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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations Upgrade (6 May 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 449. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if either the National Transport Authority or Irish Rail will provide an update on the establishment of adequate wheelchair access through the gates at Kilcoole train station in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20242/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (30 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Wicklow and Greystones Educate Together primary schools will form part of the new Educate Together secondary school in Bray, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19077/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (30 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow is oversubscribed to fill two classes of junior infants, but the school has capacity for a third junior infant class, but will not be allocated a teacher for this class unless the school can show that the third class would also be filled; if the school is not better off to have three classes of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure (30 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of microfinance that has been approved to date; the number of applications and if he will provide a breakdown per region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18988/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (30 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 260. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policy and strategy to develop a more balanced division of foreign direct investment, FDI, to the areas outside the main urban centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18989/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Implementation (30 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 261. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his approach towards achieving our Horizon 2020 targets of €1.2 billion; the projected breakdown for microenterprise and small and medium enterprises; the strategy to streamline the process to achieve these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18990/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (30 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 692. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Adoption Authority of Ireland has completed its consideration of the submissions from Helping Hands Adoption Mediation Agency and Arc Adoption for funding to act as accredited agencies for inter-country adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18898/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (30 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 693. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received and considered submissions from the Adoption Authority of Ireland identifying 23 areas for change in the Adoption Act 2010 and if she will provide an outline of any planned legislation changes in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18899/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (30 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 694. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered any changes in how bilateral agreements for the purposes of inter-country adoption are established with Ireland as a receiving country; if she has had any discussion with the Adoption Authority of Ireland in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18900/14]

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I welcome the introduction of the Competition and Consumer Protection Bill and I commend the Minister on the work he has done in respect of it. The Bill has been quite some time in gestation and I understand that certain difficulties and challenges arose in the context of dealing with the technical aspects relating to it. None the less, the Bill, which was placed on the A list at the start...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Losses Due to Recent Storms: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: That may or may not be the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Losses Due to Recent Storms: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I am not the most familiar with the fisheries section. I am trying to get my head around this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Losses Due to Recent Storms: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Okay. I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Losses Due to Recent Storms: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: He is not the only person without insurance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Losses Due to Recent Storms: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the witnesses for taking the time to make the long trip to this meeting. We ran this meeting in an unconventional way to facilitate interaction between the members of the committee and the representatives of the fishing industry. We are keen to get an idea of how we can help to make the scheme work and deal with some other issues. With the agreement of members, I propose that we go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Losses Due to Recent Storms: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The first thing to do is to make sure it is all accounted for and the way to do that is to make sure the system is user-friendly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Losses Due to Recent Storms: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Mr. O'Donoghue made a point about a technical agreement that can be fast tracked. Is he suggesting the agreement has not been ratified?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Losses Due to Recent Storms: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: If we put in a request, or suggest that we should tap the fund, we must not get a response that it is impossible. We need to be sure of our ground before we make a submission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Losses Due to Recent Storms: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: That is another point. The issues are no receipts, upping the grant aid and having an upper limit on the pots.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Losses Due to Recent Storms: Discussion (15 Apr 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Perhaps we could employ a system that sought proof of how the money was used and insisted one had to supply a receipt. We can discuss the matter in private.