482 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be a net increase in revenue raised by abolishing employees PRSI and replacing it with a levy on all income of more than €200 per week (details supplied) unearned and earned and including social welfare payments at four per cent, five per cent and six per cent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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481 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised by treating capital gains and capital acquisitions as income to be taxed at the effective tax rate paid by the individual concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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480 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be raised by ending the exemption from Capital Gains Tax applied to principal primary residences; charging CGT on principle primary residences at a rate 12.5 per cent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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479 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the cost of granting mortgage interest rate relief against income tax at 100 per cent up to a ceiling of €3,600 for a single person and €7,200 for a couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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478 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the tax advantages, breaks, special reliefs and expenditures afforded to persons over the age of 65 years and the amount of revenue lost in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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477 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would accrue by granting income tax relief on pension at the effective tax rate for each individual rather than the marginal or standard rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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476 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of replacing the current stamp duty on residential properties with a new regime under which stamp duty is paid at 2%, 3% and 3.5% on all residential properties with no exceptions or exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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475 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money foregone in taxes as a result of the accelerated capital allowances scheme (details supplied) for expenditure by companies on wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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474 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money forgone in taxes as a result of the accelerated capital allowances scheme (details supplied) for expenditure by private individuals and companies on energy efficiency measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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443 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or if applicable his predecessors’, constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses to each individual; the location or locations of such constituency office; if those offices are on departmental property, to state the office space dedicated to such an office and the estimated value of same; the estimated cost of the provision of utilities, services and other miscellaneous costs to the office; if he will provide the same information for 2008, 2009 and from 14 June to the end of 2007; if he will provide the same information for Ministers of State attached to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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430 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance, in respect of any State-owned enterprise under the aegis of his Department, when it received the most recent annual report of that company; the date on which the Department approved the annual report; and to provide the same information for the previous financial year.
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305 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will relax the rule that prevents returning emigrants for being eligible for free fees (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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268 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 28 January 2010 if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 applying for the technical employment support grant to apply for a course to see if they are eligible to receive the maximum level of support referred to; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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256 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the technical employment support grant was introduced; the number of such grants made in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in her, or if applicable her predecessors’, constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses to each individual; the location or locations of such constituency office; if those offices are on departmental property, to state the office space dedicated to such an office and the estimated value of same; the estimated cost of the provision of utilities, services and other miscellaneous costs to the office; if she will provide the same information for 2008, 2009 and from 14 June to the end of 2007; if she will provide the same information for Ministers of State attached to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills in respect of any State owned enterprise under the aegis of her Department, when it received the most recent annual report of that company; the date on which the Department approved the annual report; and to provide the same information for the previous financial year.
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160 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Taoiseach in respect of the current year in terms of full-time equivalents the number of persons employed in his, or if applicable his predecessors’, constituency office; the annual amount paid in respect of salaries and expenses to each individual; the location or locations of such constituency office; if those offices are on departmental property, to state the office space dedicated to such an office and the estimated value of same; the estimated cost of the provision of utilities, services and other miscellaneous costs to the office; if he will provide the same information for 2008, 2009 and from 14 June to the end of 2007; if he will provide the same information for Ministers of State attached to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Taoiseach the age distribution of the population in each electoral district of Dublin West in the latest revision; the distribution by social class in each electoral district; the distribution of permanent private households by year their house was built in each electoral district; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Defence if he has received the Marine Casualty Investigation Board’s report on the loss of the Asgard II ; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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417 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will endorse the alternative model of engagement put together by the NCDF and submitted to his Department on 11 June 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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295 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children if she has given consideration to introducing the EU recommended 116000 hotline number for missing children; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 was taxed on a bonus paid in 2010 on a different basis than those individuals who remained employed by the same company (details supplied); the moneys collected by the Revenue Commissioners in such fashion in 2009 and 2010 to date; the number of individuals to whom this applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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575 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if any schools in Dublin 15 have classrooms