245. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering an extension of the VAT reduction scheme introduced last year and any widening of the scheme to include additional areas or industries. [38033/12]
244. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the application of VAT to a product service will be reviewed in respect of a person (details supplied) so that like products are taxed accordingly. [38032/12]
208. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated value of assets formerly belonging to persons who are now deceased and who did not leave any indication of any beneficiary nor any living relative. [37035/12]
207. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the typical length of time that unclaimed money, owing to the death of a person who has no will and no known next of kin, may remain in an account before the State becomes involved and the longest period for which such an account has remained open following the death of the account holder. [37034/12]
206. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of money currently on deposit in financial institutions in the State formerly belonging to persons who are now deceased and who did not leave any indication of any beneficiary nor any living relatives known to the authorities. [37033/12]
205. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his role in the management of a deceased person's assets and finances when the deceased has not left a will and there are no living dependants. [37032/12]
175. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the outcome of the recent Mexican presidential elections, following reports of vote-rigging, vote-buying and unfair media coverage during the campaign. [38030/12]
600 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that there are sufficient policing numbers for the O’Connell Street area; if his attention has bean drawn to any increase in public order offences or anti social behaviour; his views on whether the area is safe for tourists and those working there, and if any specific actions are being considered for the area.
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535 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the increase in public order offences, public drinking, drug abuse and anti-social behaviour in the Temple Bar area, Dublin, a significant cultural and tourist centre; and the actions being taken to address this growing problem.
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534 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a stamp 4 visa in respect of persons (details supplied).
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462 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in the legislation to be brought forward to implement the recent Constituency Commission report, if any changes are to be made to the Constituency Commission report, either in a substantive way, or at a technical level, for example, proposed names for new constituencies.
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229 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to expand Ireland’s trade relationship with Turkey.
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73 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for the EU Presidency next year in so far as Turkey’s accession to the EU is concerned; and if he anticipates any significant developments, in particular in relation to the opening or closing of remaining chapters.
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70 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if this country will be signing up to the Open Government Partnership.
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547 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make it possible for local authorities to introduce partial footpath parking in urban areas.
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500 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of health service employees who completed performance management and development system assessments in 2011 by the Health Service Executive area and hospital; and if she will provide a breakdown of the scoring categories 5 to 1 in each HSE area and hospital.
[33357/12]
433 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered the recommendations made by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to adoptions from Ethiopia; if this organisation has received the completed legal advice it was seeking from Ethiopia.
[33355/12]
368 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if any steps have been taken to establish a property transaction register; and when he envisions it to be up and running.
[33354/12]
327 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority employees who completed performance management and development system assessments in 2011 by authority sector; and if he will provide a breakdown of the scoring categories 5 to 1 in each authority sector.
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247 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of her proposal to introduce statutory sick pay on employers, if she has carried out a full cost-impact analysis on small businesses if this proposal were to be introduced; and if so what are the results of this.
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141 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no longer an ecommerce training course being offered by FÁS; and his views on whether an ecommerce course would be a useful addition to the current courses on offer.
[33352/12]
128 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the following information, estimated, for a single person with no dependants, no credits, breaks or reliefs, earning €42,000 in income, with no other assumed additional sources of income: the amount of income tax and other taxes on incomes expected to be paid by this person in 2012; if he will provide a percentage breakdown of the areas of Government spending on which the taxes paid by the person are to be spent by each Department and in each area in line with the budget for 2012; if he will provide a detailed description of the way the taxes paid by the person are to be spent in simple monetary terms euros and cents in line with this breakdown; if he will provide a figure detailing the person’s annual contribution to national debt repayments, a figure detailing the person’s share of the national debt and a figure detailing the person’s share of the national deficit; and if he will provide the same information as projected for 2013.
[33359/12]
708 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will consider allowing road authorities to make bye-laws for the provision and use of charging bays on public roads for electrically powered vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles; if he will consider authorising a road authority to make bye-laws for the control and regulation of parking by car club vehicles on public roads. [31605/12]
707 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider incorporating the Smarter Transport Bill 2011 into upcoming legislation.
[31604/12]
656 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that transport for patients to and from the Central Remedial Clinic in Clontarf, Dublin, has been terminated (details supplied).
[32288/12]
655 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the reason some treatment drugs (details supplied) prescribed by a doctor are not covered by the drugs payment scheme.
[32287/12]
480 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding ownership of land in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway.
[31751/12]
490 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the possibility of establishing a visa scheme specific to persons working in the technology and related sectors, which will have specific criteria for admission in order that it will not be open to abuse but will allow Irish companies and foreign technology companies investing here to recruit the necessary skilled personnel from abroad.
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479 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he supports the principle of establishing a specific technology visa scheme to help the indigenous sector and multinationals located here to attract the necessary talent to ensure that Ireland is established as the high tech capital of Europe.
[31686/12]
425 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on introducing a wage threshold for those in council housing whereby those earning a higher wage would no longer be able to avail of council housing.
[32286/12]
299 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the possibility of establishing a visa scheme specific to persons working in the technology and related sectors, which will have specific criteria for admission so that it will not be open to abuse but will allow Irish companies and foreign technology companies investing here to recruit the necessary skilled personnel from abroad.
[31683/12]
218 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the role his Department will play in assessing the preferred patronage for the new primary school to be established in the Dublin 2/4 area; if he will examine or consider any changes to the existing schools patronages; and the direct communications he expects to have with parents living in the catchment area before the new school is built.
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211 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the specific actions have been taken to address the skills shortage in the technology sector, where there currently exists significant under-employment, and which was highlighted by a briefing to Cabinet earlier this year by a senior manager in a major internet company invested and located here.
[31685/12]
109 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff members awaiting redeployment in his Department and agencies under his aegis.
[31972/12]
708 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will consider allowing road authorities to make bye-laws for the provision and use of charging bays on public roads for electrically powered vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles; if he will consider authorising a road authority to make bye-laws for the control and regulation of parking by car club vehicles on public roads. [31605/12]
605 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons in his Department’s redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as their current role is no longer necessary, but have not been redeployed as of yet.
[30487/12]
590 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health his views are on those under 18 years of age using sunbeds and his plans to introduce any measures in this area.
[30870/12]
546 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in his Department’s redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as their current role is no longer necessary, but have not been redeployed as of yet.
[30481/12]
500 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons in his Department’s redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as their current role is no longer necessary, but have not been redeployed as of yet.
[30474/12]
473 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in his Department’s redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as their current role is no longer necessary, but have not been redeployed as of yet.
[30472/12]
455 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons in his Department’s redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as their current role is no longer necessary, but have not been redeployed as of yet.
[30476/12]
428 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons involved in the technology industry who have been granted an entrepreneur or investor visa.
[30490/12]
427 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of persons who have applied for the entrepreneur or investor visa scheme; and the number who were successful.
[30489/12]
426 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in his Department’s redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as their current role is no longer necessary, but have not been redeployed as of yet.
[30483/12]
386 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in his Department’s redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as their current role is no longer necessary, but have not been redeployed as of yet.
[30478/12]
364 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering using road tax or other charges as a way of incentivising the purchase and use of electric vehicles.
[30492/12]
339 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of persons in his Department’s redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as their current role is no longer necessary, but have not been redeployed as of yet.
[30475/12]
325 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons in his Department’s redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as their current role is no longer necessary, but have not been redeployed as of yet.
[30473/12]
282 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in his Department’s redeployment pool, including agencies responsible to it, that is, those persons who are to be redeployed as their current role is no longer necessary, but have not been redeployed as of yet.
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