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Question· writtenPQ 18asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 December 2012
18. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget for his Department to meet in full the projected requirements in the coming year; the extent if any to which any unforeseen expenditure will be provided for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57194/12]
Question· writtenPQ 17asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 December 2012
17. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the way the €7million allocated for the Gathering in the 2012 Budget will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57262/12]
Question· writtenPQ 14asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 December 2012
14. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will take to ensure the up keep of the State’s road network to maintain safety and quality conditions in view of cutbacks in Budget 2013. [57237/12]
Bill· HRH.R. 6692 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 2012
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration from being subject to automatic reductions to eliminate the excess budget deficit (sequestration).
Record· Verzoek bij regeling van werkzaamheden2012Z22738concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 20 December 2012
Brief van de minister van Financiën inzake een oordeel van de Raad van State over de 2e nota van wijziging bij de begroting Buitenlandse Zaken (V)
Record· Brief regering2012Z22739adopted
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 20 December 2012
Reactie op de aangenomen moties, ingediend tijdens de behandeling van de begroting Veiligheid en Justitie 2013
Record· Brief regering2012Z22791adopted
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 20 December 2012
Reactie op de vraag van het lid Omtzigt over de 2e nota van wijziging op de begroting 2013 van Buitenlandse Zaken
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage13422/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 19 December 2012
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Bruno Rossmann, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Finanzen betreffend Verbuchung dubioser Forderungen im BVA <i>(Bundesvoranschlag)</i> 2013
Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012
192. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied regarding the adequacy of the budget for his Department to meet in full the projected requirements in the coming year; the extent, if any, to which any unforeseen expenditure can be provided for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57322/12]
Question· writtenPQ 141asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012
141. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the necessary funding is being provided for the retention of the estate management projects in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if he will appreciate the importance of these two projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57341/12]
Question· writtenPQ 111asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012
111. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance given to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which will no longer be in a position to meet loan repayments following the removal of the minor works grant and other cuts in the education budget; if emergency funding will be made available to assist the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57277/12]
Question· writtenPQ 105asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012
105. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be any cuts to funding or supports for primary or post primary schools in County Louth as a result of the spending cuts in budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57153/12]
Question· writtenPQ 93asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012
93. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance the reason he confined the granting of the fuel excise rebate scheme to licensed road hauliers in Budget 2013 and excluded passenger transport operators from the scheme in view of his stated replies to previous parliamentary questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57191/12]
Question· writtenPQ 78asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012
78. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will allocate €100,000 to the mother and child facility at Coolmine Therapeutic Community, Dublin, in order that 20 young women, who have overcome their addiction and urgently need therapeutic care, can enter the residential therapy with their babies; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that if they cannot get the therapy the majority of them will relapse; his views on whether this will cost the health and prison services three times the budget for delivering therapy to these addicts later in their lives and that statistics show that those who relapse are at serious risk of dying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56532/12]
Question· writtenPQ 71asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012
71. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the way in which the projected €781 million reduction in the health budget in 2013 will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57024/12]
Question· writtenPQ 67asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012
67. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Health the changes made to the fair deal scheme in Budget 2013; if he will advise if the review of the scheme is completed and if and when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57008/12]
Question· writtenPQ 63asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012
63. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Health the way he intends to maintain services in children and family services in 2013 following cuts introduced in Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56884/12]
Question· writtenPQ 41asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012
41. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Health the interest rate that will be applied to the overdraft extended to Tallaght Hospital Dublin to cover its budget overrun; the fund that will cover the cost of the interest payments; if it is envisaged that these repayments will impact on the patient services fund of the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56890/12]
Question· writtenPQ 15asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012
15. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the degree to which he is satisfied that frontline and or essential services can be retained within the context of the budget for his Department for the year ending 31 December 2013, with particular reference to the extent it has been found possible to identify the precise areas of the service incurring the most cost overruns in each of the past four years to date; if any particular steps have been taken to monitor expenditure on a half yearly, monthly, weekly or daily basis in such a way as to ensure that no shortfall occurs at the end of the year and that areas within the services showing a tendency to overrun budget are identified regularly and early in order to facilitate any remedial action required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56973/12]
