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Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Departmental Staff Remuneration
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
388. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has made any contacts requesting staff whose annual salary is more than €200,000 in her Department or in any body under the remit of hers Department, to waive 15% of their salary or such amount in excess of €200,000 whichever is the lesser; if she has, the date on which he first made this contact; the number of staff who acquiesced to the request for the waiver; the number of staff who refused the request for the waiver; and the number of staff who have not responded to the request for the waiver. [52536/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Illness Benefit Costs
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
412. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if her statement reported in the media in August 2012 (details supplied) that her proposal to transfer the initial cost of illness benefit to employers would not apply to companies employing fewer than 100 workers remains her intention; and if she will confirm that her estimated saving figure of €89 million is based on the exclusion of all companies employing fewer than 100 workers and or any other exclusions. [52831/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Nursing Home Accommodation
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
637. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the amount invested by the Health Service Executive and St. James's Hospital on nursing home facilities at Brú Caoimhghnín, Cork Street, Dublin, each year for the past 10 years. [52345/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Hospitals Building Programme
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
638. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the intended future use of each of the three existing paediatric hospitals once the new national children's hospitals has been completed and opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52346/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Maternity Services
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
639. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health his future plans for the maternity hospitals in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52347/12]
Thu, 22 Nov 2012
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Employment Rights Issues
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
12. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he intends to safeguard the rights of migrant workers under the workplace relations legislation. [51889/12]
Thu, 22 Nov 2012
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Proposed Legislation
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
19. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a timeframe for the introduction of the new workplace relations legislation. [51890/12]
Wed, 21 Nov 2012
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Departmental Staff Remuneration
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
28. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider withdrawing the special TLAC pension provisions of an additional lump sum payment of half a year's salary and up to ten added years enabling early retirement on a full pension uniquely awarded to a number of existing secretaries general and city and county managers. [51547/12]
Wed, 21 Nov 2012
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Public Sector Pensions Legislation
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
48. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to review current public sector pension abatement legislation. [51546/12]
Wed, 21 Nov 2012
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Family Income Supplement Eligibility
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
138. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if the processing of family income supplement has been ceased until after Christmas; and if so, the reason for same. [51923/12]
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
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Student Grant Scheme Payments
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
138. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff currently allocated across the 66 vocational educational committees and local authorities to process the grant applications of existing third level students; the total number of grant applications lodged with the 66 bodies; and the percentage of these applications that are awaiting outstanding documentation from applicants. [51340/12]
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
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Medical Card Eligibility
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
580. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has had their full medical card changed to a doctor only card with no notice or reason. [50989/12]
Thu, 15 Nov 2012
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Promissory Note Negotiations
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
10. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if in the event of no deal being reached on the issue of the promissory note, that it is his intention to pay IBRC the €3.1 billion promissory due on 31 March 2013 and Bank of Ireland the sum due on the one year bond acquired in 2011 by that bank as part of that year's €3.1 billion promissory note payment to IBRC. [50519/12]
Thu, 15 Nov 2012
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Bank Guarantee Scheme Bond Repayments
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
58. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide detail of the remaining schedule of payments of unsecured and unguaranteed bonds held by all of the covered institutions detailing the cost of each of these payments. [50520/12]
Wed, 14 Nov 2012
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Nuclear Proliferation
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
49. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent comments of the Israeli Prime Minister that he is ready to order a unilateral strike on Iran; his views on the possible implication of these comments. [50096/12]
Wed, 14 Nov 2012
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Tax Relief Application
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
110. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the programme for Government commitment and national pensions framework proposal to reduce tax reliefs on private pensions in view of comments (details supplied) that the reliefs will not be reduced but instead a cap introduced and if he will elaborate on those comments. [49832/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
101. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the findings of the Focus Ireland report, Out of Reach: The impact of changes in Rent Supplement, that persons are homeless as a consequence of the cuts to the rent supplement scheme; her response to the findings; and the steps she will take on foot of the report. [49977/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Pension Provisions
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
112. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take in response to the finding contained in her Department's report on pension charges that the private pensions industry is taking up to a third of the value of persons' retirement savings in charges. [49831/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Child Benefit Rates
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
338. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, The Human Face of Austerity; and her view on the assertion that those who depend on social welfare income supports must be protected from further cutbacks. [49978/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
353. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance payment ceased in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and when it will be reinstated. [49588/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Rent Supplement Scheme Payments
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
373. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the current rent supplement thresholds in north Tipperary and south Tipperary; the reasons for any variances; her view on whether these thresholds are an accurate reflections of the rental market, and if any change in this threshold is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49769/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
374. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to incidents of landlords seeking payments from tenants in excess of the rent supplement thresholds, if she believes such practices are wide-spread, the action she is taking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49770/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Drug Treatment Programmes Availability
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
588. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure the maintenance of the Coolmine Therapeutic Community Centre's mother and child rehabilitation service which is in need of funding, so much so, that they cannot fund a nurse or child specialist for their Dublin West facility. [49461/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Drug Treatment Programmes Funding
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
589. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for every €1 spent on drug rehabilitation programmes, €3 is saved from the prison budget; his views on the collaboration programmes and shared budget streams between his Department and the Department of Justice. [49462/12]
Thu, 8 Nov 2012
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Universal Health Insurance Provision
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
27. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will set out his revised timetable for the promised roll-out of free general practitioners care, beginning with long-term illness patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48974/12]
Thu, 8 Nov 2012
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Care of the Elderly
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
32. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure the provision of care home places and other supports to allow the discharge of more than 600 acute hospital patients who are ready to be discharged but who cannot be discharged due to the lack of such supports and places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48973/12]
Thu, 8 Nov 2012
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Community Employment Schemes Places
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
185. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of participants on community employment programmes on 1 October 2012 and 1 October 2011, nationally and specifically in counties Dublin and Cork; the number of participants in receipt of disability allowance and also the number of community employment participants on one parent family payment on the above dates nationally and in counties Dublin and Cork. [49111/12]
Wed, 7 Nov 2012
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Defence Forces Ombudsman
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
13. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that his decision to change the role of the Defence Forces Ombudsman from full time to part time is adequate for the duties entailed in the role. [48464/12]
Wed, 7 Nov 2012
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Defence Forces Reorganisation
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
23. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the way the proposals for the reorganisation of the Defence Forces as applied to Dublin have improved their capacity to discharge their responsibilities to our capital city and the strategic hub of the State. [48463/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Job Statistics
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
144. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach the number of companies operating here that have 100 employees or more. [47787/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Tax Reliefs Application
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
221. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance his views in relation to comments (details supplied) regrding a pensions cap for the purposes of tax relief; if he will explain how this would work;and if this approach is being considered instead of reducing tax reliefs as was provided for in the National Pensions Framework. [47778/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Home-School Liaison Scheme
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
277. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is only 20 hours a week of home tutoring available for two siblings with autism. [48617/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Child Care Services Inquiry
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
434. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection further to her response to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 16 October 2012 in which she indicates that the inter department group on school-age childcare has completed its work if she will arrange for the publication of its full findings, conclusions and recommendations and the date of same. [47678/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Child Care Services Provision
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
516. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 16 October 2012, in which she indicates that the inter departmental group on school-age childcare has completed its work; if she will arrange for the publication of its full findings, conclusions and recommendations and the date of same. [47677/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Tax Reliefs Application
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
532. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection her views made in the media on 23 October 2012, to the effect that the Government are considering introducing a pensions cap for the purposes of tax relief; if she will explain how this would work and if this approach is being considered instead of reducing tax reliefs as was provided for in the National Pensions Framework. [47777/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Medical Aids and Appliances Applications
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
1015. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 10 October 2012, the reason for the delay in the approval of ankle and foot orthotics in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will ensure that this application is processed promptly; and when the child is likely to get approval in order that their splints may be ordered [47543/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Vaccination Programme
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
1162. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in presenting a paper on the supports to be made available to children who developed narcolepsy as a consequence of the State sponsored vaccination programme involving pandemrix as had been promised to parent representatives of those affected, the position regarding the paper and a date when he expects to bring it to Dail Eireann. [48441/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Medical Card Drugs
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
1166. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of medications that have been taken off the medical card over the past 12 months [48531/12]
Thu, 25 Oct 2012
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Child Protection
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
22. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the implementation plan for the roll out of a State-wide out of hours emergency social care service; if this plan will be published before Christmas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46763/12]
Thu, 25 Oct 2012
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Drugs Seizures
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
155. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of seizures of the illegal drug pseudoephedrine in each of the past 10 years and the seizure's location, value and size. [46920/12]
Thu, 25 Oct 2012
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Defence Forces Family Clinics
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
179. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the number of deaths there have been of serving members of the Defence Forces each year sine 2000; the cause of each death; and the number that were due to suicide. [47113/12]
Thu, 25 Oct 2012
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Defence Forces Family Clinics
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
180. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the number of suicide deaths within the Defence Forces since 2000; the number that were prescribed Lariam at the time or had been in the years prior to their deaths. [47114/12]
Thu, 25 Oct 2012
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Defence Forces Medicinal Products
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
181. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the persons within the army that were prescribed the 27,392 Doxycycline anti-malaria tablets issued between 2006 and 2012 and not another anti-malaria drug; if rank, unit, health status, duties, age, marital status, and length of time served or prescribing MO determine which anti-malaria tablets were prescribed to whom. [47115/12]
Thu, 25 Oct 2012
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Medicinal Products Supply
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
235. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to making it compulsory for ID to be produced for everyone purchasing medical products containing pseudo ephedrine, that all such products are stored out of customers' reach and that a doctor prescription will be required for all products containing more than 800mg of pseudo ephedrine per pack as is the case in Australia [46922/12]
Thu, 25 Oct 2012
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Medicinal Products Supply
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
236. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the plans, if any, he has of rolling out a drug awareness programme aimed at pharmacists in particular to increase vigilance about pseudo ephedrine and the production of methamphetamine crystal meth [46924/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Proposed Legislation
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
27. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward legislation to shorten the period that a couple would have to be separated in order to be eligible for divorce from the current four out of the last five years. [46416/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Legislative Programme
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
86. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to introduce legislation to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow registration of death in Ireland of Irish citizens who have died abroad. [46569/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Fuel Allowance Applications
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
87. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons who transferred from a one parent family payment onto a community employment scheme during the summer months and who were entitled to fuel allowance last fuel season are entitled to a fuel allowance now that the fuel season has commenced in keeping with the premise that you should not lose secondary benefits by virtue of participation on CE. [46580/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Social Welfare Appeals Status
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
98. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will make available a report on the social welfare appeals office covering the second two quarters of 2012 as she did in relation to the first quarter of the year. [46692/12]
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
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Urban Renewal Schemes
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
81. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans for the regeneration of an area (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [46197/12]