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Wed, 17 Apr 2013
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Commercial Rates
Patrick O'Donovan
173. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details in tabular form by authority of the amount of commercial rates in each authority which has been levied but uncollected for the years 2008 to 2011, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17874/13]
Wed, 17 Apr 2013
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Commercial Rates
Patrick O'Donovan
174. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details in tabular form by authority and year of the amount of revenue raised by local authorities in commercial rates during the years 2005 to 2011; the rate struck by each of the authorities for those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17901/13]
Wed, 17 Apr 2013
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Crime Data
Patrick O'Donovan
202. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions, in tabular form, for the years 1997 to date in 2013, which have been secured under section 11 of the Non Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17950/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Youth Services Provision
Patrick O'Donovan
163. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide details on the progress that has been made on the national rollout of the youth café initiative; her plans for future development of the network; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17264/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Property Taxation Application
Patrick O'Donovan
199. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details agreed between the Troika and the previous Government in respect of the creation of a property tax including the amount that was forecast to be collected by the previous administration in the first year of a property tax planned by them; the total number of houses that they had expected to levy; and the average amount that they planned to levy as a result. [16276/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Consumer Protection
Patrick O'Donovan
355. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to underpin with legislation the consumer protection code for debt collection firms employed by financial institutions which was developed by the Central Bank of Ireland to protect consumers from practices detailed in the code; if he will strengthen the existing code; if the Central Bank operates a complaints mechanism in parallel with the code; if they can sanction financial institutions and debt collection services who violate the code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17625/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Tax Credits
Patrick O'Donovan
364. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has seen an increase in the income tax being taken from their private pension; the amount of additional tax that is being taken from current pensions than in past years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17685/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
Patrick O'Donovan
573. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding jobseeker's allowance application/appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16073/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
627. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications currently awaiting processing for carer's allowance and carer's benefit; the maximum time an applicant is currently waiting to have the assessment process concluded for each of the schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16833/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Social Welfare Benefits Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
628. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for invalidity pension and disability allowance that were refused during the years 2011 and 2012; the number of those referrals that had face to face medical assessments carried out by medical officers operating on behalf of her Department; the number that were refused on the basis of a desk top assessment; of those carried out by desk top assessment, the number that were conducted by a trained and qualified medical practitioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16834/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Disability Allowance Application Numbers
Patrick O'Donovan
629. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance currently awaiting processing; the maximum time an applicant is currently waiting to have the assessment process concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16835/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
Patrick O'Donovan
630. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications currently awaiting processing for invalidity pension; the maximum time an applicant is currently waiting to have the assessment process concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16836/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Property Taxation Exemptions
Patrick O'Donovan
759. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of all the submissions received by his Department from the local authorities in relation to the process of categorisation of residential properties within their functional area for the purposes of identifying exemptions from the local property tax. [16182/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Planning Issues
Patrick O'Donovan
822. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form details by county of the number of effluent management plans that were carried out in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17053/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Planning Issues
Patrick O'Donovan
823. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that all local authorities are administering on a consistent basis the implementation and completion of effluent management plans as part of the planning application process within their functional areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17055/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Planning Issues
Patrick O'Donovan
825. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if effluent management plans are a requirement under the Planning Acts in respect of on farm developments for agricultural purposes; if there is requirement on all local authorities to have the plans submitted as part of the planning process; his views on whether a requirement for effluent management plans is duplicitous in nature in view of the role of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in compliance responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17068/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
Patrick O'Donovan
986. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received their agri-environment option scheme payment despite adhering to all conditions of said scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16092/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Common Agricultural Policy Reform
Patrick O'Donovan
997. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way changes to the Common Agricultural Policy will affect the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [16310/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Applications
Patrick O'Donovan
1021. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application for an agri environment options scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision will be made on these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16653/13]
Tue, 16 Apr 2013
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Inter-Country Adoptions
Patrick O'Donovan
1095. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider initiating discussions between Ireland and Belarus on the matter of inter-country adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17383/13]