Question· writtenPQ 14asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012
14. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will set out in precise terms how he will honour the commitment given (details supplied) in the wake of the budget to restore the core community services of home help hours and home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57006/12]
Question· oralPQ 1asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 December 2012
1. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the way he will achieve €780 million in savings in the health budget in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57231/12]
Bill· HRH.R. 6684 (112th)open
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2012
Spending Reduction Act of 2012 - Title I: Agriculture - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to terminate the increase in the value of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) benefits for Puerto Rico and American Samoa on March 1, 2013. Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit categorical SNAP eligibility to households receiving specified other program benefits in cash. Eliminates the requirement that a state agency using a standard utility allowance provide such allowance to a household that receives assistance under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 or other energy assistance program if such household incurs out-of-pocket heating or cooling expenses exceeding such assistance. Eliminates: (1) administrative cost sharing to states for certain employment and training programs, (2) state bonus programs for effective SNAP administration, and (3) indexing for the nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program. Reduces FY2013 funding for employment and training programs. Authorizes FY2013 appropriations to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. States that this title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on enactment of this Act, and shall apply only with respect to certification periods that begin on or after such date. Title II: Committee on Energy and Commerce - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal provisions: (1) appropriating funds to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states for activities (including planning activities) related to establishing an American Health Benefit Exchange (a state health insurance exchange), (2) establishing and appropriating funds to the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a Fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs), and (3) appropriating funds for the establishment and operation of the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program (designed to foster the creation of qualified nonprofit health insurance issuers to offer qualified health plans in the individual and small group markets). Rescinds any unobligated balance appropriated under such provisions. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) extend the reduction of the threshold level of permissible state taxes on health care providers before federal funding to the state for Medicaid is reduced; (2) reduce the state disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment for FY2022; and (3) repeal provisions prohibiting states from reducing eligibility levels for Medicaid. Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) of SSA to repeal provisions prohibiting states from reducing eligibility levels for CHIP. Repeals provisions that increased Medicaid payments to territories though FY2019. Decreases the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Repeals provisions providing bonus payments to states for enrollment and retention programs for children covered under Medicaid and CHIP. Title III: Financial Services - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) to repeal authority for: (1) judicial procedures for the orderly liquidation of certain financial companies, and (2) the Orderly Liquidation Fund. HAMP Termination Act of 2012 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) from providing assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) under the Making Home Affordable initiative. Exempts from this prohibition assistance provided on behalf of homeowners to whom an offer to participate in HAMP was provided before enactment of this Act. Prohibits certain unobligated funds from being made available under HAMP. Restricts the use of such funds solely to federal budget deficit reduction. Directs the Secretary to: (1) study the extent of usage of HAMP by, and its impact upon, covered homeowners; and (2) publish on the Department of the Treasury website that HAMP has been terminated. Declares that Congress encourages banks to work with homeowners to: (1) provide loan modifications to those that are eligible, and (2) assist with foreclosure prevention programs and information on loan modifications. Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to repeal the requirement for an annual transfer of funds from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Repeals: (1) the Consumer Financial Protection Fund, (2) the Victims Relief Fund, and (3) the authorization of appropriations and requirement for an annual report. Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2014. Amends Dodd-Frank to eliminate the Office of Financial Research. Title IV: Committee on the Judiciary - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2012 - Sets conditions for lawsuits arising from health care liability claims and actions concerning the provision of health care goods or services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce. Establishes a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers, or through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered, the injury, whichever occurs first, unless tolled for any of the following: (1) upon proof of fraud, (2) intentional concealment, or (3) the presence in the the injured person of a foreign body that has no therapeutic or diagnostic purpose or effect. Limits noneconomic damages to $250,000, regardless of the number of parties against whom the action is brought or the number of separate claims or actions brought with respect to the same injury. Provides that each party shall be liable only for the amount of damages allocated to such party in direct proportion to such party's percentage of responsibility, and not for the share of any other person. Requires the court to supervise the arrangements for payment of damages to protect against conflicts of interest that may have the effect of reducing the amount of damages awarded that are actually paid to claimants. Limits contingent fees. Permits punitive damages to be awarded against any person in a health care lawsuit only if: (1) it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that such person acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant or that such person deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury such person knew the claimant was substantially certain to suffer; and (2) a judgment for compensatory damages has been rendered against that person. Sets forth factors that may