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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 January 2012
167 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the rights of an unmarried father in terms of access to his children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4597/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 January 2012
112 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who has been on a Tús work placement may go directly from Tús to a community employment scheme. [4595/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 January 2012
113 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection her views that the recent reductions in rent supplement may lead to landlords seeking more rent directly from the tenant; if tenants have any recourse if this occurs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4596/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 January 2012
460 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a waste disposal company (details supplied) is in breach of competition law by insisting that customers pay a substantial fee at the beginning of a contract or collection year rather than in instalments, in view of the fact that this makes it significantly more difficult for the customer to change providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3971/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 January 2012
420 D’fhiafraigh Robert Dowds den Aire Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil an dtabharfaidh sé figiúirí i dtaobh líon na mbloc árasán cónaitheach a tógadh i ngach limistéar údaráis áitiúil ó 2000, cé mhéad acu a ndearna oifigigh ón mbriogáid dóiteáin iniúchadh orthu lena chinntiú gur chloígh siad le deimhnithe sábháilteachta dóiteáin agus cé mhéad acu a fuair fógra sábháilteachta dóiteáin óúdaráis áitiúla agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina leith. [3322/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 January 2012
170 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be willing to write to each household affected by the household charge asking them to pay the charge, on the basis that taxpayers deserve to be approached directly when the State imposes a new charge. [3064/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 January 2012
169 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that persons who have bin waivers in south Dublin will lose their waivers in April, when he is going to make waivers available on a national basis. [3063/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 January 2012
67 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance if he will give guidance to the Revenue Commissioners on the way they should approach taxpayers in relation to taxation matters; and his views on the way the recent debacle between the Revenue Commissioners and pensioners could be best avoided in future. [3065/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2012
247 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the taxi review is likely to be published. [2794/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2012
246 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Leap cards are not being sold through DART or Irish Rail stations at present; and if there are plans to change that. [2793/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2012
208 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health his plans for continuing therapeutic intervention for children with disabilities after the age of 6 years, which is the cut-off age for the early intervention programme. [2749/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2012
204 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to address the lack of services for young adults leaving State care at the age of 18 years. [2753/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2012
203 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress that has been made toward assessing all section 36 carers, that is carers who are members of a child’s biological family. [2752/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2012
202 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she intends to make the third and fourth reports to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which were expected by 2009. [2750/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2012
176 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the situation in which the waiting time to get a full care order from the Family Court currently extends until April 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2751/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2012
158 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria for determining which unfinished estates were in poor enough condition to entitle their residents to household charge waivers; and the reason an estate (details supplied) in County Dublin was not included under these criteria. [2763/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2012
111 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if she accepts that a loophole exists in that there are not pension provisions for community employment supervisors as, technically, they do not appear to be regarded as public servants; and if there are any moves afoot to bring community employment supervisors under the public service umbrella and therefore eligible for a public service pension. [2800/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 January 2012
434 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking or intends to take to retain Irish trained medical doctors here. [2006/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 January 2012
433 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the work of a junior hospital doctor under the headings, the way to achieve such a post; the hours and remuneration; the way to progress beyond such a post and the posts to which junior hospital doctors tend to progress; and the extent to which junior hospital doctors tend to emigrate. [2005/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 January 2012
432 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the path for a medical doctor to become a hospital consultant. [2004/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 January 2012
431 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the process involved in setting up a general practitioner’s practice. [2003/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 January 2012
222 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views that the treatment of workers (details supplied) who were told that they were to be made redundant with immediate effect on 10 January 2012 was appropriate; if it was just; the action he will take to intervene in the situation to ensure that the workers are paid everything to which they are entitled. [2414/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 January 2012
170 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to enable residents in private accommodation to lodge complaints to the Private Residential Tenancies Board regarding anti-social neighbours through a proxy, such as a member of the Garda Síochána or a public representative, rather than forcing them to reveal their identities and thus put them at risk of intimidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1644/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 January 2012
169 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the remuneration packages for each of the members of the board of the Private Residential Tenancies Board. [1643/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 January 2012
168 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out, in tabular form, the number of cases of anti-social behaviour in private accommodation which were brought to the attention of the Private Residential Tenancies Board for each of the past four years; the number of these cases in which action was taken by the PRTB against a tenant engaging in anti-social behaviour; and the number of times this included the eviction of a tenant. [1642/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 January 2012
758 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy with regard to fur farming; the monitoring there is of fur farming; the value of fur farming to the economy; the extent of damage done by captive furred animals such as mink when they escape; and if he has any plans to ban the practice of fur farming. [1370/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 January 2012
617 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the actions of a family member of a citizenship applicant can impact negatively on his or her application, for example, if the spouse of an applicant is in receipt of social welfare. [41186/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 January 2012
616 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will take to provide a clear system of documentation for the children of legal immigrants under 18 years of age, in order to ensure that they are not left in limbo if anything happens to their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41185/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 January 2012
577 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will exempt home owners from the €100 household charge if they have to pay management fees for their estates. [1369/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 January 2012
511 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make changes to the current facility to declare a vehicle off the road for the purposes of motor tax in view of the increases in motor tax in budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40775/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 January 2012
62 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance his views on the tax write-off to which Ministers are entitled for the cost of having their clothing dry-cleaned; if he plans to abolish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40776/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
170 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make funding available to the Private Residential Tenancies Board in order that it can follow through on its decision to evict a tenant at an address (details supplied). [40114/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2011
107 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health in view of the shortage of beds for nursing home patients the basis of his plans to close a nursing home (details supplied) in County Dublin. [39243/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2011
106 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Health the number of patients in hospital beds in the Dublin area because places are not available for them in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39242/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2011
96 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the proposed amendment to the Constitution dealing with the rights of children will be brought before Dáil Éireann prior to a referendum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39245/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2011
80 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a citizenship application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [39294/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2011
4 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance the loss of revenue to the State from below-cost selling of alcohol from supermarkets and other outlets; and his plans to recoup this loss of revenue to the State [39244/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
240 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is worth maintaining the northern and western regional assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38586/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
239 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the costs involved in running the northern and western regional assembly. [38585/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
238 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the powers and functions undertaken by the northern and western regional assembly. [38584/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
237 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine if it is worth maintaining the Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38583/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
236 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the costs involved in running the Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly. [38582/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
235 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the powers and functions undertaken by the Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly. [38581/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
178 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider means testing children’s allowance so that families with incomes of greater than €100,000 are not eligible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38580/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
111 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress being made in public service reform; the way he is ensuring that when positions are being eliminated all grades of public service are equally affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38588/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
110 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress he is making in terms of curbing high public service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38587/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
36 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance the steps he took to persuade Allied Irish Bank to pass on the recent interest rate change to its mortgage customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38590/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
35 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance the criteria for supporting a person’s nomination to the European Court of Auditors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38589/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2011
34 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider taxing children’s allowance given to wealthy families those with incomes of greater than €100,000 as part of budget 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38579/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2011
201 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the use of bus lanes by Ministers; his plans to alter this provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38147/11]