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Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Financial Services Sector
Micheál Martin
1. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if the Clearing House Group has met recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39055/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Financial Services Sector
Gerry Adams
2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the number of times in the past year that the IFSC Clearing House Group has met to date in 2013; the issues that were discussed; the actions that have been taken as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39061/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Financial Services Sector
Gerry Adams
3. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the progress made on the commitment to create 10,000 jobs in the IFSC by 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39062/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Financial Services Sector
Gerry Adams
4. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach his plans to reform or restructure the workings of the IFSC Clearing House Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39063/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Financial Services Sector
Micheál Martin
5. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if officials in his Department attended a IFSC Financial Clearing House Group meeting recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39090/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Financial Services Sector
Joe Higgins
6. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he intends to reform the way the IFSC Clearing House Group operates. [40865/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Financial Services Sector
Richard Boyd Barrett
7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent meeting with the Clearing House Group; if it will be meeting before budget 2014; the agenda for this meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40914/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Aviation Issues
Timmy Dooley
57. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he has taken in relation to the allegations aired on Channel 4's "Dispatches" programme entitled "Ryanair: Secrets from the Cockpit". [41061/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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VAT Rate Increases
Sandra McLellan
58. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the potential ramifications for the tourism and hospitality sector of an increase in VAT above the current 9% tax rate; if his attention has been drawn to the potential that this would have for job losses; if he has engaged with the tourism industry regarding same; and if he has had any discussions with the Department of Finance regarding the VAT rate and retaining it at its current level. [41172/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Appointments to State Boards
Richard Boyd Barrett
59. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the selection of the chairperson for Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company; the procedures followed and criterion applied for the nomination and selection process; his role in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41173/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Public Transport Provision
Timmy Dooley
60. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to privatise certain public transport routes; how this will improve services to commuters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41062/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Taxi Regulation Review Report Implementation
Thomas Pringle
61. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that existing taxi and hackney licence holders can apply to provide the rural hackney service; if he will ensure that new licences will only be considered in the event of a failure to get enough applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41231/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Job Creation
Bernard Durkan
62. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full extent of employment generated by the sporting sector annually over the past five years to date; the extent to which opportunities arise for further enhancement leading to job creation throughout the sector; steps he plans to take the effect of which would be economic resurgence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40808/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Public Transport Issues
Alan Farrell
63. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on proposals to tender out the local and orbital public service obligation bus services currently operated by Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40789/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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State Airports
Pat Breen
64. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding legislation to establish the Shannon group plc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40507/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Sport and Recreational Development
Dessie Ellis
65. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with the Department of Health, the sports authorities and the Health Service Executive regarding the possibility of establishing a sports and exercise department in the HSE, in order to ensure that the role of exercise fitness and well-being is given adequate attention in our health care system. [40896/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Traffic Management
Billy Kelleher
66. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recent National Transport Authority publication, City Centre Transport Assessment Study; the actions he will take following this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40828/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Cycling Policy
Gerry Adams
67. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is considering the introduction of lower rate on-the-spot fines for cyclists who break the law which could be more regularly applied and would take into account the lower level of danger presented by cyclists to the public. [40905/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Pension Provisions
John Halligan
68. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company has prepared a funding proposal in relation to the funding status of the defined benefit pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40888/13]
Tue, 1 Oct 2013
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Road Network
Patrick O'Donovan
69. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of his Department's plans for the proposed construction of the Limerick to Cork motorway as part of the Government's capital expenditure budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40436/13]