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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Qualifications (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 559. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of early childhood care and education teachers who hold a two-year diploma in Montessori education who are paid the higher capitation rate of €73 per child per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41044/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 737. To ask the Minister for Health following the introduction of the nursing home support scheme, Fair Deal, the recoupment of nursing home fees that have been recovered by the State from participants, their estates or next of kin for each year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41796/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 738. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an appeal of a decision to refuse a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited due to the hardship caused by medical costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41799/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 788. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the ongoing delay in reviewing the medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if it can be expedited due to the financial hardship the person is under. [42080/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 909. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's policy regarding the specification for the provision of rooms for resource teacher in terms of the size of the room, sharing with other pupils and facilities and any other specific requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41797/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 910. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused funding of a devolved grant; the appeal options that are available to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41798/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 911. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused a higher education grant by the Student Universal Support Ireland; the other sources of funding available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41800/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Data Protection (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 1043. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the State bodies and agencies with which Irish Water will share customer information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41775/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 991. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is a local authority requirement to inspect a septic tank where the individual householder reports that their septic tank is malfunctioning and likely to cause a risk to the environment and/or human health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41081/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 992. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the septic tank grant scheme for the carrying out of remediation, repair or upgrading works to, or replacement of, a domestic waste water treatment system, where the need for such remediation, repair, upgrading or replacement has been identified by a householder themselves; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 1021. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when interested parties will be in a position to make applications for funding under the new LEADER programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41462/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 1037. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application to Mayo North East Leader Development Company by an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo; if it will be expedited in order that the essential work can commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41616/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 1046. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to legislate to compel the payment by weight for both domestic and non-domestic waste disposal customers and to exclude the current payment option which is payment per lift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41828/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 1072. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the status of an application to Mayo North East Leader by a club (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42264/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 1088. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the independent expert panel considering EirGrid's Gridwest and Gridlink for route specific studies and reports of fully undergrounded and overhead options for Gridwest; when he expects to have its final report and recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41774/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (4 Nov 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 1106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been awarded the Bus Éireann vehicle recovery and towing service contract. [41177/14]

Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: What is the delay in the production of legislation to underpin the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant replacement schemes? There are persons who are precluded. No new applicants are being accepted. There are those who should get it. There is concern and it has been going on a while. What is the problem?

Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Earlier this week CER officials appeared before the Joint Committee on Environment, Community and Local Government to discuss the issue of water tariffs in order that we could drill down into them and be satisfied about the various components that are being considered to price water provision. These include fairness, customer protection and so on, but a fair assessment of the meeting is that...

Irish Water: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: Many other factors must come into play. Most countries have water charges, which are metered, and they are much cheaper. When a question was posed about this at the meeting, the CER officials explained that these systems took a longer time to introduce and have been on the go for a long time and they described them as incentive-based. We do not seem to be in that place. This, among other...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Scheme Administration (23 Oct 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: 89. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will include an incentive within the GLAS scheme to encourage farmers cut the hedges on their land which are growing out onto the public road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40710/14]