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Tue, 15 Oct 2013
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School Staffing
Barry Cowen
46. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the statutory right to time off of primary school and secondary school teachers attending local authority meetings if they are elected councillors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43566/13]
Tue, 15 Oct 2013
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Energy Policy Review
Barry Cowen
205. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland is in breach of Article 7 of the Aarhus Convention and Principle 10 of the 1992 UN Rio Declaration on Environment and Development with regard to the consultation of the local community and public at large on the wind exportation projects in the midlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43656/13]
Tue, 15 Oct 2013
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Public Sector Staff Issues
Barry Cowen
245. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the statutory right for time off of semi State employees attending local authority meetings if they are elected councillors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43567/13]
Thu, 10 Oct 2013
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National Housing Development Surveys
Barry Cowen
136. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the national housing survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42825/13]
Thu, 10 Oct 2013
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Barry Cowen
137. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis a breakdown of vacancy rates on local authority housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42826/13]
Thu, 10 Oct 2013
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Barry Cowen
138. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis a breakdown of vacancy rates on voluntary housing association stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42827/13]
Thu, 10 Oct 2013
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Barry Cowen
139. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis a breakdown of the total local authority housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42828/13]
Thu, 10 Oct 2013
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Barry Cowen
140. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a county basis a breakdown of the total voluntary housing association housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42829/13]
Thu, 10 Oct 2013
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Local Government Fund
Barry Cowen
153. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 01 October 2013, which indicated that the current gross payroll bill for the local government sector amounts to €1.354 billion whereas the payroll figure in his Department's consolidated Financial Statement is €1.682 billion, if he will explain the significant difference between the figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42977/13]
Wed, 9 Oct 2013
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Freedom of Information Legislation
Barry Cowen
29. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to restrict the National Treasury Management Agency and its subsidiaries, the National Pensions Reserve Fund and the National Asset Management Agency, from the full terms of the proposed freedom of information legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42483/13]
Tue, 8 Oct 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Reform
Barry Cowen
78. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give an assurance to self-employed and farming families that he has no plans to include working assets in calculation of a family's means for qualifying for a third level student maintenance grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42230/13]
Tue, 8 Oct 2013
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Property Taxation Data
Barry Cowen
141. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the total number of households who have made a property tax payment in 2013 to date; the total who have failed to make a payment; the percentage of households who are paying in instalments; the number of households who have availed of an exemption; the compliance rate to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41875/13]
Tue, 8 Oct 2013
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Property Taxation Data
Barry Cowen
142. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the total revenue raised by the residential property tax to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41876/13]
Tue, 8 Oct 2013
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NAMA Portfolio Issues
Barry Cowen
143. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, has undertaken an audit of its property with a view to identifying suitable lands for transfer to sports groups; if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the suitable properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41880/13]
Tue, 8 Oct 2013
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Household Charge Yield
Barry Cowen
366. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the total revenue raised by the household charge in 2012 and 2013. [41877/13]
Tue, 8 Oct 2013
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NAMA Social Housing Provision
Barry Cowen
381. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a county breakdown of the number of properties identified by the National Asset Management Agency as being suitable for social housing; the number of properties accepted by local authorities for transfer; the number of properties transferred to date; the amount of money spent by his Department on NAMA properties for social housing use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41881/13]
Thu, 3 Oct 2013
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European Banking Union
Barry Cowen
31. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance the impact he expects the single European banking supervision mechanism will have on the day-to-day operation of Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41452/13]
Wed, 2 Oct 2013
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White Paper on Defence
Barry Cowen
43. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recently published Green Paper on Defence; if he foresees any policy changes relating to the 'triple lock' arrangement covering Irish Army involvement in peacekeeping missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41193/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Air Services Provision
Barry Cowen
93. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken to secure an air link between Ireland and China; if he has engaged with the Dublin Airport Authority in order to increase commercial airline activity in Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40823/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Family Income Supplement Applications
Barry Cowen
413. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for family income supplement. [41123/13]