation of the Budget 2012 teacher threshold changes, broken down into two, three and four teacher schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50754/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (26 Nov 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process and time frame for a school that is a two-teacher school but will have in excess of 56 students in 2014-15 and beyond and wishes to apply to his Department for the allocation of a third teacher for 2014-2015; when it will need to apply; when it will be informed of a decision; the information it will need to supply and any other...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language Issues (26 Nov 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 430. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the EU Irish language derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50804/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (26 Nov 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 437. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will withdraw the national broadband scheme contract from a service provider in County Kerry in view of the totally inadequate service it is providing to customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50337/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (26 Nov 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when headage payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50222/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (26 Nov 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm and disadvantaged areas scheme payments will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50596/13]