209 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he retains a record of employment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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668 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Health if an organisation (details supplied) is eligible for any funding from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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663 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter regarding safe food (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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635 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Health if the moneys collected as part of the pension levy from the Irish Blood Transfusion Service were passed on to the Department of Finance or if the IBTS retains the money as part of its own pension plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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434 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) is eligible for lotto funding, funding from the homelessness budget, funding from the community budget or any other funding from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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427 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a need to include your PPS number while paying the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding teaching positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding banking practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Derelict Sites Act empowers local authorities to compulsory acquire derelict sites, carry out the necessary work themselves and then charge the owners for the cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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485 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Health if the moneys collected as part of the pension levy from the Irish Blood Transfusion Service, IBTS, employees, was passed onto the Department of Finance or if the IBTS retains the money, as part of its own pension plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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159 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a spelling waiver was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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416 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on plans to drill for oil off the coast of Dalkey, Dublin; possible effects this will have on the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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344 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding employer’s rebate on redundancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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291 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding legislation on Internet piracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding legislation on Internet piracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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209 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 did not receive a home tuition grant up to July; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 13 December 2011, if this specific analysis has commenced yet; when he expects this analysis to be completed for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 29 November 2011, if he will clarify a matter (details supplied) on the banks’ pension funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation of the Central Bank of Ireland’s policy regarding its plans for repayment of emergency liquidity assistance debts by the IBRC; if this money is used to purchase assets for the bank, profits from which can be returned to the Exchequer, or if this money is used to write down the bank’s liabilities, effectively destroying the money created when the ELA loans were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance, on the understanding, based on Article 14.4 of the ECB statute, that deferral of emergency liquidity assistance repayments can be blocked by a two thirds vote of the ECB Governing Council, if he has asked for ECB President Draghi’s support in approving such a proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance if he has requested that the Central Bank of Ireland allow the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation to delay beginning repayments of its emergency liquidity assistance debts until the country has emerged from its economic crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the vast majority of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation’s liabilities are now accounted for by emergency liquidity assistance debts to the Central Bank of Ireland; if he will provide an estimate of the level of these debts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency is delaying the sale of land in Sandyford, Dublin 18 (details supplied) that will allow for the investment of €10 million by a private company and significant job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will receive notification of an appeal for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 17 January 2012, if he will provide this information for covered banks only; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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434 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Derelict Sites Act 1990 allows a local authority to charge the owner of a derelict site every year until they are satisfied that the site is no longer derelict; if incomplete buildings fall under the scope of this Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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346 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Social Protection if welfare assistance will be made available for retired persons (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a home tuition grant was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of all letters received by the then Minister, Mr. Brian Lenihan, or his Department of Finance from the President of the ECB during the month of November 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance if the State has ever issued a 30-year bond and, if not, the longest maturity on a bond the State has issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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459 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the 150 firms that received the most money from each voluntary hospital in 2011; the name of each firm; the amount of money paid to them in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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371 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the 150 firms that received the most money from each third level institute and college in 2011; the name of each firm and the amount of money paid to them in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the redundancy payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance if he will indicate Irish private sector deposits broken down according to household deposits, non-financial corporate deposits, deposits from insurance corporations and pension funds or other financial intermediaries, for each month since January 2009 in tabular form; if he will provide a further breakdown in each of these categories showing the deposits that are overnight deposits, deposits that have an agreed maturity over two years, deposits that are redeemable at notice up to three months, deposits that are redeemable at notice over three months and repurchase agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 owes the Revenue Commissioners any money; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1036 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Roads Authority or the local council is responsible for maintaining the road surface on the N11; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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929 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Health the current and capital funding for 2011 and projected current and capital funding for 2012 for an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 14; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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775 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will use section 73 of the Adoption Act to ensure that it is possible for adoptions from Ethiopia to take place; if she will begin arrangements to enter into a bilateral agreement with Ethiopia while discussions with Russia are ongoing; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to parliamentary Question No. 178 of 13 December 2011, if the Exchequer funded the local loans fund through the use of 30 year bonds and, if not, his views on this Deputy’s calculations (details supplied) showing that the local loans fund is making a large profit from local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by young couples who bought apartments in recent years that are now too small because they are now raising children; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that these couples are unable to move to a larger property because they are in severe negative equity; his plans to allow families in this situation to carry their negative equity with them into their next mortgage on a larger property; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, despite passing on the recent ECB interest rate reductions, Permanent TSB charges the highest standard variable rate mortgage; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that Permanent TSB increased its standard variable rate four times between July 2009 and February 2011 even though the ECB did not adjust interest rates in this period; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this high interest rate is forcing some customers to restructure their mortgages and forcing other customers into arrears on their mortgages; his plans to ensure that banks cannot charge excessive rates on standard variable mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance his plans to take consideration of small investors with high debts and low incomes who do not have any legacy relief shelter in the Finance Act; if he will amend the 25% interest deductibility restriction that applies since 7 April 2009 for these persons in view of the fact that it is forcing highly indebted investors towards insolvency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance if, further to the communique issued after the recently agreed Fiscal Compact stating that a qualified majority voting of 85% will be required to approve funding from the European Stability Mechanism, ESM, to a member state, his attention has been drawn to the fact that this means that any country with 15% of the votes can veto Ireland accessing funding from the ESM; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that this provides France and Germany with a veto vote over any future Irish access to the ESM; his views that France may veto future Irish access to funding from the ESM if the Irish Government refuses to raise corporation tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance the average maturity of Government bonds issued each year since 1990; the average interest rate paid on Exchequer borrowings each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Finance the status of land (details supplied) in the National Asset Management Agency; if this site will be put on the open market; if this site is being sold to a local authority; if NAMA or its agents sought offers for this site or are following up on offers or inquiries about this site; if NAMA has met any local groups regarding this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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433 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement the recommendations of the 2007 Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children in relation to the Irish Medicines Board to ensure that any revision of the Mental Health Act 2001 complies with human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the interest rate that the local loans fund charged Dublin County Council on mortgages that it passed on to borrowers at 12.5% in 1984; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 17 November 2011, the average interest rate paid on general Exchequer borrowings in 1984; the average interest rate paid on general Exchequer borrowings in 1994 and 2004 assuming that the borrowings were rolled over in these years; the rate of interest at which this money was passed onto South Dublin County Council in 1984; the total profit that the local loans fund has made on a mortgage of €17,776 that was taken out on 16 February 1984 with a 30-year term at a fixed interest rate of 12.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide further details on the specific analysis on tuition fee income available to schools and its utilisation in the Protestant fee-charging schools; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many Protestant fee-charging schools have significant additional expenses because they must be run as boarding schools to cater for the geographically dispersed Protestant population; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that almost half of the Protestant students in fee-charging schools come from households whose disposable income is so low that they qualify for a grant and that fee-charging boarding schools is often the only feasible way to provide a Protestant ethos secondary education; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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