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Tue, 22 Jan 2013
oral
Departmental Strategy Statements
Richard Boyd Barrett
8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the progress made in terms of his Department's strategy statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2761/13]
Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Richard Boyd Barrett
135. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been an assessment done on the number of job losses as a result of the changes made to the pupil teacher ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2686/13]
Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Richard Boyd Barrett
158. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way changes to the pupil teacher ratio will impact on PLC programmes and adult learners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2685/13]
Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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Industrial Relations Issues
Richard Boyd Barrett
306. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has met the trade unions recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54228/12]
Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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Regeneration Projects Funding
Richard Boyd Barrett
450. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a report of the work of Ballymun Regeneration Limited, Dublin, to date including a report on the consultation process with local residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2582/13]
Tue, 22 Jan 2013
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HSE Investigations
Richard Boyd Barrett
672. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure there is an immediate independent inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) [3143/13]
Thu, 17 Jan 2013
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Tax Yield
Richard Boyd Barrett
23. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the most up to date figures on corporate profits declared and corporate taxes paid for 2011 and 2012 with a detailed break-down in the application of allowances, deductions and write-downs applied to declared profits, reducing the total corporate tax liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1932/13]
Thu, 17 Jan 2013
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Tax Code
Richard Boyd Barrett
43. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will explain the claim that the effective corporation tax rate is 11.9% when the total corporation tax paid suggests a far lower effective tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1931/13]
Thu, 17 Jan 2013
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Hospital Services
Richard Boyd Barrett
207. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if any investigations into the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork regarding treatment they received in Cork University Hospital in September 2006 have taken place; if any consideration has been given to providing the treatment necessary as a result of problems arising from the treatment at Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2139/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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EU Battlegroups
Richard Boyd Barrett
37. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a new EU military mission will be launched in the coming months; if he will provide details of both the mission and Ireland's involvement in any such mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1682/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Tax Yield
Richard Boyd Barrett
178. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 189 and 190 of 16 October 2012, the reason his claim that the effective corporation tax rate is 11.9% when in answer to parliamentary questions, his answer showed total manufacturing profits in 2012 at €28,762 million and other trading profits at €41,196 million and a total income figure at €61,034 million, whereas total corporation tax paid was €4,246 million suggesting a far lower effective tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1738/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Corporate Tax Compliance
Richard Boyd Barrett
179. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the most up to date figures on corporate profits declared and corporate taxes paid for 2011 and 2012 including tables CTSI for these years and other tables in the possession of the Revenue Commissioners showing a more detailed breakdown in the application of allowances, deductions and write downs applied to declared profits, reducing the total corporation tax liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1739/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Bank Debt Restructuring
Richard Boyd Barrett
191. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he made proposals on Ireland's legacy bank debt at the summit on 22 November 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51352/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Bank Debt Restructuring
Richard Boyd Barrett
192. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he raised the issue of debt relief for Ireland at the European Union Summit on 13 and 14 December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56785/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Medical Card Eligibility
Richard Boyd Barrett
972. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if Multiple Sclerosis, Ulcerative Colitis and Chrohn's Disease are on the list of diseases that qualify the sufferer for a medical card; and if not, the reason these diseases do not qualify; when the list of qualifying diseases was last reviewed and his plans to review it again. [58011/12]
Thu, 20 Dec 2012
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Departmental Appointments
Richard Boyd Barrett
130. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process involved in the appointment of a person (details supplied) as legal adviser to the Government reform unit and statute law revision programme director of his Department; the nature of the financial arrangement with this adviser, including costs per hour or per day; if he will provide in tabular form, the amounts invoiced by this advisor in 2011 and to date in 2012, and the topic or issues covered in the advice provided for each invoice; if a procurement process took place, and if so, the criteria used; the weightings that were attached to these criteria; the number of tenders, proposals or quotations that were received; the number of tenders, proposals or quotations that were scored and the range of prices or costs quoted by tenderers. [57532/12]
Wed, 19 Dec 2012
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Departmental Expenditure
Richard Boyd Barrett
46. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the cuts he intends to make to reach the target of €780 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57030/12]
Wed, 19 Dec 2012
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Hospital Staff Issues
Richard Boyd Barrett
48. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 11 December 2012, if he is satisfied that he has no obligation to ensure detailed consultation and full engagement between the Health Service Executive, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association and the Irish Medical Organisation in issues that impact on their members; if he does have an obligation in this regard if has he fulfilled this obligation with regards to proposed new access protocols for 16 and 17 year olds to mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57031/12]
Tue, 18 Dec 2012
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Local Authority Charges Application
Richard Boyd Barrett
418. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a rebate to small businesses who go out of business but are still liable for rates for the full year if they are in business the day the rate was struck. [57092/12]
Tue, 18 Dec 2012
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Public Sector Staff Issues
Richard Boyd Barrett
589. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in view of the commitment in the PSA to full engagement and detailed consultation with the Irish Medical Organisation and Irish Hospital Consultants Association with regard to changes in work practices that involve their members in the Health Service Executive, if he is satisfied that these requirements have been adhered to in the case of the HSE's recent announcement that new access protocols for 16 and 17 year olds to mental health services have been approved. [56956/12]