1472 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science when planning permission will be lodged for permanent school buildings in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1471 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science when planning permission will be lodged for permanent school buildings in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1470 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science when planning permission will be lodged for permanent school buildings in respect of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1469 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science when planning permission will be lodged for permanent school buildings in respect of schools (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1468 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science when he will acquire lands for permanent buildings in respect of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1467 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the expenditure for the schools capital programme in each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; the amount spent in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1466 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the action he will take regarding a reserved site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1073 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person may contest the European Parliament elections and a Dáil Éireann by-election when these elections are held concurrently; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1072 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person is elected in the European Parliament elections and to Dáil Éireann in a by-election on the same day, which seat will they hold; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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930 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the accumulated surplus of the social insurance fund at the end of 2008; the projected balance in 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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923 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there will be a PRSI surplus for 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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922 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will estimate the amount of money that would be raised by abolishing the PRSI ceiling; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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629 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money spent on new State cars for Ministers and office holders in 2008; the anticipated expenditure on such in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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628 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason An Garda Síochána will not accept applications from candidates who are over the age of 40; if he is satisfied that this does not contravene the provisions of the Equality Act 2004 that relate to age discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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627 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the order in which applications for naturalisation are dealt with; if any cases are being expedited; the basis on which this is done; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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410 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the turnaround time for cervical smears analysed by a company (details supplied); if she is satisfied with this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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418 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been with regard to the provision of a primary health care centre in Corduff, Dublin 15.
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417 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the size of the undeveloped site on Blackcourt Road in Corduff; Dublin 15; the Health Service Executive’s plans for the site; if it will maintain it properly in the interim; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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416 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made with regard to the provision of a primary health care centre in Tyrrelstown, Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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325 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the exemption of non-consultant hospital doctors from the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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308 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if it is the case that senior civil servants, on retirement, get severance pay in addition to a lump-sum.
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272 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the tax rules in operation in relation to profit sharing schemes by small and medium size enterprises; if there is an intention to revise such; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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270 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the income to the Exchequer for VRT for each year since 1997, with a breakdown of such on a monthly basis; the income accrued to the Exchequer for 2009 from VRT; the estimated income from such for 2009, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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269 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money that would be accrued by charging public sector employees an additional charge of 2% of their income to cover the cost of public service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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268 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the number of people employed in the public sector for each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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267 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of GDP and GNI that constituted capital account public spending for each year since 1997 with a breakdown by Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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266 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of GDP and GNI that constituted current account public spending for each year since 1997 with a breakdown by Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the revenue that would be accrued by abolishing tax relief in respect of pension contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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264 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if he will estimate the revenue that would be accrued by allowing pension contributions to be deducted from income tax at the standard rate only; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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263 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the manner in which the 1% and 2% levies will operate with regard to the self-employed; if it will be on money earned before costs are taken into account or just income less costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the details of all written submissions received by him in respect of intervention in the banking sector since the announcement of the bank guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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256 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance if objective criteria underpinned the bank recapitalisation scheme announced on 21 December 2008; if so, the detail of those criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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255 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the persons and organisations with whom he met with regard to his decision to intervene in the banking sector since September 2008 to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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252 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the terms under which a redundancy payment made to a person rehired by the same company may be exempt from tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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251 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the tax treatment of a redundancy payment made to an employee made redundant and then rehired, known as leave and return; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the reason income earned in 2008, but not paid until 2009 was subject to the income levy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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222 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of overseas visits by her and her predecessor for each of the past ten years and the months in which the visits occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will apply for funding in respect of Limerick from the European Globalisation Fund; 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 number of staff employed by Shannon Development for 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 in terms of whole time equivalents; the breakdown of same by grade and rate of pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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188 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the inclusion of FÁS on the risk register for each of the years 2005, 2006 and 2007; the concerns that warranted FÁS’s inclusion on the risk register; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the European Council Directive 2003/88/EC on working time.
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171 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Taoiseach if he will issue advice or a circular regarding the appropriate use of the title of Taoiseach and Tánaiste, or other similar forms of address for former holders of these offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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189 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Finance the grades of all individuals who have voluntarily surrendered pay; the value of the pay surrender to the State in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the external consultants hired by her Department in 2007 and 2008; the work carried out and the cost of such work in each case; the reason it was not possible to carry out such work internally within her Department or an agency of her Department in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the advisory committees, boards, quangos, taskforces, fora or any other ad hoc bodies which were created by her or her Department in 2008; the purpose of the body in each case; the reason such a body such a body was required in each case; the membership of each body; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will expand on Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 9 December 2008 to include the duration and dates of the visits made by her or other Ministers in her Department to FÁS events abroad since 2000 to date in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Transport his views on recent figures showing a drop in the number of people taking buses in the Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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495 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the occasions on which his Department carried out a screening regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives since June 2008; if, in each instance, the decision was taken to carry out a full regulatory impact analysis subsequent to the screening regulatory impact analysis; if no such decision was taken, the reason in each case that no full regulatory impact analysis was carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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494 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the occasions on which he did not carry out any form of regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, Bills and EU directives for 2008 since June 2008; the reason in each case for that decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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477 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of staff in terms of whole-time equivalents who have been assigned by him to give effect to the commitment to assess, measure and then reduce by 25% administrative burdens imposed by his Department’s regulations to business; the financial resources that have been spent on such work to date in 2008; the expected expenditure for the remainder of 2008; the budget for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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