be considered in determining the amount of punitive damages, which shall be limited to the greater of $250,000 or two times the amount of economic damages awarded. Prohibits the award of punitive damages against a manufacturer or distributor of, a supplier of any component or raw material of, or a health care provider that prescribes or dispenses, a medical product that complies with FDA standards. Requires the court, at the request of any party in the lawsuit, to enter a judgment ordering that future damages be paid by periodic payments, in accordance with the Uniform Periodic Payment of Judgments Act promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, if an award of future damages equaling or exceeding $50,000 is made against a party with sufficient insurance or other assets to fund such a payment. Title V: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Increases federal employee contributions under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) by 5% of salary over 5 years, beginning in calendar year 2013. Increases retirement contributions for: (1) Members of Congress in CSRS and FERS and for congressional employees in CSRS by 8.5% (by 7.5% for congressional employees in FERS) of salary over 5 years, beginning in calendar year 2013; and (2) Members of Congress and certain federal employees who begin federal service after December 31, 2012, and who have less than 5 years of creditable service for retirement purposes (revised annuity employees). Requires any excess contributions made by an employee of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) or the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to be deposited to the credit of the Postal Service Fund, rather than the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Modifies rules for determining government contributions to CSRS and FERS made after December 31, 2012, and requires any excess contributions to FERS to be used for reducing the unfunded liability of CSRS. Eliminates the annuity supplement for FERS employees hired after December 31, 2012, except for certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, nuclear material couriers, border protection officers, and air traffic controllers. Allows federal employees (including employees of USPS and PRC) and Members of Congress in CSRS or FERS to deposit any payment they receive for accumulated and accrued annual or vacation leave into their Thrift Savings Fund accounts. Requires the Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to promulgate regulations for such deposits. Title VI: Committee on Ways and Means - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the limitation on the recapture of advance payment amounts of the tax credit for health insurance premium assistance that exceed the allowable amount of such credit for certain low-income taxpayers. Requires taxpayers who are claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit to include their social security numbers on their tax returns. Repeals the program of block grants to states for social services under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act, effective October 1, 2012. Sequester Replacement Act of 2012 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to remove veterans' medical care from the accounts subject to a sequester. Abolishes the distinction between security and nonsecurity categories of discretionary spending for new budget authority in FY2013. Combines the dollar amounts of the current categories ($686 billion for the security category and $361 billion for the nonsecurity category) into a single amount of $1.047 trillion in new budget authority. Revises sequestration requirements for FY2013 to require a $19.104 billion across-the-board decrease in the discretionary spending category as of January 2, 2013. Directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a supplemental sequestration report for FY2013 to eliminate any discretionary spending breach of the $1.047 trillion spending limit, as adjusted by the $19.104 billion across-the-board reduction requirement of this Act. Directs the President to order a sequestration, if any, as required by such report. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to authorize the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or the Senate to make adjustments to any legislative measure to conform to the discretionary spending limits of this Act. Nullifies any sequestration order the President may issue under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to carry out reductions to direct spending for the FY2013 defense function (050).
Bill· HRH.R. 6688 (112th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 December 2012
Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act - Title I: Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act - Subtitle A: Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act - Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012 - Makes permanent: (1) the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, and (2) provisions of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 that reduce tax rates on capital gain and dividend income. Extends through 2013 the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer provisions of the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2013: (1) the increased expensing allowance for depreciable business assets, and (2) the increased alternative minimum tax (AMT) exemption amount for individual taxpayers. Subtitle B: Pathway to Job Creation Through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act - Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 2012 - States that the purpose of this Subtitle is to provide for the enactment of comprehensive tax reform in 2013. Defines a "tax reform bill" as a bill of the 113th Congress that is introduced in the House of Representatives by the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means not later than April 30, 2013 (or the first legislative day thereafter if the House is not in session on that day), the title of which is "a bill to provide for comprehensive tax reform." Requires the chair of the Joint Committee on Taxation to notify the House and Senate upon determining that such an introduced bill contains proposals to: (1) consolidate the 6 current individual income tax brackets into a maximum of 2 brackets (of 10% and not higher than 25%), (2) reduce the corporate income tax rate to not more than 25%, (3) repeal the alternative minimum tax (AMT), (4) broaden the tax base to maintain revenue between 18% and 19% of the economy, and (5) change from a worldwide to a territorial system of taxation. Provides for expedited consideration of such bill in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Title II: Sequestration Replacement Act - Subtitle A: Agriculture - Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2012 - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to terminate the increase in the value of supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) benefits for Puerto Rico and American Samoa on the date of enactment of the Averting the Fiscal Cliff Act. Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to limit categorical SNAP eligibility to households receiving specified other program benefits in cash. Eliminates the requirement that a state agency using a standard utility allowance provide such allowance to a household that receives assistance under the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 or other energy assistance program if such household incurs out-of-pocket heating or cooling expenses exceeding such assistance. Eliminates: (1) administrative cost sharing to states for certain employment and training programs, (2) state bonus programs for effective SNAP administration, and (3) indexing for the nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program. Reduces FY2013 funding for employment and training programs. Authorizes FY2013 appropriations to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. States that this title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on enactment of this Act, and shall apply only with respect to certification periods that begin on or after such date. Subtitle B: Committee on Energy and Commerce - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to repeal provisions: (1) appropriating funds to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states for activities (including planning activities) related to establishing an American Health Benefit Exchange (a state health insurance exchange), (2) establishing and appropriating funds to the Prevention and Public Health Fund (a Fund to provide for expanded and sustained national investment in prevention and public health programs to improve health and help restrain the rate of growth in private and public sector health care costs), and (3) appropriating funds for the establishment and operation of the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) program (designed to foster the creation of qualified nonprofit health insurance issuers to offer qualified health plans in the individual and small group markets). Rescinds any unobligated balance appropriated under such provisions. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) extend the reduction of the threshold level of permissible state taxes on health care providers before federal funding to the state for Medicaid is reduced; (2) reduce the state disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotment for FY2022; and (3) repeal provisions prohibiting states from reducing eligibility levels for Medicaid. Amends SSA title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program) (CHIP) to repeal provisions prohibiting states from reducing eligibility levels for CHIP. Repeals provisions that increased Medicaid payments to territories though FY2019. Decreases the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa. Repeals provisions providing bonus payments to states for enrollment and retention programs for children covered under Medicaid and CHIP. Subtitle C: Financial Services -- Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) to repeal Title II (Orderly Liquidation Authority), including the Orderly Liquidation Fund, and to restore any federal law amended by it as if title II of Dodd-Frank had not been enacted. HAMP Termination Act of 2012 - Amends the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) to terminate the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to provide new mortgage modification assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), except with respect to existing obligations on behalf of homeowners already extended an offer to participate in the program. Declares unavailable after the enactment of this Act for obligation or expenditure under HAMP any amounts made available for HAMP under EESA title I that: (1) have been allocated for use but not yet obligated, and (2) are not necessary for providing HAMP assistance on behalf of those homeowners already extended an offer to participate in HAMP. Directs the Secretary to study: (1) the extent to which HAMP is used by homeowners who are active duty members of the Armed Forces (or their spouses or parents), veterans, or Gold Star-eligible widows, parents, or next of kin of Armed Forces members who died in military operations; and (2) the impact of the program on them. Amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to repeal the obligation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) to transfer quarterly to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) the amount of funds determined by the CFPB Director to be reasonably necessary to carry out CFPB authorities. Repeals the Consumer Financial Protection Fund and the Consumer Financial Civil Penalty Fund. Repeals the exclusion of CFPB funds from construction as government funds or appropriated monies. Subjects the CFPB funds to the annual congressional authorization and appropriation process. Amends Dodd-Frank to repeal the Office of Financial Research. Subtitle D: Committee on the Judiciary - Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2012 - Sets forth provisions regulating lawsuits for health care liability claims concerning the provision of health care goods or services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce. Sets a statute of limitations of three years after the date of manifestation of injury or one year after the claimant discovers the injury, with certain exceptions. Limits noneconomic damages to $250,000. Makes each party liable only for the amount of damages directly proportional to such party's percentage of responsibility. Allows the court to restrict the payment of attorney contingency fees. Limits the fees to a decreasing percentage based on the increasing value of the amount awarded. Authorizes the award of punitive damages only where: (1) it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that a person acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant or deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury the claimant was substantially certain to suffer, and (2) compensatory damages are awarded. Limits punitive damages to the greater of two times the amount of economic damages or $250,000. Limits the liability of manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, and providers of medical products that comply with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards. Provides for periodic payments of future damage awards. Subtitle E: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Increases federal employee contributions under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS) by 5% of salary over 5 years, beginning in calendar year 2013. Increases retirement contributions for: (1) Members of Congress in CSRS and FERS and for congressional employees in CSRS by 8.5% (by 7.5% for congressional employees in FERS) of salary over 5 years, beginning in calendar year 2013; and (2) Members of Congress and certain federal employees who begin federal service after December 31, 2012, and who have less than 5 years of creditable service for retirement purposes (revised annuity employees). Requires any excess contributions made by an employee of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) or the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) to be deposited to the credit of the Postal Service Fund, rather than the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Modifies rules for determining government contributions to CSRS and FERS made after