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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (10 Mar 2015)

Michael Creed: 189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the impact of the changes to entitlement to the one-parent family payment with children over seven years of age in the context of a lone parent currently working 19.5 hours at minimum wage; the financial impact in these circumstances on loss of take home pay and the reduction in family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (10 Mar 2015)

Michael Creed: 502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the position regarding a proposed new national school (details supplied) in County Cork; whether all the necessary documentation has been received by her Department to enable it to make a decision; when this project is expected to be put out to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10568/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Michael Creed: 75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the one-parent family payment; the number of these in receipt of a court-mandated maintenance payment or other such payment formally recognised by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9868/15]

Dairy Sector: Statements (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Creed: The Deputy should not talk about a soft landing.

Dairy Sector: Statements (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Creed: When I hear Fianna Fáil talking about a soft landing, I must confess that it puts a shiver up my spine. I hope that Fianna Fáil's history with soft landings is not replicated in the dairy industry post quota. When the history of the Irish agricultural sector, particularly its dairy industry, in the late 20th and early 21st centuries is written, there will be an interesting...

Dairy Sector: Statements (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Creed: It is because of that acumen and ability that the processing sector has equally prospered, as they are the same people who populate the boards of our dairy co-ops the length and breadth of the country. I take my hat off to them. When it was not the sound bet for the banks that it might be today, these people were prepared to put their money where their mouths were and invest in their...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Creed: I am not sure if I contributed to the Second Stage debate on this Bill. However, I have spoken previously to the Minister about this issue. There is a case to be answered in respect of the points made by Deputy Fleming, particularly when it comes to the ECCE aspect of child care facilities operated in the community and private sectors. As I understand it, what is being proposed is that an...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Creed: I thank the Minister of State for his clarification on the ECCE year. The fact the commercial operator who exclusively provides the ECCE year is exempt makes the case, given what has happened with the sports facilities, for that exemption to be carried across to the person who provides the diversity of service for child care, be it crèche facilities, ECCE or after-school services. It...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (4 Mar 2015)

Michael Creed: I take the Minister of State's point but it is only a couple of weeks since we had the industry and - perhaps I should not use the term - the service outside the gates of Leinster House making the case about that service having become a low wage sector. One of the costs on that service is rates. The Minister of State is now going some part of the way on behalf of the community services and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (3 Mar 2015)

Michael Creed: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the situation regarding the revised sick leave arrangements for public servants, and the consequences for a person who is on certified sick leave for over 92 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9025/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Mar 2015)

Michael Creed: 485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to a submission from a post-primary school (details supplied) in County Cork; if a departmental inspector has visited the school to see the quality of its current classroom accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8980/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (3 Mar 2015)

Michael Creed: 608. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in the context of the ongoing debate about provision for reduced speed limits within residential housing estates, if consideration will be given to legislative provision for lower speed limits on minor public roads with significant levels of residential development, along the lines of the quiet lanes initiative in the United Kingdom;...

Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to make a relatively short contribution on this lengthy and complicated legislation. The Bill, as published, comprises 106 pages and the Explanatory Memorandum comprises approximately 32 pages. It has had a lengthy gestation through pre-legislative scrutiny and hearings in committee with interested parties. I hope this inclusive approach to the finer detail of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (26 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal regarding a carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8581/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (25 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who purchased the family home in December 2014 is entitled to a refund of deposit interest retention tax on savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8314/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Trails Office (25 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 481 and 482 of 17 February 2015 the position regarding a landowner, through whose lands one of the 39 trails covered by the walks scheme referred to in his previous replies traverses, but who is currently excluded from any payment for the maintenance of this particular stretch of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Quota (24 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received an application for a special allocation of milk quota, due to a non-notifiable disease outbreak, in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if, in view of the circumstances, he will consider a special allocation in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7789/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (24 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will issue a call for projects under the capital assistance programme from local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7790/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (17 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 337. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of oxygen supply for medical reasons is eligible for refund under the drugs refund scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6978/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Blood Donations (17 Feb 2015)

Michael Creed: 390. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that there is a restriction on donations of blood to the blood bank here by persons who may have been resident in the United Kingdom during the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) crisis period; the number of cases which have established a clear link between residency in the United Kingdom during the relevant period and transmission of...