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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (19 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will publish the criteria by which he is to select membership of the EirGrid independent commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8445/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (19 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a person (details supplied) who has been nominated to the independent commission investigating EirGrid's proposals was previously engaged in any way by EirGrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8458/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (19 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 153. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the recruitment campaign for An Garda Síochána, if those who are unsuccessful at stage two are they going to be removed from the recruitment process or ranked accordingly and asked to progress to stage three should the need occur at a future date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8448/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (19 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to Garda recruitment, those within band one who are successful right to the end of the process, if there is going to be a panel drawn up to service the needs over the next three years with just band one members; it was recently announced that this campaign would be for the next three years; for those that are within band two and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant Applications (19 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 186. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the alternative scheme announced by his Department on 26 February 2013 that the motorised transport grant scheme was closed to new applicants and that an alternative scheme was being devised to replace it; when he expects it to come into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8436/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (18 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a full and complete assessment of the reasons the National Driver Licensing Service driving licence renewal process is in utter chaos and is now in the hands of three different companies; the way this can be seen as cost saving and efficient measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7792/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (18 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 408. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will carry out an immediate poverty impact assessment with respect to the changes from a unit based approach to a monetary value based approach in the home benefit package's support for recipients of ESB heating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8205/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 452. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the efforts that have been made to implement plans to have fibre-optic cables which will allow speeds 100 Mpb/s and greater, using fibre-to-the-home technology delivered to rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7551/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms and Ammunition Security (18 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 549. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposals submitted to him by the An Garda Síochána seeking new legislation to ban almost all handguns which are currently licensed, including centre fire and most of those .22 calibres which are on the Garda Commissioner’s list of unrestricted handguns; and the proposals which seek the banning of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms and Ammunition Security (18 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 550. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if he accedes to the Garda proposals a very large number of firearms which are currently licensed will be banned and licence holders will be required to either sell them in what will then be a non-existent market or have them destroyed as under the Garda proposals there will be no scheme of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (18 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 581. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances under which it was justifiable to increase the fee for Supreme Court appeals from €138 to €250; the person who proposed the increase; his plans to reverse same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8200/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 799. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give renewed consideration to the difficulties being experienced by an organisation (details supplied) in its delivery of rural transport under the proposed amalgamation of rural transport services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7803/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 800. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request a company (details supplied) to complete its sub-standard drainage works on the M8 Cahir South County Tipperary which is causing dangerous levels of water pooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7804/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme Funding (18 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 824. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport will he intervene directly with the National Transport Authority in order for them to allocate funding to Bus Éireann for the provision of bus shelters in rural areas like Bansha, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7793/14]

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: That will be too late.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: It could not be worse.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: The Deputy creates enough wind over there.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: When will the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources inform the House of the specific terms of reference of the so-called independent commission relating to EirGrid? I refer to the EirGrid legislation which has been put back to 2015 and I do not know why.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: I have tabled them.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)

Mattie McGrath: My question relates to the Central Bank consolidation legislation. When are we going to have the banks brought in? Ulster Bank is shedding a further 1,000 jobs and is closing branches. When will that be dealt with? When will we see the judicial council Bill? When will we see some sense made of what is happening in respect of families who are being terrorised by the actions of the courts?