Parliamentary questions

Tax Collection

Richard Boyd Barrett

190. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies that pay tax in each of the corporate tax brackets; the amount of profits they declare; the amount of tax they pay and the average effective tax rate in tabular form. [44305/12]

State Airports

Richard Boyd Barrett

449. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of security for Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44914/12]

Overseas Missions

Richard Boyd Barrett

484. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Defence the cost of Irish Army participation in the war in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44915/12]

Child Protection Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

629. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in the interests of protecting vulnerable children, if he will make the necessary funds available to an organisation (details supplied) in County Dublin so that it will not have to reduce its service to the 140 families [44307/12]

Exploration Licences Approvals

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources with regard to the exploratory licence recently granted to a company (details supplied), when the drilling in Dublin Bay is due to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43741/12]

Petroleum and Gas Exploration

Richard Boyd Barrett

27. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of a possible oil find in Dublin Bay, if his attention has been drawn to the pamphlet, produced by Dublin Shell to Sea Campaign, Liquid assets: Ireland's oil and gas resources and how they can be managed for the people's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43745/12]

Public Sector Staff Issues

Richard Boyd Barrett

29. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to maintain frontline services in view of his plans for targeted voluntary redundancies in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43422/12]

Constitutional Convention Membership

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the latest arrangements for the Constitutional Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41632/12]

Teachers' Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

99. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for restructuring teachers' pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43086/12]

Teaching Qualifications

Richard Boyd Barrett

120. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the plans he has to facilitate teachers without degrees who have been working for the vocational education committee for many years in view of new Teaching Council regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43085/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Richard Boyd Barrett

218. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the detailed plan for school construction, expected in late 2012, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43118/12]

Tax Collection

Richard Boyd Barrett

219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason UCD paid the Revenue Commissioners €400,000 in unpaid tax for Student Union staff without anyone being held to account and without any investigation into where the deducted tax has gone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43119/12]

Teaching Contracts

Richard Boyd Barrett

220. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any concerns that the cuts on newly qualified teachers will have a detrimental effect on both their morale and the willingness of young people to enter such a low paid profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43120/12]

Education Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

223. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills the resources that are being put in place to ensure that every child in the State, regardless of ability, can access education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33339/12]

Public Sector Staff Dismissals

Richard Boyd Barrett

291. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of dismissals there have been in the civil and public service in the past 10 years and in which Departments/sections; the number of these dismissals that were challenged in the courts or at the Employment Appeals Tribunal; and the outcome of these challenges. [43222/12]

Public Sector Staff Dismissals

Richard Boyd Barrett

292. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of public money that was spent defending unfair dismissal cases in the civil and public service in the past 10 years and the persons who make decisions to defend such cases. [43223/12]

Household Charge Collection

Richard Boyd Barrett

428. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will supply the most recent and up-to-date national registration figures for those who have paid the €100 household charge; if he will supply these figures on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43125/12]

Harbours and Piers Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

519. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will provide funds for Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council in order to make necessary repairs to Coliemore Harbour, to ensure the restoration of the traditional Coliemore Harbour to Dalkey Island ferry trips; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42037/12]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

644. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of the locations and addresses of the primary care centres on the list of 35 primary care centres in the stimulus plan and detailed information on the criterion and weightings used for the selection of the most recent 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43121/12]

Home Care Packages

Richard Boyd Barrett

645. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the full facts and figures of the costs involved in supporting elderly and disabled people and children with life-limiting illnesses to live independently in their own homes through the public provision of home help/home care services; if he will also provide a similar cost breakdown in relation to caring for elderly and disabled people and children with life-limiting illnesses in residential nursing homes and acute hospital beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43122/12]

Home Help Service Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

646. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the number of voluntary/and not-for-profit home help/home care organisations are there currently operating in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43123/12]

Home Help Service

Richard Boyd Barrett

647. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the location of and to whom the new home help/home care service tenders are being given/or have been for the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43124/12]

Home Help Service Redundancies

Richard Boyd Barrett

664. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns being raised by home helps with regards to their lack of contracts and conditions of employment; his plans to take action regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41675/12]