that are not currently in use; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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489 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations requiring supermarkets and department stores above a specified size to provide public toilets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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431 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social Protection the total expenditure in 2009 on jobseeker’s benefit and jobseeker’s allowance; if he will provide a breakdown of same on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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430 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social Protection the Employer PRSI take from each county for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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429 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social Protection the Employee PRSI take from each county for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the position regarding the visa applications of the family of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children if consideration has been given to licensing sativex for sufferers of multiple sclerosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if a special licence will be granted for the sale of alcohol at an organised market; if so, the process to secure such a licence; the number of such licences granted in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 170 to 175, inclusive, of 4 December 2007, if he will provide the same information for 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social Protection the average time it took to process social welfare appeals in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain the decision of the Health Service Executive to cease respite support for an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 9 June 2010, the 24 posts referred to in his answer relate to the 53 requested posts by Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if, further to parliamentary Questions Nos. 14 and 15 of 9 June 2010, in respect of the 53 fixed term contracts due to expire over the period to the end of 2012, the overseas offices to which those positions relate; the location of the six posts for which sanction has been received; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the decision he has made on each of the recommendations of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programme report relevant to his Department such as creating a single funding stream for all science, technology and innovation activities across all Departments, the discontinuation of funding for the Irish Council for Bioethics, the reduction of Departmental civil servants serving the science, technology and innovation programme, consolidating all indigenous enterprise support and sector marketing functions in Enterprise Ireland and the rationalisation the organisations losing functions as appropriate, the reduction of Industrial Development Authority capital and administrative costs including rationalisation of regional offices in Ireland and shared services, efficiency saving in administration and programme prioritisation in Enterprise Ireland, the rationalisation of IDA and Enterprise Ireland overseas offices, reorganisation Shannon Development, reorganisation of Forfás, outsourcing the Certification Service of the National Standards Authority of Ireland, the rationalisation of all employment services provided or funded by the State into a single operation, ending the dual entitlement of certain social welfare claimants to both social welfare payments and FÁS training allowances or Community Employment allowances, cutting FÁS services to business, finding efficiencies in the FÁS administration budget, the relocation of all Industrial Relations institutions to a single location, merging the Health and Safety Authority and the National Employment Rights Authority into one Work Place Inspectorate, merging the functions of the Registrar of Friendly Societies and Companies Registration Office, savings in corporate services, a reduction in administrative budget and a transfer of foreign posts to Brussels to reduce travel and subsidence spend, merging the Irish Takeover Panel with the Competition Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation if he will report on the workings to date of the inter-agency team that he set up, comprising of Enterprise Ireland, FÁS, Industrial Development Authority Ireland, relevant county enterprise boards, the Department of Social Protection and his officials following the announcement of some 900 voluntary redundancies at Quinn Insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation the senior bankers and bank representatives that he has met with to discuss the lack of credit available to small business and the outcome of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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434 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount an organisation (details supplied) has received in grants or other funding from his Department in the past three years; the heading under which this money was given; the amount of this money that was spent on foreign travel for staff members; if the Department has carried out an audit of this charity in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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313 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a census or count of head shops has been carried out by the Garda; the number of outlets in operation by town and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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312 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there is any empirical evidence to support the claim that the number of head shops operating here has fallen to 36 from over 100 since the recent banning of certain products (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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264 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will explain the decision of the Health Service Executive to cease respite support for an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the number of exemptions granted in respect of stamp duty on residential property transactions in 2009 and each of the preceding five years; if he will provide a breakdown of same based on the nature of the exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the number of transactions in respect of stamp duty on residential property transactions for 2009 and each of the preceding five years; if the residential property was a new house or apartment or a second hand property; the band of stamp duty into which the property fell; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if he will provide a list of all members of staff of his Department and offices stating the total amount paid to each person in 2009 including basic salary, allowances and overtime.
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184 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a unique reference number is given to crime reported directly to the Garda station by telephone or in person rather than using the emergency telephone; if this is recorded on the Pulse System; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 1 June 2010, if he will provide the same information as of May 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance his reasoning in sanctioning in June 2009 of four and refusing 49 of 53 requested posts by Enterprise Ireland for overseas contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the reason Enterprise Ireland requested the roll over of 53 overseas positions in June 2009; the impact that the sanctioning of only four of these positions has had on services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland overseas positions by geographic breakdown; the number of same for March 2008 and March 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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