December 31, 2012, and requires any excess contributions to FERS to be used for reducing the unfunded liability of CSRS. Eliminates the annuity supplement for FERS employees hired after December 31, 2012, except for certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, nuclear material couriers, border protection officers, and air traffic controllers. Allows federal employees (including employees of USPS and PRC) and Members of Congress in CSRS or FERS to deposit any payment they receive for accumulated and accrued annual or vacation leave into their Thrift Savings Fund accounts. Subtitle F: Committee on Ways and Means - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) repeal the limitation on the recapture of advance payment amounts of the tax credit for health insurance premium assistance that exceed the allowable amount of such credit for certain low-income taxpayers, and (2) require taxpayers who are claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit to include their social security numbers on their tax returns. Repeals the program of block grants to states for social services under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act. Subtitle G: Sequester Replacement - Sequester Replacement Act of 2012 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to remove veterans' medical care from the accounts subject to a sequester. Abolishes the distinction between security and nonsecurity categories of discretionary spending for new budget authority in FY2013. Combines the dollar amounts of the current categories ($686 billion for the security category and $361 billion for the nonsecurity category) into a single amount of $1.047 trillion in new budget authority. Revises sequestration requirements for FY2013 to require a $19.104 billion across-the-board decrease in the discretionary spending category as of January 2, 2013. Directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue a supplemental sequestration report for FY2013 to eliminate any discretionary spending breach of the $1.047 trillion spending limit, as adjusted by the $19.104 billion across-the-board reduction requirement of this Act. Directs the President to order a sequestration, if any, as required by such report. Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to authorize the chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or the Senate to make adjustments to any legislative measure to conform to the discretionary spending limits of this Act. Nullifies any sequestration order the President may issue under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act to carry out reductions to direct spending for the FY2013 defense function (050).
Record· Brief regering2012Z22594concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 19 December 2012
Advies Raad van State en nader rapport inzake vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (V) voor het jaar 2013
Record· Brief regering2012Z22591concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 19 December 2012
Toelichting bij de tweede nota's van wijziging inzake vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (V) voor het jaar 2013 en inzake vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (VII) voor het jaar 2013 en verzoek tot niet verder behandelen van de wetsvoorstellen vaststelling van de begrotingsstaat van Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (XVII) voor het jaar 2013 en vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van Wonen en Rijksdienst (XVIII) voor het jaar 2013
Record· Brief regering2012Z22590adopted
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 19 December 2012
Toelichting bij de tweede nota's van wijziging inzake vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (V) voor het jaar 2013 en inzake vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (VII) voor het jaar 2013 en verzoek tot niet verder behandelen van de wetsvoorstellen vaststelling van de begrotingsstaat van Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (XVII) voor het jaar 2013 en vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van Wonen en Rijksdienst (XVIII) voor het jaar 2013
Record· Brief regering2012Z22593concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 19 December 2012
Toelichting bij de tweede nota's van wijziging inzake vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (V) voor het jaar 2013 en inzake vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (VII) voor het jaar 2013 en verzoek tot niet verder behandelen van de wetsvoorstellen vaststelling van de begrotingsstaat van Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (XVII) voor het jaar 2013 en vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van Wonen en Rijksdienst (XVIII) voor het jaar 2013
Record· Brief regering2012Z22487concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 19 December 2012
Reactie op de ingediende amendementen tijdens de behandeling van de begroting 2013 van het ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (33400 XVI)
Record· Brief regering2012Z22595concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 19 December 2012
Advies Raad van State en nader rapport over de nota van wijziging inzake vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (VII) voor het jaar 2013
Record· Brief regering2012Z22539concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 19 December 2012
Uitkomst onderhandelingen EU-begroting 2013 en suppletoire EU-begroting 2012
Record· Brief regering2012Z22592adopted
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 19 December 2012
Toelichting bij tweede nota's van wijziging inzake vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (V) voor het jaar 2013 en inzake vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (VII) voor het jaar 2013 en verzoek tot niet verder behandelen van de wetsvoorstellen vaststelling van de begrotingsstaat van Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (XVII) voor het jaar 2013 en vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van Wonen en Rijksdienst (XVIII) voor het jaar 2013
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage13385/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 18 December 2012
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Deimek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Finanzen betreffend Finanzprodukte und das Gold der OeNB <i>(Oesterreichischen Nationalbank)</i>
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage13371/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 18 December 2012
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend betreffend Vollziehung Preisauszeichnungsgesetz im Jahr 2012 - Marktbeobachtung in Österreich - Situation der Preisauszeichnung in Österreich
Question· writtenPQ 646asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
646. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Health the ongoing plans for the budget for the bowel cancer screening programme on a multi-annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56857/12]
Question· writtenPQ 601asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
601. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Health regarding budget 2013 and its impact on home help hours and carer's, if he will confirm that there will be no cut to the home help budget in 2013 and that the budgeted amount will be restored to the 2012 level of funding, that is, the funding level before the recent cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56333/12]
Question· writtenPQ 599asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
599. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will outline in detail the way it is intended to make a saving of €32 million in 2013 from other changes to primary care schemes as detailed in item C of his Department's section of the summary of measures in the Budget Expenditure Report 2013 with a breakdown of the intended saving for each measure under this heading [56283/12]
Question· writtenPQ 593asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
593. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify reports that the Health Service Executive has announced a tender for 35 external leadership coaches; the proposed cost of such coaches and the budget from which this cost will be met; the purpose of such coaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56210/12]
Question· writtenPQ 568asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
568. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the recent Indecon report on youth work; if it informed any of her policy choices with regard to budget 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56977/12]
Question· writtenPQ 507asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
507. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which, post budget, he expects the various categories of farmers to qualify for each farm support payment; his plans for the future in this regard; if he expects the projections outlined in Food Harvest 2020 to the affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56255/12]
Question· writtenPQ 446asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
446. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the local government auditors statutory report on the accounts of Sligo County Council for the year ended 31 December 2011, the Sligo County Manager states that the council's 2012 budget was agreed on the assumption that a sum of €4 million income in the draft budget would arise through effective savings by way of redeployment or voluntary transfer opportunities and from a significant voluntary redundancy package; the county manager further stated that because of the exceptional nature of these matters it was decided to show the financial impact as income rather than for the €4 million to be reduced from budgeted payroll charges across all programmes; if at any time in advance of the council's draft budget being published in December 2011 his Department stated that a significant voluntary redundancy package would be introduced in 2012; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Sligo County Manager has stated that the 2012 financial outturn for the council is projected to be a deficit of approximately €2.5 million; if his Department has any role in ensuring that local authorities prepare realistic, achievable budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56835/12]
Question· writtenPQ 442asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
442. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing a system whereby persons who wish to tax their car, may do so on a monthly basis, rather than the minimum three months requirement that is proving increasingly difficult for households; if he will take into consideration the fact that the recently proposed 15% increase in motor tax in Budget 2013, will make it impossible for many households to pay this tax on a quarterly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56609/12]
Question· writtenPQ 436asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
436. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any planned cuts to the RAPID scheme emanating from Budget 2013 or any cuts planned in the future. [56480/12]
Question· writtenPQ 361asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
361. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of farmers that will be affected by Budget 2013 changes to the farm assist scheme broken down by county; the total anticipated savings in the changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55963/12]
Question· writtenPQ 351asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
351. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the total saving to her Department on a full year basis of the changes to the farm assist scheme in budget 2012 and 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56610/12]
Question· writtenPQ 322asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
322. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of an announcement in Budget 2013 regarding extra jobbridge places, if further applications for internships will be accepted under the educational sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56351/12]
Question· writtenPQ 281asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
281. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform following his Budget 2013 announcements, the date from which the 10% reduction to the party leaders allowance will come into effect. [56485/12]
Question· writtenPQ 280asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
280. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform following his Budget 2013 announcements, if the reduction of 10% and more to the expenditure limits that comprise the parliamentary standard allowance will be applied to both the travel and accommodation allowance and the public representation allowance; if he will confirm the reduction he plans to make to both allowances and the date will on which this change will come into effect. [56484/12]
Question· writtenPQ 279asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
279. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform following his Budget 2013 announcements if he will confirm if both the travel and accommodation allowance and the public representation allowance will now be fully vouched; and the date on which this change will come into effect. [56483/12]
Question· writtenPQ 262asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
262. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the claims (details supplied) of the CEO of Cork City and County Vocational Education Committee that changes announced in Budget 2013 to the pupil teacher ratio will mean a reduction of 25 full time equivalent or 50 part time teachers across the three further education colleges in County Cork as well as the closure of specialised courses at a college (details further supplied). [56949/12]
Question· writtenPQ 253asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2012
253. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 20 November 2012, if he will give assurances to students in receipt of a maintenance and top up grant for the academic year 2012/2013 under the category NA1-T, that second and subsequent instalments are guaranteed and will not be reduced as a result of Budget 2013; if he will, in addition provide details of postgraduate funding options and for prospective students and details of the way these have been affected by Budget 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56842/12]