Home Help Service Redundancies

Richard Boyd Barrett

665. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that there are standard contracts with detailed terms and conditions for workers in the home help sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41674/12]

Harbour Authorities Appointments

Richard Boyd Barrett

699. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will outline all plans for the Diaspora Centre, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin; the stage they are at including origin of all funding; if any staff have been appointed at this stage; and the pay scale of same. [43179/12]

Tax Code

Richard Boyd Barrett

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider higher taxes on incomes of more than €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42323/12]

Tax Collection

Richard Boyd Barrett

57. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a wealth tax as an alternative to property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42283/12]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Richard Boyd Barrett

63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the tax relief for approved retirement funds in respect of earners if more than €80,000 and for earners more than €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42351/12]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Richard Boyd Barrett

64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount of tax relief foregone by the provision for patent income relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42352/12]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

65. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the latest figures in tabular form on the total earnings of the top 10,000 income earners; the top 1% of income earners; the top 5% of income earners; the top 10% of income earners and the top 20% of income earners; the number of earners in those groups; the average earnings of those groups; the total amount of tax on earnings paid by these groups in absolute terms, in percentage terms and in effective tax rate terms and including additional columns showing liability for the universal social charge and the effect of the universal social charge on the total tax take and the effective tax rate. [42353/12]

Tax Collection

Richard Boyd Barrett

66. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the latest figures on income tax in tabular form in bands of €10,000 ranging from €0 to €5 million; the gross income in each band; the numbers in each band; the percentage of total numbers in each band; the average income in each band; the income tax paid in each band; the universal social charge paid in each band; the PRSI paid in each band; the total tax including USC and PRSI paid in each band; the total income after all taxes paid in each band; the average income after all tax is paid in each band and the effective tax rate after all taxes, including USC and PRSI, as a percentage of income paid in each band. [42354/12]

Economic Growth Rate

Richard Boyd Barrett

78. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on the most recent figures for growth and for the economy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34961/12]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Richard Boyd Barrett

96. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No 468 of 18 September 2012, when he expects to provide the full information. [42087/12]

Official Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent discussions with British Prime Minister David Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41631/12]

Job Creation Targets

Richard Boyd Barrett

241. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he has targets for creating jobs so as to reduce unemployment over the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39029/12]

Hospital Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason for the medical treatment being provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in terms of rehabilitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41009/12]

Child Care Services Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

35. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will ensure that a creche at a centre (details supplied), Dublin, receives the funding it needs in order that the residential treatment centre for women and children will remain open. [40662/12]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the actual effective corporate tax rate over the past five years, breaking it down year by year and the amount of corporate tax paid over the past five years, broken down year by year. [40932/12]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the projected effective corporate tax rate for the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40933/12]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Richard Boyd Barrett

56. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the cost of the tax break for private medical insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40934/12]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Richard Boyd Barrett

57. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the cost of the tax break for private medical insurance according to band A, B and C in VHI and equivalent bands in all private medical insurance companies in the state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40935/12]

Health Services Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

203. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will give details of the €700 million cuts to the health budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41012/12]

Medicinal Products Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

204. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made of receiving price reductions on generic drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41013/12]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub Committee on Health will next meet. [39030/12]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

22. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Economic Management Council will take place. [40450/12]

Ministerial Meetings

Richard Boyd Barrett

56. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will meet with Iascairí Intíre na hÉireann, a fishermen's organisation representing inshore fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40445/12]

Fisheries Protection

Richard Boyd Barrett

63. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine his plans regarding the lobster stock numbers; his plans to provide for access to stock in a limited and sustainable way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40444/12]

Tax Yield

Richard Boyd Barrett

97. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the amount of tax that hospital consultants with private practices paid on their total income in 2011 and the effective tax rate. [40157/12]

Residency Permits

Richard Boyd Barrett

315. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will grant a person (details supplied) whose Stamp 4 expired on 3 September, a temporary stamp pending the outcome of their application to renew it in order that they can return to their job; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40323/12]

Hospital Consultants Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

388. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the earnings of all hospital consultants who engage in private practice. [40158/12]