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Written Answers — Local Authority Remuneration: Local Authority Remuneration (23 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will make available to Dáil Éireann details of remuneration paid to both Waterford city and county councillors in respect of both salaries and expenses for the years 2010 and 2011 respectively. [10349/12]

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (23 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the recent events which we saw unfolding in Union Hall, County Cork, if he will confirm the total cost which was incurred during the search and rescue mission; the number of fishermen currently registered to operate here; the steps, if any, that have been taken to make mandatory the issuing of each fisherman with a...

Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: He did not say that.

Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: Deputy Higgins should be allowed to make his supplementary contribution.

Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: No, he did not.

Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: He did not get up again.

Job Protection (29 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether it would be beneficial to the State to sponsor struggling small and medium businesses with a view to encouraging employment; his plans to liaise the Department of Social Protection in relation to this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11744/12]

Job Protection (29 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: Statistics show that over 1,400 businesses, medium to small in size, went bust over the past two years. According to the Central Bank, 30% of all loans to SMEs are in trouble. Those who could obtain loans are in trouble. In the business section of The Irish Times during the week, it was stated a leading Irish supplier and installer of small-scale renewable energy systems has turned to the...

Job Protection (29 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: I am not critical of the jobs initiative in its entirety, as the Minister of State knows and as I have said publicly. In Pathways to Work, there is an initiative to pay private companies thousands of euro in taxpayers' money for each person taken off the dole. Why do we not turn that on its head? When small businesses' incomes begin to decline, their first step is to let part-time people...

Job Protection (29 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: Yes, I accept that.

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: Aspects of this Bill are necessary and welcome, particularly with regard to conditions for the registration and reregistration of teachers and for giving the Teaching Council the powers it needs to ensure the pre-service training is up to scratch. I am in favour of giving teachers the opportunity to update their skills and to embrace new technologies throughout their careers. I also welcome...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: However it is done, maybe the Minister could advocate that. Setting up a database would help because sometimes the argument made is that a teacher could not be found, and the Minister knows that. I refer to retired teachers. The Minister knows this is an issue. I find it illogical and wholly inequitable that hundreds of retired teachers continue to work in the education system while...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: I know that, but Deputy Quinn is the Minister for Education and Skills. He might use his influence in this regard. In one month last year, statistics showed that 335 retired individuals were on the education payroll and yet our young teachers are going to the United Kingdom, Canada and Singapore. They are sought after in these countries. As the Minister knows, many of them will never...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Feb 2012)

John Halligan: They are the main points I wanted to make. It is very wrong to spend so much time and money at university only to graduate and find one cannot get a job. The daughter of a friend of mine has gone to New Zealand for work. She is a highly qualified secondary school teacher who was getting two days or three days work here and there. What made her angry was that there were retired teachers on...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2012)

John Halligan: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes that have been made to the documents that are being requested from those in receipt of one parent family payments in a standard review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11864/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (1 Mar 2012)

John Halligan: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures she intends to put in place to ensure that JobBridge is not exploited by private sector employers resulting in persons being forced into low paid jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11863/12]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (6 Mar 2012)

John Halligan: Question 580: To ask the Minister for Health if he has been notified of any such side effects resulting from a swine flu vaccine (details supplied); if so, the number of cases there are thought to be in the country; and the steps, if any, that have been taken to date to investigate this matter. [12710/12]

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (7 Mar 2012)

John Halligan: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that under the existing licensing regime there is no obligation on Providence Resources, in the case of the so-called Dalkey Island project, or any other oil or gas exploration project in the event of going into production of either gas or oil to supply the Irish State. [12894/12]

Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (7 Mar 2012)

John Halligan: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will explain in the context of the proposed sale of parts of the ESB under the troika agreement, the way he defines strategic and non-strategic parts of the company and specifically his definition of power generation as non-strategic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12895/12]

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (8 Mar 2012)

John Halligan: Question 25: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the issue of Providence Resources application for a foreshore licence to drill for oil and gas in Dublin Bay has been referred to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and Wicklow County Council as per remarks (details supplied) in Dáil Éireann on 28 February 2012; if he will also...