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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (14 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: 496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their payment; when their payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22150/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Redeployment (14 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: 502. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff from his Department in County Galway that have transferred to the Department of Social Protection in counties Mayo or Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22236/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (9 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Galway is due to lose a teacher; the options open to management and parents to retain this teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22060/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (9 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: 180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments in respect of a single farm payment and disadvantaged area payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22022/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (9 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: 183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received payment in respect of the agri-environment scheme; when payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22084/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: EU Regulations (8 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: 124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a determination has been made in relation to the way the receipt of UK Winter fuel payment would affect recipients of fuel allowance here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21718/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (8 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment of the agri-environment options scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21719/13]

Fodder Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (7 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. This is, without doubt, a very serious problem, but some of the Deputies opposite appear to blame the Minister for not being able to control the weather, such is the predicament in which we find ourselves. We faced into a spring the likes of which we had never seen previously. A Deputy on the opposite side of the House said he had never...

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (2 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak to the Bill. I welcome its provisions, the main aims of which are to streamline the way in which rents are calculated across all local authorities. I also welcome the fact that the making of a rent scheme is now a reserved function of the housing authority, as this will give elected council members a role in deciding rent policy. This Bill seeks...

Organ Donation: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: I commend Deputy Tom Fleming on tabling this motion and welcome the cross-party support for it. Much work has already been done on this issue and the heads of the human tissue Bill are at an advanced stage of drafting. That Bill will deal with the removal, use, storage and disposal of organs and tissues of deceased persons and provide for consent on the use of organs from a living person...

Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on the Bill. In the current economic climate, all opportunities for tax evasion must be examined and countered. I believe that up to €50 million annually may be lost to the country as a result of false declarations of non-use of motor vehicles and, therefore, the Bill is a common sense approach to closing that loophole. The...

Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: Were speed cameras to check for motor tax evasion it would negate the argument that they are there to save lives on our roads and boost the public perception that they are mobile revenue creating machines. Similarly, the idea of using toll operators to check for motor tax evasion is a bad one. Already many people cannot afford to use the best and most expensive roads in the country, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: FÁS Training Programmes (1 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that can be taken to allow Irish persons now living and working in Australia to complete their apprenticeships (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20800/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hardship Grant Scheme Eligibility (1 May 2013)

Paul Connaughton: 200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not entitled to a hardship grant in view of the fact that their herd is locked up since February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20801/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (30 Apr 2013)

Paul Connaughton: 468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19910/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (30 Apr 2013)

Paul Connaughton: 538. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to families who have a medical card and need orthodontic treatment for an 18-year-old child;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19909/13]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013)

Paul Connaughton: I take that on board but there was an issue with the residential section. There was much money put into the facility recently. Where is the internal audit at currently?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013)

Paul Connaughton: To link it in with the other shared services, there is another facility in Tuam, the old Grove hospital site, which has been lying idle for quite a number of years. How much money has been spent on its security and so forth? What is the plan to link the two services?

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013)

Paul Connaughton: At the moment, the issue is that the scheme has been suspended.

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Health Service Executive Financial Statements 2011 (25 Apr 2013)

Paul Connaughton: I understand that and apologise for the words I used. The problem at the moment is that if one is in hospital long term, one stands a better chance of getting a bed through the fair deal scheme than someone who went through the normal procedures.