206. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total VAT on jewels and furs yielded here in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and the expected or most recent figure for 2012; if he will also provide an estimate of the amount of additional revenue that the State would have received in 2010 and 2011 of the VAT rate on these items was 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44538/12]
205. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the numbers of cars sold here in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and the expected or most recent figure for 2012 in the categories pre-VAT cost of less than €50,000 and pre-VAT cost of greater than €50,000; the total VAT generated by cars sold in both of these categories for the requested years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44537/12]
204. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance his forecasts for each year out to 2016 for nominal GDP, GDP growth, nominal GNP, GNP growth, nominal General Government Deficit, GGD as a percentage of GDP, nominal cost of interest on the national debt, cost of interest on the national debt as a percentage of GDP, and the assumed average interest rate on the overall national debt underpinning these latter assumptions, the assumed average interest rate on that part of the national debt issued in the relevant year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44536/12]
119. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the progress made in ensuring that the mobile phone industry supplies chargers common to all mobile phone devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43998/12]
237. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 who has been attending Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43565/12]
418. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he intends to bring forward legislation to allow tenants in voluntary housing associations to be able to avail of tenant purchase as is the case with local authority housing. [42856/12]
333. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the findings of the advisory group on tax and social welfare commissioned by her Department. [42854/12]
19. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to renegotiate the promissory note which the State must pay in relation to Irish Bank Resolution Corporation formerly Anglo Irish Bank. [41266/12]
18. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance when Ireland will receive a write down of its debt burden as indicated by EU leaders following the July 2012 summit. [41267/12]
94. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the establishment of a financial transaction tax within the Eurozone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34337/12]
563. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the number of proposed primary care centres that have been designated to be built by means of one hundred per cent State capital funding; the date on which construction will commence in each case; his policy regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41866/12]
537. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding the location of the new national children's hospital; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41570/12]
536. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the total Health Service Executive capital funding budget for 2012; the amount that has been spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41569/12]
363. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will include the duplication of the Tolka Valley 9C sewer system, Dublin, in the next water services investment programme in view of its key strategic importance in facilitating development of lands in north Blanchardstown, Dublin, that could generate more than 9,000 permanent jobs. [41342/12]
235. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on progress made in ensuring that the mobile phone industry supplies chargers common to all mobile phone devices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41571/12]
177. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of a second level school at Tyrellstown in Dublin 15 will commence [41832/12]
176. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the permanent school building at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be ready for opening in September 2013. [41831/12]
175. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the construction of new classrooms extension for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 is in his Departments capital works programme. [41830/12]
174. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills when repair work needed to address the pyrite found in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be completed. [41829/12]
173. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding remains in place for the construction of an extension to be used as a gym facility at a college (details supplied) in Dublin 15. [41828/12]
147. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of all secondary schools who have lost so called legacy posts since September 2012; and the number of posts in each school that have been discontinued. [41330/12]
146. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the pupil teacher ratio in DEIS schools will be maintained next year. [41329/12]
137. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the progress made towards the cancellation of Haiti’s debt by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund; if he will confirm that Canada, which represents Ireland at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, has been pursuing this matter on Ireland’s behalf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41867/12]
85. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation in view of the fact that the Joint Labour Committee legislation is now in place, when the process of re establishing the JLCs will commence; if he will expand the scope of JLCs to include additional categories of low paid workers; when he will establish the code of practice for Sunday working regarding compensatory arrangements for workers covered by JLCs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37886/12]
185. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the list of 200 locations listed, in priority, for locating primary health centres around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41133/12]
101. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41112/12]
172. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if capital funding will be provided to build Corduff Health Centre, Dublin; and if he will provide a detailed update on the matter. [40764/12]
86. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the 1994 homemaker scheme to make it retrospective in view of the impact of changes to the pension system in view of the fact that it is adversely impacting on women born between 1946 and 1954; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40762/12]
67. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places in undergraduate medicine offered to candidates in the Education (D.A.R.E.) scheme in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 in UCD and TCD; and the number of combined HPAT and CAO points achieved by the lowest scoring successful applicants to UCD and TCD under the D.A.R.E scheme in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 [40765/12]
449. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health when the report of the review group on the national children's hospital, the Dolphin Report, will be published; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40375/12]
448. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been discharged from psychiatric hospitals and the type of accommodation that they have been discharged into in each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40371/12]
288. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the grants available, if any, towards the installation of solar panels on local authority housing; if there is no such scheme in place, if he will consider the provision of such funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40370/12]
175. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if any public funding has been made available to the Consumers Association for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40374/12]
174. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if the Consumers Association of Ireland has made an application for funding for 2012 or 2013; if his Department has evaluated same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40373/12]
173. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he has met a delegation from the Consumers Association of Ireland to discuss their funding problems; and if there are any plans for a follow up meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40372/12]
257. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the renewal of a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39935/12]
1663. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the new staff promised for community mental health services will be in place by the end of September; if he will confirm that this will include 370 staff for community mental health teams for children, adolescents and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37737/12]
1634. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by the Irish Haemochromatosis Association about the lack of availability of venesection in certain areas and the wide variation in the charge for performing venesections; if he will classify haemochromatosis as a life-long chronic illness for which treatment will be covered by the general medical service at no cost to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37651/12]
1603. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by the Irish Haemochromatosis Association regarding the lack of availability of venesection in certain areas and the wide variation in the charge for performing venesection; if he will classify haemochromatosis as a life-long chronic illness for which treatment should be covered by the general medical service at no cost to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37143/12]
1081. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he proposes to take action to identify pyrite affected developments and counties as further pyrite related problems emerge; the person homeowners should contact if they suspect that their home or development is affected by pyrite now that the Pyrite Panel has completed its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37951/12]
1080. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government in view of the fact that according to the pyrite report, at present only dwellings where a complaint has been submitted to the structural warranty provider are being considered for remediation, if he proposes to disregard the ten-year warranty limit, given the long time frame over which pyrite damage can materialise and given that HomeBond's publically stated position since August 2011 is that it does not cover pyrite damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37950/12]
1079. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will ensure that all pyrite remedial works are coordinated and managed by an independent person/agency and not by HomeBond which the Pyrite Panel clarified for the Oireachtas environment committee was responsible for managing only a handful of the properties remediated so far and does not have extensive experience of managing the remediation specifically of pyrite related damage as noted on page 113 of the Pyrite Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37949/12]
1078. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he accepts the recommendations of the City and County Managers Association that where pyrite problems are found, the sooner the matter is dealt with the better since the costs of remedial work escalate the longer one waits to carry out the work, and if he will act on this accordingly; if he will act on the CCMA recommendations 8.1.3 to 8.1.7 for a planned notification system so that in locations where pyrite problems have occurred this information should be used to notify other property owners and to ensure screening surveys are carried out with a view to detecting problems as early as possible and informing people what action they need to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37948/12]
1077. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he proposes to deal with homeowners who have spent considerable sums of money on pyrite testing if their tests do not conform to the new protocol being developed by the National Standards Authority of Ireland; if he will put in place a pyrite testing scheme at no expense to homeowners to ensure that the full extent of the pyrite problem is identified and remedied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37947/12]
1076. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will ensure that pyrite remedial works are carried out in a systematic rather than an ad hoc manner to ensure homeowners receive full structural certification and avail of economies of scale given the impact both pyrite damage and remedial works can have on adjoining properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37946/12]
1075. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the way the issue of pyrite in block will be investigated and remedied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37945/12]
1074. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he agrees with the designation of an amber category in the Pyrite Panel report which could lead to homeowners affected by pyrite being unable to access remediation works and removal of pyrite from their homes and unable to sell their homes due to no fault of their own; who he proposes will be responsible for conducting the monitoring of pyrite damage on an ongoing basis for homes in this category; if he will ensure instead that all homes with reactive pyrite have the infill removed and replaced and are certified pyrite free without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37944/12]
1073. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he has requested Bord Gáis Networks to inspect and monitor potential leaks due to upheaval from pyrite in all 74 known developments affected by pyrite in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37943/12]