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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 May 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused funding by way of a devolved grant, notwithstanding the serious accommodation deficit; the appeal options that are available to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18148/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Trans European Transport Network Programme (12 May 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 620. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details, including cost and source of funding, of the projects for Ireland which will proceed under the Trans-European Network for Transport and the Connecting Europe Facility Regulations 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18100/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Trans European Transport Network Programme (12 May 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 621. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects for the west of Ireland that will proceed under the Trans-European Network for Transport and the Connecting Europe Facility Regulations 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18102/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (7 May 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants and supports available in the provision and adaptation of housing for persons with intellectual disabilities, to provide for some independent living in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18055/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (6 May 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: The Minister issued recent guidelines on a review of speed limits and proposed slow zones in residential areas. Children will be out in housing estates where there is no through traffic, as opposed to out on the main road where a 30 km/h speed limit is in force. Local authorities need to do more in terms of engineering to slow down traffic. The Garda Síochána will not be in the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 45. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider addressing the unfairness of the situation where a woman worked in the 1960s, before she had a family, left to raise her family, subsequently returned to work and now, when she comes to pension age, her reckonable contributions are taken as from the 1960s up to the present, which means her average contributions work out at...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (6 May 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of social welfare payments in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the dependent family members the person is receiving payment for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17701/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 303. To ask the Minister for Health if dementia is covered under the heading of mental handicap, as qualifying for the Long-Term Illness Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17355/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (30 Apr 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding proposals his Department is making to the European Union Transport Commissioner in relation to Ireland West Airport Knock, in order to secure the future of the airport and to make it sustainable and self financing going forward from 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17131/15]

Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions: Motion [Private Members] (28 Apr 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: We have many relevant debates in this House but this is one of the least academic, even though much of it involves macroeconomics and other high matters. It concerns 110,000 households in mortgage arrears. The Government has talked about it for a long time and a suite of measures has been introduced to support people to find resolutions with pressure brought to bear on banks and supports...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (28 Apr 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the publication of the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, report Learning from the Evaluation of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will now be included in this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16765/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (28 Apr 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the publication of the Economic and Social Research Institute report Learning from the Evaluation of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will now be included in this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16766/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (28 Apr 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the publication of the Economic and Social Research Institute report Learning from the Evaluation of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo will now be included in this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16767/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Postal Voting (28 Apr 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 412. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the State bodies and organisations whose staff are entitled to apply for a postal vote, while stationed outside the state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16309/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Postal Voting (28 Apr 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 413. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the circumstances under which a person who is eligible to be on the Electoral Register, but who is living outside the State, may be entitled to apply for a postal vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16310/15]

Self-Employed and the SME Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Apr 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: I welcome the opportunity to speak briefly on this motion. I propose to focus on the problem of credit and cash flow for small and medium-sized businesses. Despite the many good initiatives, such as the microfinance scheme, introduced by this Government to assist existing business and new start-ups, there is still a problem in this area about which we are hearing all the time. Basically,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (21 Apr 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 619. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the housing assistance payment scheme will become operational in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15802/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (21 Apr 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 625. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of Leader funding that was spent in County Mayo under the rural development programme in the years 2007 to 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15300/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (15 Apr 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of the changes to age limits effective from 3 July 2015, when a one-parent family payment recipient must apply for the back to education allowance in order to be able to reapply for the one-parent family payment, based on the condition of the youngest child which applied at the time of the original application; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals (15 Apr 2015)

Michelle Mulherin: 119. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for a refusal of a jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14864/15]