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Wed, 24 Apr 2013
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Medical Card Data
Kevin Humphreys
250. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 and 227 of 6 March the way in which his Department knows how to recoup costs of medical cards awarded under EU Regulation 883/04 if the Primary Care Reimbursement Service of the HSE does not track the details of those eligible under these regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19341/13]
Wed, 24 Apr 2013
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Medical Card Data
Kevin Humphreys
251. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish citizens over the age of 60 who have worked in other EU countries but retired to Ireland with a contributory pension from another EU country that are in receipt of non-means tested medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19342/13]
Wed, 24 Apr 2013
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Medical Card Data
Kevin Humphreys
252. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Health the number of EU citizens that are in receipt of non-means tested medical cards here under EU Regulation 883/04; if he will provide a breakdown by country and further outline the information the PCRS of the HSE holds on these recipients such as age and nationality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19343/13]
Wed, 17 Apr 2013
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Pensions Legislation
Kevin Humphreys
145. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Social Protection the action that she has taken to amend the law governing pensions to provide a more equitable outcome form members of defined benefit schemes who have contributed to a fund that is now in deficit but will mean ongoing contributions do not receive a fair share of the fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17927/13]
Wed, 17 Apr 2013
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Pensions Legislation
Kevin Humphreys
147. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Social Protection if the changes to the defined benefit pension schemes has been implemented (details supplied); if not, when she plans to bring in such changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17929/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Property Taxation Application
Kevin Humphreys
201. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance if a local authority will be liable to pay local property tax for the percentage of a residential property that it owns under the shared ownership scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16511/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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State Banking Sector
Kevin Humphreys
226. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline if any discussions have taken place with Bank of Ireland or other private investors in the last six months on the sale or repurchase of the €1.8 billion of State-owned preference shares in Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16196/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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State Banking Sector
Kevin Humphreys
227. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance the dividend the State is due to receive on it's €1.8 billion of preference shares in Bank of Ireland in 2013; the way the preference shares are structured; if the coupon will increase in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16197/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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State Banking Sector
Kevin Humphreys
228. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance the dividend the State is due to receive on it's €3.5 billion of preference shares in AIB in 2013; the way the preference shares are structured; if the coupon will increase in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16198/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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State Banking Sector
Kevin Humphreys
229. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance if any attempts have been made in the last six months to sell the contingent capital instruments in AIB worth €1.6 billion and Permanent TSB worth €0.4 billion; the reaction from private investors to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16199/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Property Taxation Application
Kevin Humphreys
268. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance if residents in shared ownership properties, which are part owned by local authorities, are subject to the local property tax; if he can clarify if the local authority is liable for the portion of the tax in proportion to it's percentage ownership of the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16510/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Property Taxation Application
Kevin Humphreys
269. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance the way in which the value of properties held in shared ownership with local authorities will be valued for the purposes of the local property tax; if the portion that is owned by the local authority will be subject to the same rules that apply to social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16512/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Exchequer Deficit
Kevin Humphreys
325. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance the reason that Exchequer debt servicing costs were €105 million lower in March compared to the profile of €1,997 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17208/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Exchequer Deficit
Kevin Humphreys
330. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the underlying general Government deficit, exclusive of supports to the banks, for each of the years from 2008 to 2012 and estimates for 2013 to 2015, in percentage terms of GDP and monetary terms for each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17226/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Property Taxation Collection
Kevin Humphreys
332. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 27 March 2013, if he will confirm that his Department or the Revenue Commissioners have not prepared or received from other Departments or local authorities any estimates for the amount of local property tax that will be collected in the Dublin City Council administrative area; if his Department has estimates, if he will provide the figure projected for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17329/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Property Taxation Collection
Kevin Humphreys
333. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that Dublin City Council will retain 80% of the local property tax collected within that administrative area for 2013 and for 2014 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17330/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Property Taxation Collection
Kevin Humphreys
334. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, by local authority area, a breakdown of the estimates that his Department or the Revenue Commissioners may have prepared or have possession of, of the local property tax that will be raised in each local authority in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17331/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Kevin Humphreys
530. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the performance against profile and estimate analysis is no longer provided in the monthly Exchequer statements under Appendix II - Analysis of Net Voted Expenditure for the current and capital spending of ministerial vote groups; if he will update the publications from January, February and March with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17133/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Kevin Humphreys
531. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the performance against profile analysis is included in future monthly Exchequer statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17134/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Kevin Humphreys
532. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the projected profile of estimates for capital and current spending on a monthly basis for each ministerial Vote group for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17135/13]