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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (6 Jun 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue in relation to an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26619/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Jun 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 417: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal will be finalised in respect of an application for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27184/12]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (22 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if FÁS schemes completed prior to 2000 are taken into account when assessing eligibility for community employment schemes in 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24999/12]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (22 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 457: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when high-speed broadband is rolled out to secondary schools in County Galway, will it also be available in the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25124/12]

Written Answers — Animal Identification Scheme: Animal Identification Scheme (22 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 542: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a penalty was imposed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway in relation to their single payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24967/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 544: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any plans to move any personnel within his Department in Connacht in view of the fact that a number of employees across the country have expressed interest in moving to a location in Connaught, but there appear to be few opportunities to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24998/12]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (22 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 555: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received their suckler cow scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25439/12]

Written Answers — Live Exports: Live Exports (22 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 556: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the certification system for exporting cattle from Gort Mart, County Galway, has been removed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is causing hardship to those who export cattle from this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25440/12]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (22 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 557: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an appeal on medical ground for disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25442/12]

Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this extremely important Bill. In the current difficult financial climate access to credit for small and medium sized businesses is crucial. The Bill is an important step in providing a platform that businesses can use to drive their enterprises forward. Small and medium businesses are the lifeblood of the economy. Job creation by large multinationals...

Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (16 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the remaining 25% will be paid in relation to the agri environment options scheme 2010 and 2011 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24499/12]

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (15 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has not received compensation to cease cutting turf on their bog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24105/12]

Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (15 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 416: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive their single farm payment for 2010 or 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24061/12]

Written Answers — Grassland Sheep Scheme: Grassland Sheep Scheme (15 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 418: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway did not receive their ewe grant in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24106/12]

European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this very important Bill. In recent years, we have heard much talk about the impact of globalisation on world commerce, finance and food production. However, the phenomenon of globalisation is also very pertinent in the world of crime. Recent weeks have seen a number of high-profile cases involving jewellery theft and Internet...

Special Educational Needs (15 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this topic and the Minister of State for being present. Parents of children with intellectual disabilities who are about to leave school are in a dilemma as they do not know what services, if any, the children can avail of when school finishes next month. The difficulty is believed to affect more than 700 children, voluntary service...

Special Educational Needs (15 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: I thank the Minister of State for her response. Her final point answered what I was going to ask. This has been happening for a number of years now. We are talking about some of the most disadvantaged in our society but we have treated them like this for the past number of years. That is simply unacceptable and I welcome the review. The plan is that this would not happen again and that...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the wage subsidy scheme has been extended to local authorities to encourage them to employ persons with disabilities or if there are any plans to have the scheme extended to local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23436/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if systems have been put in place to deal with the effect that the institution of a milk production partnership has on the REP scheme plans of those involved in view of the fact that the matter appears to be causing considerable delays in payments to farmers in that situation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 May 2012)

Paul Connaughton: May I share time with Deputy Carey?