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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (7 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national neurorehabilitation strategy; if he will request the Health Service Executive to prioritise an implementation plan for this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12124/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: The effective rate of tax-----

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Croke Park Agreement Issues (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of the recent negotiations on a new public sector pay deal, if he will outline the way negotiations were conducted with representative bodies that do not for legal reasons have union status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11867/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the National Parks and Wildlife Service are expected to complete their threat response plan for the conservation of hen harriers at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11864/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to adjust the REFIT scheme for miscanthus growers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11875/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation will be finalised enabling fines and so on to be deducted from wages and thereby end the practice of the courts having to give persons custodial sentences for failure to pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11865/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Partnership Agreements (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the costs associated with the previous benchmarking arrangements for salaries in An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11866/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Procurement Contracts Expenditure (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the secure radio network for the Gardaí represents value for money at €40 million per annum; the date on which this contract was negotiated; to whom this €40 million was paid; if any assessment has been carried out on its effectiveness vis-a-vis mobile phones; the level of use of this radio network by...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received to join the new agri-environment options scheme; the funding available for this scheme; the number of applications which meet each of the seven priority categories established under the application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11869/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Implementation (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the negotiations which he has had with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of the REFIT for energy crops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11878/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Natural Heritage Areas (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 579 of 26 February 2013, if he is satisfied that his Department has the necessary legal basis to restrict activities in proposed natural heritage areas when these areas have not been statutorily designated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11926/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alternative Farm Enterprises (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of public funds approved by his Department under the various schemes to grant aid the cultivation of energy crops including miscanthus; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many of the beneficiaries of these funds now find that because of the failure to adjust the REFIT that there is no return for this investment;...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mobility Allowance (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Health if he will explain the operation of the motorised transport grant; the number in receipt of this assistance to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11876/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mobility Allowance (6 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the operation of the mobility allowance scheme; the numbers in receipt of this allowance; if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11877/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (5 Mar 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the National Parks and Wildlife survey on the hen harrier at a location (details supplied); if additional lands will be sanctioned for afforestation in this area; the compensation available to land owners who face ongoing restrictions as to land use arising from the designation of their lands; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (27 Feb 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider introducing reforms to the area of public prosecutions to facilitate plea bargaining by those considered to have committed a crime; the legal obstacles presently to this approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10465/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (27 Feb 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received an application for resident status here under the immigrant investor programme from a person (details supplied); the current status of this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10677/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (27 Feb 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing an agri environment option scheme payment to a person (details provided) in County Cork [10635/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (27 Feb 2013)

Michael Creed: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in the issuing of disadvantaged area and single farm payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10669/13]

State Forestry: Motion [Private Members] (26 Feb 2013)

Michael Creed: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate and I thank Deputy Doyle for sharing his time. I do not have any ideological hang-ups about selling Coillte's trees. They are sold annually as it stands. I welcome the Minister's reassurance in this regard but I understand that the issue is whether we decide to forward-sell them. We are not selling the ground on which they grow nor the...