50 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance the total collected in value added tax receipts from 1993 to 2011 for all category A new vehicles sold and registered here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance the total collected in vehicle registration tax receipts from 1993 to 2011 for all category A new vehicles sold and registered here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance the number of new category A vehicles sold and registered here from 1993 to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills the administrative savings made by the National Council for Special Education over each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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346 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria used by local authorities when determining which unpaid commercial rates are to be written off as bad debts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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345 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of judgments awarded in favour of the local authorities and the amount secured by such judgments in court cases to recover unpaid commercial rates initiated by local authorities in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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344 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of court cases to recover unpaid commercial rates initiated by local authorities in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason retail outlets are not required to display on receipts the service charge payable when mobile phone credit is purchased in certain outlets.
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64 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in furnishing a FETAC certificate to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when this person can expect to receive the certificate which is required to secure employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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533 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of Cork Airport’s outstanding debt; the amount of loan repayments paid in each of the three most recent financial years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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532 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will hold a meeting with the board of Cork Airport prior to making a decision on separating Cork Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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531 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish submissions received from the three State airports on the question of establishing separate airports under the State Airports Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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307 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide for the use of thermal imaging cameras in the assessment of the energy efficiency of buildings; if he will recommend to the ESB that it use such cameras in energy usage surveys; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for the delay in a particular application to FETAC to become an accredited provider (details supplied) under its regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that pending the establishment of a new qualifications agency and the development of new quality assurance guidelines and programme validation criteria, FETAC has decided not to process current applications for provider registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if the diabetic retinopathy screening programme will not commence in the first quarter of 2012; when it is anticipated that the screening programme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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614 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for national lottery funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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583 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been withdrawn in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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325 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending the criteria to participate in the JobBridge scheme in order that those in part-time employment, in an area unrelated to their qualifications, can partake in the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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288 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to continue to provide national lottery funding towards the provision of local counselling services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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287 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding an application for national lottery funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that receipts for the student contribution being issued by third level colleges which refer to the €2,000 payment as a registration fee are not being accepted by the Revenue Commissioners for the purposes of claiming a tax rebate, thereby depriving families of the benefit of the reduced student contribution of €1,600 for second and subsequent children attending third level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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507 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health when it is planned to roll out a diabetic retinopathy screening programme; if screening will be provided in counties Cork and Kerry; the budget that has been assigned to the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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288 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated waiting time to transfer from carer’s benefit to carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo.
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24 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance if provision has been made for the large number of interest only loans and mortgages, many of which were taken on the assumption that it would be possible to sell properties at a profit within a few years, which are likely to mature over the next number of years and thereafter oblige borrowers to repay capital and interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance in view of the protracted duration of the economic crisis, if he will consider, with consultation with the Financial Regulator, making provisions to compel financial institutions to offer distressed borrowers variation in agreements which last for a number of years rather than the current practice of variation agreements that lapse after six or 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to any direction by the Financial Regulator precluding credit unions from freezing interest on loans, which if such a facility was available, would be a significant benefit to borrowers in distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance if he accepts the claims by various banks that they are lending to a high proportion of applicants for loans and mortgages or alternatively that is he of the view that potential borrowers are being dissuaded, by bankers and brokers, from making formal applications to banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance if he will consult with the Financial Regulator, in view of the protracted length of time it is taking to obtain a mortgage and negotiate the sale of a house, to examine if it is possible to oblige banks to extend beyond three months the period of validity of a mortgage offer; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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493 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health the reasons the Health Service Executive rents or leases residential units from private landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm for each of the five most recent calendar years the total annual amount of expenditure incurred by the Health Service Executive renting or leasing residential units, including bed and breakfast provision, in the south Lee area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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491 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health the number of residential units, including bed and breakfast provision, rented or leased by the Health Service Executive on an annual basis in south Lee area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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380 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider amending legislation to facilitate patients accessing medical records held by private health care facilities in a similar manner to that available through public health care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider expanding the legal aid scheme to enable the Legal Aid Board to provide legal advice in defamation claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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344 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of commercial rates written off as bad debts over the past three years for each local authority; the total revenue stream lost to local authorities as a result of commercial rates written off as bad debts; his plans to supplement the shortfall of income to local authorities to minimise any adverse impact on the provision of local services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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325 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the contract for the installation of charging points for electric vehicles in public locations will be put out to tender or if the contract is being granted automatically to the ESB without any competitive tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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253 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending the legislative conditions which must be satisfied to qualify for family income supplement so that those persons who are maintaining their family but whose children are not normally living with them would qualify for family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to amend the legislative provisions regarding the Rights Commissioner Service to provide for an administrative complaints procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delays in the Rights Commissioners issuing a decision on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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271 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform about the flood prevention measures that have been taken locally by Government agencies, in view of the fact that insurance companies are writing to residents in areas representing a higher than standard flood risk and asking them to confirm the flood prevention measures that have been taken locally by State agencies; if such measures have not been taken; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the insurance companies are requesting that residents carry out extensive works to their homes and to accept responsibility for the first €2,500 of any flood claim; and if any flood prevention measures have been undertaken downstream of the Inniscarra Dam on the River Lee in County Cork.
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483 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the reason for a delay in payment from the Health Service Executive to a pharmacy (details supplied); and when the payment will issue.
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460 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application was refused twice in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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451 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the early childhood care and education scheme; if she will examine whether it is necessary to propose legislation in order that such preschools can benefit from the intended exemption from commercial rates, or, alternatively, if she will consider increasing the amount payable to preschools under the scheme to assist in covering this increased and unanticipated additional cost that preschools are now having to pay.
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388 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal provisions for recognising the biological parents of a child born through surrogacy; and his views on legislating to provide for the automatic recognition by the State, without the necessity of an application to court, of biological parents of a child born through surrogacy.
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318 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the entitlement of the ESB to obtain wayleaves over private lands to facilitate the passing of overhead electricity cables; and if the ESB is entitled to mandatorily acquire such wayleaves.
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157 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will receive allocations of special needs assistant hours and their provision.
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67 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Finance if he will issue guidelines to the banks for dealing with residential borrowers who are in negative equity; his views on outlining to the banks the manner in which they should deal with borrowers in negative equity who wish to sell their home and provide a time-frame to the banks within which they must consider any application for a sale from a borrower who is in negative equity.
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220 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff in his Department specifically assigned to monitoring EU policy developments; if these staff are based here or in Brussels; and, if his Department does not have staff specifically assigned to monitor EU policy developments, when last, if ever, were such staff specifically assigned to such a role.
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218 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made in the review conducted following the incident involving the breaching of the security barriers at Cork Airport on 22 May 2011; the current status of the review and when the report, findings and recommendations of the review will be published.
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214 Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department specifically assigned to monitoring EU policy developments; if these staff are based here or in Brussels; if his Department does not have staff specifically assigned to monitor EU policy developments when last, if ever, were such staff specifically assigned to such a role.
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