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Other Questions: Special Protection Areas Designation (6 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: Lest there be any confusion, I have no vested interest or land in the Mullaghareirk or Boggeragh district electoral divisions.

Other Questions: Special Protection Areas Designation (6 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: This issue is a stain on the Minister's Department and on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. They are a relatively small number of farmers but they have rights. They are landowners and their rights are being infringed. Deputy O'Donovan asked a pertinent question in respect of legal opinion. They are locked out of a compensation system that others are getting. That is the...

Other Questions: Special Protection Areas Designation (6 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: It is not without precedent.

Other Questions: National Archives (6 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: 6. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in view of the recent change in legislation in the United Kingdom relating to the transfer of Government records to the National Archives and specifically a change to the twenty year rule; the plans he has to amend Irish legislation regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7488/14]

Other Questions: National Archives (6 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: We have a long and sometimes troubled shared history with our nearest neighbour, the United Kingdom, and it is important that we get our view across in respect of that shared history. As a consequence of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 which commenced in January 2013, the British authorities are accelerating the release of public documents, with the 30 year rule being...

Other Questions: National Archives (6 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: I thank the Minister for his outline of the position and the dangers that are imminent if we do not implement change. While I welcome the establishment of the working group, it seems a little unwieldy. This is a no brainer, requiring only a simple amendment to the National Archives Act, 1986. The longer we prevaricate and as Britain accelerates its programme of release of public documents...

Other Questions: National Archives (6 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: Can I take it that the Minister agrees that there is a need to move in line with what is happening in the United Kingdom? If so, can I take his response as a promise that legislation will be forthcoming?

Protection of Residential Mortgage Account Holders Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: I commend my Cork colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, on his Protection of Residential Mortgage Account Holders Bill and welcome the Government’s decision not to oppose the legislation on Second Stage. Mortgage difficulties are the ultimate legacy issue of the economic downturn. It is too big an issue on which to score political points, but it was the result of the bubble economy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (4 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the financial assistance available to a school (details supplied) which due to rising enrolments secured an additional mainstream teacher in September 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10380/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (4 Mar 2014)

Michael Creed: 176. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a jobseeker's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details provided) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10538/14]

Post Office Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Feb 2014)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate and commend Deputy Seamus Healy on his foresight in tabling this motion. I thank my Government colleague, Deputy Eamonn Maloney, who is unavoidably absent, for giving me his time. Setting aside the motion and the amendment, there is an opportunity to harness the goodwill that exists to deliver a viable future for the post office network....

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (25 Feb 2014)

Michael Creed: I thank the Minister of State for her response, which included a great deal of information. I acknowledge that this issue is cross-departmental in nature, coming also under the remit of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. The Minister of State referred to additional funding of €4 million that has been allocated in 2014 specifically to drive implementation of the programme...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (25 Feb 2014)

Michael Creed: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, for taking this debate. The issue of appropriate supports for children with disability in the preschool year appears to fall between the remit of a number of Departments. The Department of Education and Skills is responsible for children with a disability attending mainstream schools. I refer to a very welcome initiative in recent years...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Recruitment (25 Feb 2014)

Michael Creed: 356. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an interdepartmental competition in 2014 for assistant principal positions within the Public Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9547/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (25 Feb 2014)

Michael Creed: 380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9071/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (25 Feb 2014)

Michael Creed: 463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the changes envisaged in respect of the tyre recycling regime; if proposals are being considered to have a single national contract in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9180/14]

Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words on the amalgamation of the Railway Procurement Agency, RPA, and National Roads Authority, NRA. They are a good fit in terms of critical infrastructure delivery. Over their relatively short periods of existence, both have acquitted themselves in a reasonably efficient manner. In so far as they are a good fit they also complement the Government's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming Economic and Financial Affairs Council: Minister for Finance (13 Feb 2014)

Michael Creed: The Minister referred to country-specific proposals that were under consideration. There is a trauma associated with outside bodies establishing the agenda for recovery in recent years, but we have now emerged from that. In this light and instead of pursuing an agenda driven by the Council of Ministers and the Commission, does the Government believe there is merit in Ireland establishing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Forthcoming Economic and Financial Affairs Council: Minister for Finance (13 Feb 2014)

Michael Creed: In contrast with the plan published post our emergence from the bailout, the bailout programme had timelines. There were to be achievements in quarters 1, 2, 3, etc. In many respects, the objectives laid out in the document in question are not timelined. In that sense, they are aspirational. To control the agenda of our recovery without being distracted by events, we should apply the...

Early Childhood Care and Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Feb 2014)

Michael Creed: In the brief amount of time available to me, I will focus on access to the early childhood care and education, ECCE, year for children with disabilities. I thank Deputy Troy and his colleagues for tabling the motion. The motion deals with many shortcomings but it is unrealistic in the current climate. The amendment strikes me as something of a roll of honour of what has been achieved but...