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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (16 Jan 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Kerry in receipt of the single farm payment scheme in 2012. [57950/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (16 Jan 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of a single farm payment totalling €2,000 or less; €2,000-€5,000; €50,000-€70,000; €100,000 or more. [57951/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Development (16 Jan 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the matters discussed at the meeting of EU Fisheries Ministers in Brussels during the week of December 17-21, 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57952/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Obesity Levels (16 Jan 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has any planned initiatives to address the teenage obesity issue highlighted in the report Growing Up Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57943/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the findings of the National Advocacy Service, published October 2012, that disabled persons being moved out of institutions and into the community without adequate planning resulted in increased doses of prescription medication for some; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57955/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (16 Jan 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review the Health Service Executive has undertaken after an audit found that 7,000 old-age pensioners had not had their eligibility reviewed for more than ten years; the number of medical cards that have been revoked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57956/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Management System (16 Jan 2013)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the electronic claims management system that has been rolled out to six sites to replace the paper-based process; the locations at which this system will be rolled out to next; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57957/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Banking Sector (19 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of the Eurozone banking deal, which assigns regulatory powers to the European Central Bank for banks with assets greater exceeding €30 billion or one fifth of their home country's GDP, his views on the way this will affect the banking system here, specifically, if the pillar banks will come under ECB supervision. [57187/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has investigated the use of a smart phone app to be used by Gardaí in order to scan barcodes on cigarettes to determine if tax has been paid and identify illegal cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54752/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered reducing the VAT on newspapers to a similar level as seen in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54753/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on difficulties facing students who are unable to provide social welfare offices with proof of being enrolled in full-time education when applying for social welfare payments, as they are unable to pay registration fee while waiting for Student Universal Support Ireland to approve their grant applications and are designated as temporarily...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plans in place when awarding the Student Universal Support Ireland grant application processing contract to Dublin Vocational Education Committee should a delay in the processing of grants arise; if a contingency plan for dealing with delays was submitted by each entity that tendered for the contract; if a condition of the contract...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was awarded supplementary welfare allowance when residing in Ireland in 1998; if they met all conditions necessary for the entitlement to supplementary welfare allowance in that year, the reason they are not entitled to SWA at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54669/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourist Accommodation (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide accommodation occupancy statistics for hotels, guest houses, bed and breakfasts, hostels and self catering accommodation for year to date in 2012, or alternatively accommodation occupancy statistics for any part of 2012, for Dublin city, the south-west region and County Kerry. [54650/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the change in tourist numbers that has been experienced for the years to date in 2012, or alternatively for the first six months of 2012, from the same period in the previous year in Dublin city, the south-west region and in County Kerry. [54651/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of passengers between 1 June 2012 and 31 August 2012 into Dublin Airport, Shannon Airport and Kerry Airport. [54652/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average number of passengers per week to date in 2012 for Dublin Airport, Shannon Airport and Kerry Airport. [54653/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the change in the total number of passengers in months June, July and August 2012 from the same tourist season 2011 into Dublin Airport, Shannon Airport and Kerry Airport. [54654/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of extra flights into Dublin Airport, Shannon Airport and Kerry Airport to date in 2012 compared to 2010. [54655/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pre-Budget Submissions (4 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which his Department costs pre-budget submissions produced by pressure groups and political parties; and if a submission can be declared to have been costed even when it has only received a brief general opinion from his Department. [53992/12]