1275. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has given further consideration to full implementation of the Charities Act 2009 with regard to its provisions on regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38889/12]
1214. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to review the effects of the embargo on recruitment to An Garda Síochána; and if consideration will be given to lifting the embargo. [37933/12]
807 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the hours of opening of the James Joyce Tower, Sandycove, County Dublin; if there are restricted hours of opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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418 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any State controlled amenities, that is, the National Gallery in the Dublin area, are closed or have restricted entry during the current tourist season; and the reason for the restrictions.
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531 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if it will be possible to extend the operation of the drug treatment court programme to the Clondalkin and Lucan area in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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427 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow persons on the housing list who are currently in private rented accommodation to avail of the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans she has to make access to social welfare easier for self-employed people who become unemployed when their businesses fold.
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103 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance the capacity, if any, he has to reduce tax credits for persons and couples who earn more than €100,000 per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance the capability, if any, he has to levy tax on Irish tax exiles who officially live abroad.
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87 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance the number of whole time equivalent staff working in each division of his Department, in each individual year, between 1997 and 2011 prior to the creation of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.
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347 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an explanation as to the reason the number of convictions for the offence of fraud, deception, false pretence offences as classified by the Central Statistics Office, fell by 66% over the period 2003-2010, from a total of 529 convictions in 2003 with 200 cases pending to 177 convictions in 2010 with 158 cases pending according to figures provided by the CSO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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346 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an explanation as to the reason the sum total of the number of convictions for the white collar crime offences of falsification of accounts, offences under the Companies Act, offences under the Investment Intermediaries Act, offences under the Stock Exchange Act, money laundering, embezzlement, fraud against the European Union and corruption involving a public office holder fell by 98% over the period 2003-2010 from 50 convictions in 2003 with 15 cases pending to one conviction in 2010 with two cases pending according to figures provided by the Central Statistics Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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219 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any measures which she will introduce to make it easier for people who are in receipt of rent supplement to take up jobs without being hit by punitively high rents.
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160 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Taoiseach the extent of money spent on Ministerial transport in his Department for each of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011.
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170 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will instruct An Bord Pleanála to make submissions which have been made to it publicly available through its website during the appeals process.
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76 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider permitting fifth year students to sit the leaving certificate ordinary level maths paper and allowing them to take the higher level paper in sixth year if they so wish, in order to encourage students concerned about the necessity of having at least a pass grade in maths for entry to third level courses to take the higher level paper without the worry that a failure in that exam will bar them from entry to third level courses.
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28 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the recreational use of the country’s reservoirs currently allowed by local authorities will be fully protected when the new water authority is established.
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375 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the numbers of persons known to be homeless in the Dublin area in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; and his proposals to address the issue of homelessness.
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114 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on his plans regarding the Bethany Survivors’ Group.
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103 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason submissions to An Bord Pleanála cannot be viewed either by the public or by the persons making the planning application, until a decision has been made by An Bord Pleanála.
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109 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures, in tabular form, of the total number of investigations, prosecutions and successful convictions for each of the following offences in years 2003 to 2011, inclusive, falsification of accounts, offences under the companies act, offences under the Investment Intermediaries Act, money laundering, embezzlement, corruption involving public office holders with three separate tables setting out the figures for investigations, prosecutions and convictions respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of investigations, prosecutions and convictions, and the total number of custodial sentences imposed on businesses and persons found to be in breach of the Competition Act 2002 for each of the years 2002 to 2011, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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496 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a property regulator will be appointed; and the powers he or she will have.
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488 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people with disabilities known to be working in the public sector, in the most recent year for which figures are available.
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487 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the provisions of the 2005 Disability Act and other legislation as to the proportion of employees with a disability in the public sector; and if these guidelines are being adhered to.
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355 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider opening the JobBridge internship scheme to participation by small businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Taoiseach the numbers of people with disabilities known to be working in the private sector, in the most recent year for which figures are available.
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188 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update as to when building work on a grade separated junction at Newlands Cross, N7, will commence; the length of time it will take to construct and the plan for its construction
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99 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to be able to bring legislation containing provisions for a national bin waiver scheme before Dáil Éireann; the persons who will be covered by such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delay in making decisions on employment permit applications by Romanian and Bulgarian nationals; and when this may be resolved.
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237 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the extent of bonuses paid to senior county council officials, senior bank officials and senior officials in semi-State companies for the year 2011, and the numbers of persons involved in each category.
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189 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent of bonuses paid to senior county council officials, senior bank officials and senior officials in semi-State companies for the year 2011, and the numbers of persons involved in each category.
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181 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Defence the extent of bonuses paid to senior county council officials, senior bank officials and senior officials in semi-State companies for the year 2011, and the numbers of persons involved in each category.
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164 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent of bonuses paid to senior county council officials, senior bank officials and senior officials in semi-State companies for the year 2011, and the numbers of persons involved in each category.
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139 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent of bonuses paid to senior county council officials, senior bank officials and senior officials in semi-State companies for the year 2011, and the numbers of persons involved in each category.
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128 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent of bonuses paid to senior county council officials, senior bank officials and senior officials in semi-State companies for the year 2011, and the numbers of persons involved in each category.
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95 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent of bonuses paid to senior county council officials, senior bank officials and senior officials in semi-State companies for the year 2011, and the numbers of persons involved in each category.
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84 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent of bonuses paid to senior county council officials, senior bank officials and senior officials in semi-State companies for the year 2011; and the numbers of persons involved in each category.
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68 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance the extent of bonuses paid to senior county council officials, senior bank officials and senior officials in semi-State companies for the year 2011, and the numbers of persons involved in each category.
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55 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of bonuses paid to senior county council officials, senior bank officials and senior officials in semi-State companies for the year 2011, and the numbers of persons involved in each category.
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637 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of quality bus corridors which are not currently being used by Dublin Bus as part of a scheduled route; the total length of roadway which these unused quality bus corridors are taking up; and if he has any plans to direct the relevant authorities to open up unused quality bus corridors to motorists while they are not in use by Dublin Bus.
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503 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way it is intended to staff the new legal services oversight authority proposed in the Legal Services Regulation Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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502 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to transfer the current staff of the complaints section of the law society to the new legal services oversight authority proposed in the Legal Services Regulation Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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489 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted asylum here in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively.
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488 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time which an asylum seeker waits for a decision on whether or not they will be granted asylum.
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487 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the Clondalkin Towers Refugee Centre, on the Ninth Lock Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, with information provided on the following, the total number of persons currently residing there; the number of families residing there; the number of rooms in the Clondalkin Towers Refugee Centre; the average number of persons sleeping in each room; the facilities available for each family; the average length of time persons remain there; the number of persons who have resided there in the past who have been granted asylum; the proportion of persons who have resided there in the past who have been refused asylum; and any other information which he deems relevant for an assessment of the conditions in which asylum seekers are living in at the Clondalkin Towers Refugee Centre, and if he is satisfied that these are acceptable conditions in which to accommodate asylum seekers.
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423 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has been briefed by the Environmental Protection Agency regarding if a company (details supplied) has removed the 3,000 tonnes of waste it has been storing on a farm in County Kildare; and if the EPA has any information regarding the location of which the company has disposed of this waste.
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422 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the access interested parties have to the submissions made by third parties to An Bord Pleanála in the course of planning appeals; if he will ensure that all submissions to An Bord Pleanála are fully accessible to the public on the internet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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301 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the sources of finance available to small businesses; and his views on the action the banking institutions are taking to make such finance available to small businesses.
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