273 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Defence the cost of providing mobile telephony and PDA services for him in each of the years since 2002, broken down by handset purchase costs, rental and call costs, and other costs; the amount of money which was refunded by him in connection with personal use of these phones, PDAs and Blackberries in each year since 2002 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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272 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Defence the payments made to senior officials in his Department under the performance related pay scheme for each of the years 2005 to 2008, if he has approved the payments for 2008; if so, the date of this approval; the date of the approval of payments relating to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[14216/09]
261 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of providing mobile telephony and PDA services for her in each of the years since 2002, broken down by handset purchase costs, rental and call costs, and other costs; the amount of money which was refunded by her in connection with personal use of these phones, PDAs and Blackberries in each year since 2002 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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260 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will investigate the length of time it took for an appeal to be heard on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that a decision was reached on the appeal on 6 March 2009 and by the 31 March 2009 the file had not left the appeals office, that the person still has not received payment and that this delay is causing stress on the elderly person in question.
[14523/09]
257 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the payments made to senior officials in her Department under the performance related pay scheme for each of the years 2005 to 2008, inclusive; if she has approved the payments for 2008; if so, the date of this approval; the date of the approval of payments relating to 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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250 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded a farm assist payment.
[14040/09]
243 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of providing mobile telephony and PDA services for him in each of the years since 2002, broken down by handset purchase costs, rental and call costs, and other costs; the amount of money which was refunded by him in connection with personal use of these phones, PDAs and Blackberries in each year since 2002 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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239 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the payments made to senior officials in his Department under the performance related pay scheme for each of the years 2005 to 2008, inclusive; if he has approved the payments for 2008; if so, the date of this approval; the date of the approval of payments relating to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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233 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the cost of providing mobile telephony and PDA services for him in each of the years since 2002, broken down by handset purchase costs, rental and call costs, and other costs; the amount of money which was refunded by him in connection with personal use of these phones, PDAs and Blackberries in each year since 2002 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[14525/09]
231 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the payments made to senior officials in his Department under the performance related pay scheme for each of the years 2005 to 2008, inclusive; if he has approved the payments for 2008; if so, the date of this approval; the date of the approval of payments relating to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost of providing mobile telephony and PDA services for him in each of the years since 2002, broken down by handset purchase costs, rental and call costs, and other costs; the amount of money which was refunded by him in connection with personal use of these phones, PDAs and Blackberries in each year since 2002 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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220 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has taken all reasonable measures to ensure that the costs incurred by the taxpayer for corporate entertainment are maintained at an absolute minimum.
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219 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the budget for his Department for corporate entertainment in 2007, 2008 and 2009; and the amount of this budget associated with events, functions, receptions, dinners, lunches, launches, diplomatic accreditation ceremonies or other activities and events hosted by him in tabular form.
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218 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of his budget spent on corporate entertainment hosted by the Minister of State at his Department in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
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217 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proportion of the corporate entertainment budget spent on formal lunches and dinners, including wines and beverages since the last Cabinet shuffle and prior to that Cabinet shuffle in tabular form.
[14519/09]
214 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the payments made to senior officials in his Department under the performance related pay scheme for each of the years 2005 to 2008, inclusive; if he has approved the payments for 2008; if so, the date of this approval; the date of the approval of payments relating to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[14221/09]
171 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of providing mobile telephony and PDA services for him in each of the years since 2002, broken down by handset purchase costs, rental and call costs, and other costs; the amount of money which was refunded by him in connection with personal use of these phones, PDAs and Blackberries in each year since 2002 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[14535/09]
158 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who have left Ireland under a scheme (details supplied) in 2007 and in 2008; the countries which they have gone to; and the cost in each case to get a person reintegrated in their own country.
[14288/09]
154 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the payments made to senior officials in his Department under the performance related pay scheme for each of the years 2005 to 2008, inclusive; if he has approved the payments for 2008; if so, the date of this approval; the date of the approval of payments relating to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[14223/09]
140 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Transport the cost of providing mobile telephony and PDA services for him in each of the years since 2002, broken down by handset purchase costs, rental and call costs, and other costs; the amount of money which was refunded by him in connection with personal use of these phones, PDAs and Blackberries in each year since 2002 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[14538/09]
139 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Transport the payments made to senior officials in his Department under the performance related pay scheme for each of the years 2005 to 2008, inclusive; if he has approved the payments for 2008; if so, the date of this approval; the date of the approval of payments relating to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[14225/09]
138 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Transport the contract price tendered for a project (details supplied) in County Mayo; the final outturn and the final cost of the project.
