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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2004
169 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer in 2003 of tax relief on medical expenses. [27357/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2004
168 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the PAYE allowance of €1,040 by €100, €200, €300 and €400 respectively. [27356/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2004
167 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of increasing the single person tax credit of €1,520 by €100, €200, €300 and €400 respectively. [27355/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2004
166 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing the top rate of income tax by one point and two points. [27354/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2004
165 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of self employed workers in a number of income thresholds, or nearest equivalent in each of the past five years. [27353/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2004
164 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE income earners in a number of income thresholds, or nearest equivalent, in each of the past five years. [27352/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2004
163 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers in the PAYE sector and self employed who availed, per annum, of the home-caring spouse tax allowance since this tax relief was first introduced. [27351/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2004
162 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the amount of income tax paid by a double income family with a gross pay of €56,000 and a single income family with a total gross pay of €56,000, assuming two equal incomes of €28,000 and salaries of €37,000 and €19,000 respectively; and the way in which this compares to the amount of income tax paid by a single income family with gross pay of €56,000, assuming a home caring spouse is claimable and a home caring spouse is not applicable. [27350/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2004
144 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the plans that are in place to utilise a building (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27363/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 November 2004
476 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science , further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 12 October 2004, if Fingal County Council will reserve a secondary school site in the Castleknock electoral area as much of the increased population in the Dublin 15 area will be in this general locale and nowhere near the proposed sites in Mulhuddart-Tyrellstown and Castaheany-Ongar. [27152/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2004
215 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the annual percentage of PAYE taxpayers who paid income tax at the lower rate in each of the past ten years; and the number of taxpayers in this category. [26171/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2004
214 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the annual percentage of PAYE workers who were tax exempt in each of the past ten years; and the number of taxpayers in this category. [26170/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2004
213 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the annual percentage of PAYE taxpayers who paid income tax at the higher rate in each of the past ten years; the number of taxpayers in this category; and the estimated figure for the 2004 tax year. [26169/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2004
74 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which a recently launched website (details supplied) is being used by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25828/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 October 2004
93 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to enhance the availability of e-technology to both the business and domestic sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25827/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2004
154 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received the report, Towards a Policy for the Traditional Arts, from the Arts Council, which he commissioned some time ago; the timeframe for the implementation of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25545/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2004
428 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if there is a timeframe within which persons who have acquired land from the Land Commission cannot dispose of such property. [25086/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2004
424 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of the ownership by the Government, past and present, of an area (details supplied) in County Roscommon. [25476/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2004
262 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the stages through which the proposed phase 2 B of the Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar must proceed on its progress to the finalisation of this project. [25085/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2004
261 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the development control plan for phase 2 B of the Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar was lodged in her Department; if she will make this plan available for review; and the indicative time frame for the implementation of this plan. [25084/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2004
167 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the political situation in Chechnya; the level of support being given by the Government in the aftermath of the Beslan school siege; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25235/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2004
124 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of a recent decision by a labour relations commissioner concerning the rate of pay for special needs assistants in junior classes in primary schools, a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is entitled to back payments from her Department; the amount they are entitled to for each of the relevant years; and when these payments will be made. [24895/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 October 2004
4 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the cost of extending the standard rate cut off point in order that the 632,000 taxpayers estimated to have paid at the top rate in 2004 be reduced to 400,000 in 2005. [24852/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
228 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the circumstances by which an Irish citizen has been put into care due to the unexpected arrest and imprisonment of their mother; if this mother was charged before the courts prior to imprisonment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23904/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
204 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the salary paid to the chief executive of each of the health boards; and her plans in relation to their salary structure in view of the abolition of the boards and the reduced responsibility of those officers. [23944/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
203 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding hospital charges for a premature baby who is confined to hospital for a long time in view of the fact that maternity services, including confinement, are free to all mothers and babies; and the stage at which these charges will be levied for such a child. [23943/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
202 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of medical cards, the number of persons covered by those cards and the percentage of the population which this represents, per health board area; and her plans to honour her election commitment to extend the number of medical card holders by 200,000. [23942/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
159 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science the income thresholds for students to receive the top-up grant who are in receipt of the maximum grant, based on assessment of their parents’ income, and independent mature students. [23908/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
158 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who were in receipt of the top up grant in 2003/2004. [23907/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
157 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the suspected discrimination against disadvantaged girls in the recently published document on special needs resources in primary schools and the proposed allocations to boys schools, girls schools and mixed schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23906/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
156 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has satisfied herself that primary school students assessed by educational psychologists who have had recommendations for special needs assistants made on their behalf can reach their full potential when her Department, without any examination of the students so assessed, can refuse to provide the recommended resource; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23905/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2004
19 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the latest report from the National Competitiveness Council (details supplied); the measures he intends to implement to combat this erosion in competitiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23628/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2004
179 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will reinstate the back to education allowance which formerly was available during summer months. [23375/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2004
159 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position with regard to relative poverty levels in the State and in relation to revised targets for the national anti-poverty strategy. [23364/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
450 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he is likely to publish the Construction Industry Federation Bill; the stage the proposed Bill is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23447/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
375 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on progress at the Midland Regional Hospital project at Tullamore; the amount spent per annum on this extension since it commenced; the expected additional spend until completion; the timescale for completion and commissioning; and if she will compare this timeframe and expenditure to the original estimates for this project. [23409/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
374 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children if an application has been received in her Department from the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar seeking approval for the appointment of a permanent consultant physician with an interest in diabetic services at that hospital; the date of this application; the progress on this application; and the reason diabetic services are not properly resourced and staffed at this location in view of noting the high incidence of diabetes in the area. [23408/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
315 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science if a syllabus is available for the SCG examination and the place this can be obtained in the context of teachers working in primary schools who have been trained abroad; if an extension to the five year term in which to gain the Irish qualification is available; if persons have applied for this time extension; when a response to these such applications will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23403/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
234 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date in advancing and improving community supports for older persons. [22722/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2004
154 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recent annual report of the Dormant Account Funds 2003; and the reason he intends to change the operation of the Dormant Accounts Disbursement Board. [22738/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1333 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs regarding her Department’s website, the number of persons who have responsibility for upgrading the website and eliminating outdated and often inaccurate information. [22204/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1278 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs regarding his Department’s website, the number of persons who have responsibility for upgrading the website and eliminating outdated and often inaccurate information. [22203/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1239 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in relation to his Department website, the number of persons who have responsibility for upgrading the website and eliminating outdated and often inaccurate information. [22202/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
1113 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding his Department website, the number of persons who have responsibility for upgrading the website and eliminating outdated and often inaccurate information. [22201/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
998 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons who have responsibility for upgrading his Department’s website and eliminating outdated and often inaccurate information. [22200/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
893 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children regarding his Department website, the number of persons who have responsibility for upgrading the website and eliminating outdated and often inaccurate information. [22199/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
882 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will report on the progress made to date on phase 2B of the Midland Regional Hospital at Mullingar; the progress made in the past 12 months towards bringing this project to fruition; and the expected timeframe for the completion of this project. [22164/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
721 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, in relation to his Department website, the number of persons who have responsibility for upgrading the website and eliminating outdated and often inaccurate information. [22198/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
701 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if in relation to his Department website, the number of persons who have responsibility for upgrading the website and eliminating outdated and often inaccurate information. [22197/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2004
512 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Science if it is possible for two special needs assistants, employed by the same VEC working for the same hours with similar responsibilities, to have different rates of pay one employed on a full-time basis and the other on an hourly rate; the reason such diversity can occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22209/04]