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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (10 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 623. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will consider purchasing the listed building formerly occupied by Summerhill College from the Diocese of Elphin, which is seeking to offload it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10329/15]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: Among other things, this Bill will help promote the uptake of new employment and give increased support to lone parents to find work, while also helping to protect the Irish taxpayer from increased fraudulent social welfare claims in the future. The main purpose of the Bill, as detailed by the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, yesterday evening is, as...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (4 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 95. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the distress being caused to asylum seekers in the direct provision system as a result of delays in processing their applications, if she will allocate extra staff resources in order to expedite the processing of requests for asylum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9427/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (4 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason revenue raised from road taxation has gone to the establishment of Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9430/15]

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: I welcome the Minister and Minister of State. The growth in the current funding for the Department is to be welcomed, after a number of years of decline. I have some brief questions. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl alluded to one of them, namely, the views on extending the built heritage jobs leverage scheme. Will it proceed and what shape will it take?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: I thank the Minister. It is true that we should concentrate on that because many groups and heritage buildings benefited from it. The Minister had a recent opportunity to visit my constituency, and visited Lissadell House in County Sligo. I ask her to elaborate on her impressions of the estate. Does she believe that historic houses such as Lissadell House and Hazelwood House are in need...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: In respect of Lissadell House, the Minister is quite right about the Cassidy-Walsh family and the amount of investment it has put into the house, which is the Gore-Booth family home and has associations with Countess Markievicz and W. B. Yeats. My question concerned additional grants for such houses. This is a house that is being lived in. Nine members of the Cassidy-Walsh family live in...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: Hazelwood House may not have appeared on the Department's radar but it will do so very shortly. There are huge plans for the house and I may speak to the Minister and her officials about it in the near future.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Recruitment (3 Mar 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim, who was successful in obtaining a position via the Public Appointments Service, category specialist higher open, Office of Government Procurement, may obtain a position based in the proposed new office in County Sligo as opposed to a Dublin based office; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (25 Feb 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the financial figures, per county, of the 2015 local road improvement allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8332/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (19 Feb 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding the proposed new legislation restricting certain licensed firearms, the current efforts to tackle the high number of illegal firearms, which is estimated to be more than 100,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7585/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (19 Feb 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the protection local businesses affected by the proposed new firearms legislation will be offered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7587/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (19 Feb 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the compensation to be provided to persons affected by the proposed new firearms legislation, who will have to surrender or destroy their weapons and recreational equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7636/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (18 Feb 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 210. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the demand for access to the housing adaptation grant for elderly persons in this Deputy's constituency, his plans to reintroduce the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7321/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (17 Feb 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if lowland farmers in marginal land areas could have access to the new Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environmental Scheme, as at present, there is no category to cover these farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6702/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (17 Feb 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding commonage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6822/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (17 Feb 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6825/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Feb 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 361. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the stage at which the development of the new, out-of-office general practitioner service for County Sligo and north County Leitrim is at; the expected completion date for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6793/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme (11 Feb 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 171. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the proposed changes of the senior alert scheme, if consultation with any community groups and stakeholder has taken place; if there are plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6198/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (10 Feb 2015)

Tony McLoughlin: 595. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the current status of foreshore seaweed harvesting licence applications in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6000/15]