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Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
Éamon Ó Cuív
540. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if the proceeds of any sale of the forest crop owned by Coillte will be used to clear the deficit of €122m in the Coillte pension fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43475/12]
Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
Éamon Ó Cuív
541. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if the responsibility to replant the forest will remain with Coillte in the event of the forest crop being sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43476/12]
Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale
Éamon Ó Cuív
542. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if it is intended to clear the debts of Coillte in part or in total in the event of the forest crop being sold; the amount of the debt reduction envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43477/12]
Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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Seirbhísi Sláinte
Éamon Ó Cuív
582. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Sláinte cén fáth go bhfuil an tIonad Cúraim Lae in Áras Mhic Dara dúnta faoi láthair; cén fáth go bhfuil athbhreithniú á dhéanamh ar an Ionad Cúraim Lae; cén uair a osclófar an tIonad Cúraim Lae arís; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [42746/12]
Thu, 4 Oct 2012
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Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals
Éamon Ó Cuív
9. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether Ireland’s economic interests are being protected in the current discussion surrounding proposals for a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42317/12]
Thu, 4 Oct 2012
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Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Éamon Ó Cuív
25. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that more than €500m in revenue is lost annually as a result of tobacco smuggling; his views on whether these are accurate figures; his plans to take additional measures to combat such illegal activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42313/12]
Thu, 4 Oct 2012
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Asylum Support Services
Éamon Ó Cuív
172. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current proposals regarding the future of Lisbrook Direct Provision Centre for Refugees, Galway; if all residents of Lisbrook who wish to remain in Galway will be facilitated in this way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42458/12]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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Dormant Accounts Fund Management
Éamon Ó Cuív
150. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the total funds now held in the dormant accounts funds, the amount of this that is committed to projects; the amount of the statutory reserve held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42185/12]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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Dormant Accounts Fund Management
Éamon Ó Cuív
151. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the net inflows of funds into the dormant account funds in the past three years; the amount sanctioned for nes projects in this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42186/12]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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Single Payment Scheme Expenditure
Éamon Ó Cuív
174. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the amount of money that would be available for redistribution amongst lower income farmers if the currrent rules of the single payment were to be amended post 2012 to limit the payment per hectare to €500/ha and the maximum payment payable to any farmer under the single farm payment to €50,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42135/12]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
Éamon Ó Cuív
178. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine when the details of the new agri-environment option scheme 3 will be available; the dates from which farmers can apply and the commencement date of the scheme; and when will the first payment be made under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42189/12]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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Departmental Offices
Éamon Ó Cuív
179. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he intends to reorganise or close any Department offices in the city and county of Cork; if this is proposed, the nature of the changes being planned, the services to be withdrawn and the offices to close; the arrangements for re-location of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42195/12]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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Sheepmeat Sector
Éamon Ó Cuív
185. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that there is a trade for light lambs in the factories, in view of the decision of at least one factory, not to kill any lambs under 15 kilos carcass weight, where in other years factories were accepting lambs down to nine kilos carcass weight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42214/12]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Éamon Ó Cuív
187. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the estimated expenditure under the existing REP scheme and agri environment options scheme including the scheme announced last week for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42356/12]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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Foireann Seirbhíse Sláinte
Éamon Ó Cuív
199. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Sláinte cén fáth go bhfuil cúig leaba fholmha in Áras Mhic Dara ar an gCeathrú Rua, Contae na Gaillimhe agus liosta fada feithimh ann de dhaoine ag fanacht le leaba sa teach altranais; an bhfuil sé i gceist aige foireann bhreise a chur ar fáil d’Áras Mhic Dara; cén uair a bheidh an fhoireann bhreise seo ar fáil; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [42165/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Job Creation
Éamon Ó Cuív
52. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the measures he has taken to support manufacturing industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41655/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Retail Sector Issues
Éamon Ó Cuív
64. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the measures he has taken to help the retail industry here; if he will consider the establishment of a separate unit in his Department to deal with and coordinate the challenges facing the retail sector; if he will consider introducing a new strategy for supporting existing and new jobs in the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41654/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Éamon Ó Cuív
166. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills if for the purposes of determining if a third level student is the required distance from the college to be eligible for the non-adjacent grant, the distance is measured from the persons home to the gates of the college or to the college building the student habitually attends, particularly in view of the size of some of the campuses, the legal and regulatory basis for the method of measuring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41580/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Teacher Training Provision
Éamon Ó Cuív
167. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendation made recently to him that teacher training will cease in colleges (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41583/12]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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Financial Services Regulation
Éamon Ó Cuív
291. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for her proposal that the new advisory service for mortgage holders in difficulty is to be confined to accountants; the reason financial brokers regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland are not included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41709/12]