190 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to apply for funding from the European Globalisation Fund with respect to regions other than the mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which the moneys provided from the European Globalisation Fund for former Dell and associated workers will be allocated and monitored.
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188 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department has made representations to the European Commission regarding the fact that many retailers cannot purchase from suppliers’ sterling price lists and may only purchase goods from Euro price lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will explain the term one time staff vendors with respect to purchases made by FÁS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will cut the amount received by participants on community employment schemes beyond what was reduced as a result of social welfare cuts in budget 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Taoiseach the purpose of the hire of a hotel room (details supplied) on 30 September 2008 and two rooms on 11 November 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Taoiseach the date, time and location of meetings of the innovation task force in 2009 and to date in 2010; the Ministers who attended in each case; when the task force will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Taoiseach the number of times the task force on innovation has met; the Ministers who attended in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide in respect of 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 the number of appeals made under each scheme for all social welfare schemes under the remit of her Department; if she will further provide a breakdown of such appeals by those individuals who were already receiving benefits in which entitlement had been ended or reduced, or would have been new entrants; the success rate for appeals in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 9 December 2009, if he will provide the details of the 25 pensions with additional awards approved by him in tabular form including details such as job title, grade, value of additional notional payment in each case and date of award; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget and staff allocation of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement every year since 2007; the number of investigations ongoing being conducted by the ODCE; her views on whether the office is adequately resourced to investigate alleged breaches of company law in the banking sector in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she expects the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to conclude its investigation into a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will provide a breakdown of the budget allocated to FÁS in 2010; the way in which this compares to 2009; the way in which additional short-term training places announced in budget 2010 are being funded; her views on whether no efficiencies could be found in the FÁS administration and expenses budget which was left unchanged at €150 million; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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262 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in Dublin 15 in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit, jobseeker’s allowance, one parent family payment, transition pension, non-contributory State pension, contributory State pension, carer’s allowance and disability benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the future of the rural transport night time scheme in 2010; the funding available to support this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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293 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action taken against persons who retain their rent supplement and do not pay their landlord the rent owed; the number of occasions reported in the past two years in which this has occurred; the number of persons who have had benefit or payments suspended as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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292 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on paying rent supplement directly to the landlord rather than to the tenant to ensure that the money is spent on rent; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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205 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 18 November 2009, the occasions over the past decade on which he signed a statutory instrument but that statutory instrument was subsequently not numbered in accordance with section 4(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1947; if, in each case, this was the result of an exemption sought under the act from the Attorney General; the reason for seeking such an exemption; if it was the result of departmental oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children if the D-DOC service in an area (details supplied) in County Dublin will close at midnight on Wednesdays and her views on whether one mobile general practitioner oncall is adequate for all of north Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the gross salaries of the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State; the reduction effects the 10% pay reduction announced in October 2008, new levies, and any further pay reductions agreed since in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the statutory instrument entitled the National Authority for Occupational Safety and Health Spouses and Children’s Contributory Pension Scheme, 2000; the number of persons to whom the measures within this instrument apply; the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the number of pension packages he has approved since June 2007; the number of these that involved extra payments for time not served; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if he was briefed before the awarding of a pension package to the former chief executive of the Financial Regulator; if he approved of the extra payments granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of ongoing and completed investigations regarding irregularities in the granting of certificates, examinations and other qualifications by FÁS; if she will provide a list of same; if, in each case, they pertain to training provided directly by FÁS or by an outsourced provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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415 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will grant an exemption to the recruitment moratorium to Dublin Institute of Technology in the case of the National Optometry Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of granting a few hours paid leave in some sectors of the public service to facilitate staff shopping in the run up to Christmas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if he has studied the findings of a study on the impact of the tax break on the hotel sector.
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113 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details regarding the employment subsidy scheme which was extended to include non-exporting companies; if Enterprise Ireland is ready to administer an expanded scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies reported to her Department for each of the past six months; a breakdown by sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs she predicts will be lost in 2010 and a breakdown by sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport if the Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 will permit his Department to reconsider his decision to refuse an extension of the 37 bus terminus to the Blanchardstown Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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261 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 17 November 2009, if he will provide the same figures for the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007; the estimated revenue and expenditure for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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260 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 17 November 2009, if he will provide a breakdown of the administration costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if the position of chief executive officer or managing director of a bank (details supplied) was advertised in the international press; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the reason the works in the Phoenix Park do not include the resurfacing of the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 12 November 2009, the reason the Castleknock Gate of the Phoenix Park is being removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the involvement to date of the Office of Public Works in implementing the Towards a Liffey Valley Park report; the proposals to establish an OPW co-ordinated steering group as recommended in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the estimate yield from lowering the threshold for the application of the minimum effective income tax of 20% to all incomes above €250,000, all incomes above €200,000, all incomes above €150,000 and all incomes above €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 199 of 3 November 2009 and 135 of 18 November 2009, if she will provide a list of the persons who attended the meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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437 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a legislative impediment for a county council to exempt start-up businesses from rates for a period of time, for example two or three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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291 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will expedite the processing of a passport for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons on the short time training programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided by her Department or agencies under the remit of her Department to groups, organisation and businesses for the provision of continuous professional development programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the draw down of funds from the European Globalisation Fund in relation to the redundancy of staff at a company (details supplied) in County Limerick; the amount drawn down to date in 2009; the remaining amount of funds available; the use to which the funds have been put to date; if a portion of the funds are being ring-fenced for retraining; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the 2008 accounts for the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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76 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the revenue to the Exchequer that would be generated from a new 48% tax applied to income of more than €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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310 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide a list of all unnumbered statutory instruments signed by him or his predecessors over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the State agencies under the remit of his Department which have, or had over the past decade, the power to sign statutory instruments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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299 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a list of all unnumbered statutory instruments signed by him or his predecessors over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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298 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the State agencies under the remit of his Department which have, or had over the past decade, the power to sign statutory instruments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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