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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Creed: 476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the cash balances held by the higher education sector have been depleted; if so, if she proposes to reinstate the €25 million budget cut to the sector initiated in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37927/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Creed: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals to promote the rent-a-room relief scheme as a partial solution to the crisis in student accommodation provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37887/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Assistance Fund (7 Oct 2014)

Michael Creed: 479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the importance of the student assistance fund and if in view of the increasing financial pressure on third level students and their parents and the rising rate of drop outs at third level, her views on funding for this fund in the forthcoming budget for her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37972/14]

Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2014)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, which proposes to make mandatory the plain packaging of cigarettes. I see this as a significant and legitimate public health measure. We have a significant track record in this area and I pay tribute to a previous Minister for Health, Deputy Micheál Martin, who introduced the smoking ban in public houses. That was the first step along...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Michael Creed: Tomorrow it will be the turn of the INTO and the Simon Community, while earlier this week it was the Society of the Irish Motor Industry. I have heard from the drinks industry and the IFA. One has the whole gamut of society from the business community to the trade union movement to non-governmental organisations. They often raise general issues about which individual constituents come to...

Registration of Lobbying Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2014)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to speak about the Bill. The first point I would like to make is that we in this House are in a very privileged position to be elected and representatives of the people. Obviously, that honour is something we should cherish and not in any way tarnish by our activities. I sometimes very much regret the willingness within political discourse to undermine the actions...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Fatalities (1 Oct 2014)

Michael Creed: 81. To ask the Minister for Defence the steps his Department is taking to monitor a US court hearing (details supplied); the contact he has had with the Lebanese Authorities regarding the range of charges which the person at the centre of the US court hearings may face if extradited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37224/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (1 Oct 2014)

Michael Creed: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made by her Department towards the elimination of rented prefabricated classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37307/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (1 Oct 2014)

Michael Creed: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will clarify the situation regarding veteran, vintage and classic cars and their current liability for NCT; if his Department is considering changing the regulations in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37223/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (30 Sep 2014)

Michael Creed: 180. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on targeted rent allowance increases in view of the upward pressure on rents in certain locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37185/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (30 Sep 2014)

Michael Creed: 155. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to comply with a Labour Court recommendation on the issue of pension provision for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36780/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (30 Sep 2014)

Michael Creed: 156. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the law in relation to mandatory retirement for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36781/14]

Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2014)

Michael Creed: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the Sport Ireland Bill which is a welcome and overdue piece of housekeeping in respect of the administrative structures for Irish sport. In welcoming the merger of the Irish Sports Council and the National Sports Campus Development Authority, I pay tribute to the staff of both organisations. I have no doubt but that under the new aegis of sport...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (25 Sep 2014)

Michael Creed: 255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on negotiations between his Department and Irish Water regarding the taking in charge of housing estates (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36173/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (24 Sep 2014)

Michael Creed: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications approved to date under the Syrian humanitarian admissions programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35980/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (17 Sep 2014)

Michael Creed: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance the contracts he has had with the National Asset Management Agency in connection with the sale of developer loan books; if in view of the housing shortage and the stated Government objectives to address this issue he has discussed with NAMA the way the sale of developer loan books should proceed in this regard; his view on whether it is desirable to insert...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts (17 Sep 2014)

Michael Creed: 338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding legislation designed to protect the financial interests of sub contractors on building projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33762/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (17 Sep 2014)

Michael Creed: 1341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the building contract used by her Department in school buildings adequately protects sub-contractors; if she will provide a comprehensive report on the dealings by her Department with the main contractor in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if in this instance she or her Department are aware of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (17 Sep 2014)

Michael Creed: 1775. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of land owners who availed of the compensation scheme available arising from the designation of their lands as special areas of conservation; the advice she has received in relation to the non-availability of compensation for this designation to affected land owners given that the compensation scheme was an integral...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (17 Jul 2014)

Michael Creed: 459. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding housing estates (details supplied) in County Cork, which are the subject of negotiations between his Department, Irish Water and Cork County Council with regard to a possible takeover by Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32019/14]