[14518/09]
111 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost of providing mobile telephony and PDA services for her in each of the years since 2002, broken down by handset purchase costs, rental and call costs, and other costs; the amount of money which was refunded by her in connection with personal use of these phones, PDAs and Blackberries in each year since 2002 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[14534/09]
102 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Mayo qualifies for the health repayment scheme.
[14292/09]
95 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children the payments made to senior officials in her Department under the performance related pay scheme for each of the years 2005 to 2008, inclusive; if she has approved the payments for 2008; if so, the date of this approval; the date of the approval of payments relating to 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[14222/09]
58 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Finance the cost of providing mobile telephony and PDA services for him in each of the years since 2002, broken down by handset purchase costs, rental and call costs, and other costs; the amount of money which was refunded by him in connection with personal use of these phones, PDAs and Blackberries in each year since 2002 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[14532/09]
54 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Finance the payments made to senior officials in his Department under the performance related pay scheme for each of the years 2005 to 2008, inclusive; if he has approved the payments for 2008; if so, the date of this approval; the date of the approval of payments relating to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Finance the Exchequer returns for each of the years 2000 to 2008; the percentage increase or decrease as appropriate; the expenditure for those same years; and the percentage increase or decrease in tabular form.
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52 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Finance the schedule and amounts of payments which he proposes to make into the National Pensions Reserve Fund during 2009.
[14210/09]
51 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the proposed pension levy for public servants will be paid directly into the National Pensions Reserve Fund; the expected yield from this levy; and if this levy is not to be paid into the reserve fund, his proposals for this money.
[14204/09]
21 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of providing mobile telephony and PDA services for her in each of the years since 2002, broken down by handset purchase costs, rental and call costs, and other costs; the amount of money which was refunded by her in connection with personal use of these phones, PDAs and Blackberries in each year since 2002 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[14530/09]
17 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the payments made to senior officials in her Department under the performance related pay scheme for each of the years 2005 to 2008, inclusive; if she has approved the payments for 2008; if so, the date of this approval; the date of the approval of payments relating to 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[14218/09]
5 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Taoiseach the cost of providing mobile telephony and PDA services for him in each of the years since 2002, broken down by handset purchase costs, rental and call costs, and other costs; the amount of money which was refunded by him in connection with personal use of these phones, PDAs and Blackberries in each year since 2002 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[14537/09]
2 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Taoiseach the payments made to senior officials in his Department under the performance related pay scheme for each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008; if he will confirm if he has approved the payments for 2008; if so, the date of this approval; the date of the approval of payments relating to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[14202/09]
203 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to introduce a grant to upgrade septic tanks that are more than ten years old; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rules and regulations which must be included in tenancy agreements with housing associations.
[13851/09]
200 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rules and regulations on housing association housing schemes; the rules that must be passed on to tenants of these housing association housing schemes; and if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of these rules.
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194 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason funding was not available to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo when they were informed that it would be in the post office on a specified date.
[14029/09]
189 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and granted farm assist.
[13954/09]
185 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo did not receive jobseeker’s benefit during a certain period of the year when previously they had received if for the same period.
[13918/09]
184 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who have applied for a pension (details supplied); the number who have been approved to date; and the number drawing down this pension.
[13917/09]
105 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a claim for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been refused on the basis that they were not entitled to claim when in fact they were entitled to claim; and when the new claim made on their behalf by their solicitor will be dealt with.
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150 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been granted the farm waste management grant in view of the fact that it is causing them financial hardship.
[13626/09]
149 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not been granted REPS 4 in view of the fact that it is causing them financial hardship.
[13625/09]
148 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their REPS payment; and when they can expect to receive their payment.
[13624/09]
136 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded jobseeker’s allowance.
[13736/09]
410 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded REPS 4.
[12973/09]
408 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide the legal paperwork of an estate (details supplied) in County Mayo.
[12946/09]
407 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded REPS 4.
[12944/09]
406 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be awarded REPS 4.
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