145 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the individual pension fund deficit for the Industrial Development Authority, Shannon Free Airport Development Company, FÁS, and Forfás; the financial exposure of the taxpayer for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding, broken-down by month and by funding programme or scheme, allocated by Enterprise Ireland to new projects with start dates from January 2009 to October 2009 within the funding programmes or schemes of innovation partnerships, industry led research programmes, competence centres, technology expertise and applied research enhancement; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of senior Garda officers who have sought early retirement from An Garda Síochána in the past six months, in 2009; if those retiring will be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport his strategies to make CIÉ financially more self-sufficient; his plans to reduce subvention to CIÉ; the amount of public money given in both capital and public service obligation payments to CIÉ since 1997 to date in 2009; the forecast made by him for the 2009 CIÉ deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who left the public service under the Health Service Executive voluntary early retirement scheme; the cost of payments to those who left the public service under the HSE VER scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent voluntary early retirement scheme for the Health Service Executive as a model for reducing public sector workers as stated in Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 18 February 2009; the number of persons who left the public service under the HSE VER scheme; the cost of payments to those who left the public service under the HSE VER scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the guidelines which exist for payment of redundancy to public sector workers; if there is an agreed number of additional weeks to be paid on top of the statutory redundancy payment for public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average number of additional weeks added to the statutory redundancy payment for workers in both the private and public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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1174 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in view of his recent letter to the Department of Finance confirming that finance is available to progress school building projects at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15, on advancing this project; if he will confirm that work will commence in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1129 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the support that is available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1056 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the review and working groups under the remit of his Department created to deal with matters arising from the social partnership agreements; the terms of reference of each such group; the membership of each such group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1000 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the review and working groups under the remit of his Department created to deal with matters arising from the social partnership agreements; the terms of reference of each such group; the membership of each such group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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991 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the powers of compulsory purchase which were vested in Telecom Éireann were transferred to Eircom when the company was privatised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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834 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a decision has been made on future funding for the Family Support Agency and the Mountview and Corduff Resource Centres in view of the recommendations in the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes Report; the criteria for her decision; and when she will make an announcement to end uncertainty on the matter.
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790 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the review and working groups under the remit of his Department created to deal with matters arising from the social partnership agreements; the terms of reference of each such group; the membership of each such group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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445 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children if Ocuvite will be provided to patients with a medical card when they have been diagnosed with macular degeneration and have been advised to take it by a specialist ophthalmologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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383 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if he had discussions with his directors on the board of a bank (details supplied) prior or subsequent to their decision to authorise a pay increase for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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382 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if, with regard to the superannuation and pension package granted to a person (details supplied) which he approved, his views on the fact that subsection 3 of section 6 of the Labour Services Act 1987 gave him carte blanche to approve a package without limitations; if not, the legislation, scheme or guidelines that were used to grant their retirement package; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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381 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if guidelines on the superannuation of chief executives of State sponsored bodies on severance, early retirement or resignation have been issued since those issued on 26 May 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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311 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if benefit in kind is applied to the company cars of chief executive officers of State agencies; if the tax treatment differs from the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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302 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if he will make available to the public the loans made to directors of Anglo Irish Bank and connected persons on the same basis as this information is made available to shareholders of banks that are public limited companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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251 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the reason there are a number of unallocated statutory instruments in 2000; if unnumbered statutory instruments exist to correspond with these; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the practice of unnumbered statutory instruments, for example, the An Foras Áiseanna Saothair superannuation amendment scheme 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to introduce a compensation scheme for employees who are experiencing health problems due to exposure to asbestos and who have no possibility of pursuing former employers or their insurers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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236 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the superannuation and pension package granted to a person (details supplied) on their resignation as director general of FÁS was in accordance with the FÁS superannuation scheme of 1998, SI 514/1998; and if not, the legislation, scheme or guidelines which were used to grant their retirement package.
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235 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) availed of early retirement on their resignation as director general of FÁS; the scheme which they availed of; and the legislation and guidelines underpinning it.
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234 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) was dismissed as director general of FÁS.
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233 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person (details supplied) resigned as director general of FÁS and that this was done on their own initiative.
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232 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if An Foras Áiseanna Saothair superannuation amendment scheme 2000 is a statutory instrument; the number it is; when it was laid before Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the terms of reference of the Review Group on Employee Representation; its membership, the date on which it first met and the dates of all subsequent meetings; the activities of the group to date in 2009, the expected future activities of the group; the resources allocated to support the group; the date by which the group is expected to have completed its activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 6 October 2009, the name and years of service of the persons in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 20 October 2009, if his attention has been drawn to occasions on which a Minister did not comply with this provision of the Cabinet Handbook; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 20 October 2009, if he will provide the same information for 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance his views on the problems of families experiencing difficulties meeting mortgage repayments; and the policy instruments which might be used to assist with this problem.
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315 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the spending commitments contained in the Revised Programme for Government are consistent with his budgetary strategy for reducing spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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314 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the breakdown of individual costs of each spending commitment in the Revised Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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313 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the consultation with his Department on costings during the recent negotiation and agreement on the Revised Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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312 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the cost for the Revised Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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279 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the status and proposed usage of the new Bord Iascaigh Mhara facility at Clonakility, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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379 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of money spent by the Irish Embassy in London on the hire of cars, limousines and cabs in 2007 and 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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378 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had contact with the Irish Embassy in London with regard to its expenditure on cars and limousines for Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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327 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce measures for disabled only parking spaces on public roads as enforcement is poor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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301 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Health Service Executive no longer provides dental services to school going children at a clinic (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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254 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the advice given to her regarding the inclusion of adjuvant squalene and thimerosal in the swine flu vaccine and the potential link between these compounds and autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be saved or lost by allowing people to write off pension contributions against tax at a single rate of33%; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be saved by capping all contributions to private pension funds at €150,000 per annum.
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204 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if a study has been carried out to calculate the possible savings that could be made from taxing social welfare payments on the same basis as earned income; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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196 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is satisfied that her Department officials and agencies of her Department responded satisfactorily to concerns raised by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will approve an appeal against her decision to refuse a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of new information; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Taoiseach the costs incurred by his constituency office, and the constituency offices of the Ministers of State at his Department, of leaflet design, production, delivery and other related costs in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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