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Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (19 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on the proposed amalgamation of primary schools (details supplied); if he will furnish a timescale detailing in particular when the project is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12183/11]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (19 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding religious volunteers seeking visas here; the conditions surrounding the granting of such visas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12144/11]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (19 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will clarify if the budget for the Drugs Initiative Tackling Problem Drug Use, which was previously held within the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, will continue to be available now that the Department of Health and Children is responsible for the national drugs strategy; if there is a commitment to the...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (24 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if the vocational educational committees are subject to the Freedom of Information Act; and if this is not the case, the reason for same. [12672/11]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (24 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of registered moneylenders here; the number of licences granted to moneylenders in 2008, 2009 and 2010 separately; his role in terms of auditing and overseeing such companies; the criterion necessary to establish as a moneylending organisation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12413/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will issue a progress report on a new school (details supplied) planned for County Cork; when work on the project will commence; and if he will explain his position on the issue in view of the fact that the matter is now in its 14th year. [12348/11]

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (24 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a ministerial function to appoint all members to the boards of institutes of technology; if he will furnish a breakdown of board membership in respect of Cork, Tralee and Waterford ITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12673/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (24 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport his arts strategy for the next year; the timeline for its implementation; the steps he is taking to ensure that funding in his Department is being ring-fenced to support various art projects and groups of both a national and local nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12306/11]

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (24 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 235: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of bonds that have been called in by all local authorities relating to unfinished estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12379/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 317: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if there are any vacancies, temporary or permanent, in its functions in Castletownbere, County Cork, and the application process for persons interested in such vacancies. [12390/11]

Written Answers — BIM Training Programmes: BIM Training Programmes (24 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is no longer possible to complete a full skipper ticket at the BIM training centre in Castletownbere, County Cork, following the loss of a teacher in the college; the reasons the individual post has been vacated; the circumstances under which the post can be re-filled;...

Written Answers — Road Haulage Licences: Road Haulage Licences (24 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 429: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs that hauliers are obliged to pay in Ireland in tabular form; his plans to ease the financial burden on hauliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12324/11]

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (24 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the streams of funding available for international sporting events here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12676/11]

Written Answers — Motor Fuels: Motor Fuels (25 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of filling stations here in 2001, 2006 and 2011 separately; and the number of these that were supermarket filling stations. [12908/11]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (31 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a progress report on plans for a flood relief scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork; the timescale for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13540/11]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (31 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding a school bus service (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parents in the area are willing to pay for the service if it is available to them and if the particular service can be maintained on the basis that it will have the minimum numbers required to maintain the service in 2012....

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (31 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a progress report on plans for a high-speed broadband connection scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork; the timescale for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13539/11]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 May 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on a planned sewerage scheme for the Skibbereen area; a timescale for completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13537/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (1 Jun 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way development charges, as levied by local authorities on the granting of planning permission for one-off houses, is spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13898/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 Jun 2011)

Michael McCarthy: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if negotiations are underway with Health Service Executive south to address the problems faced by child and adolescent diabetes sufferers in County Cork in terms of accessing services; his plans to re-organise diabetic paediatric services in the eight networks nationwide in order that more intensive services can be accessed locally...