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Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
Mary Lou McDonald
1178. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board, to include the chair and board members, and the number of members on each State board under the aegis of his Department. [34521/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration
Mary Lou McDonald
1179. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual salary of the chief executive officers of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his Department. [34537/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Mary Lou McDonald
1180. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34553/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Departmental Staff Training
Mary Lou McDonald
1181. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of all third level courses, training programmes and courses and accompanying cost for the 2012-13 academic year, from 1 September 2012 to 30 June 2013, provided for employees of his Department. [34569/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Mary Lou McDonald
1182. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 20% reduction in all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and accountancy; the company name and the amount invoiced between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013. [34585/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Exchequer Savings
Mary Lou McDonald
1183. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in travel and expenses for his Department. [34601/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Exchequer Savings
Mary Lou McDonald
1184. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer of a 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction in training and development for his Department. [34617/13]
Tue, 16 Jul 2013
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Exchequer Savings
Mary Lou McDonald
1185. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers' pay was capped at the first point of the principal officer grade; and if he will provide a list of all salaries paid to his special advisers, post-implementation of the Haddington Road agreement. [34633/13]
Wed, 10 Jul 2013
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International Agreements
Mary Lou McDonald
42. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm that he intends to ratify International Labour Organisation convention 189 on domestic workers; and the timescale for its ratification. [33514/13]
Wed, 10 Jul 2013
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Proposed Legislation
Mary Lou McDonald
52. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timescale for completion of the consumer and competition Bill. [33517/13]
Wed, 10 Jul 2013
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Prisoner Numbers
Mary Lou McDonald
207. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of convicted persons imprisoned for six months, for five months, for four months, for three months, for two months and for one month in 2012; if he will further provide a breakdown of the categories of crime these persons were imprisoned for and a gender breakdown of same. [33680/13]
Tue, 9 Jul 2013
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Respite Care Grant Payments
Mary Lou McDonald
97. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the budget 2013 cuts to respite carers' grant. [33253/13]
Tue, 9 Jul 2013
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Social Welfare Code Issues
Mary Lou McDonald
110. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she will publish new guidelines to reform the rules regarding the habitual residency condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33252/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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EU Presidency Issues
Mary Lou McDonald
20. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a report of her Department's activities as part of the recent Presidency of the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32602/13]
Thu, 4 Jul 2013
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Child Care Reports
Mary Lou McDonald
28. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she will introduce to bring current child care regulations into line with the standards that all service-user parents, and Irish society generally, expect; the staffing levels, training and oversight requirements she proposes to apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32580/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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State Examinations Issues
Mary Lou McDonald
22. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the report he has ordered the State Examinations Commission to make into the typographical errors and mistakes that were made on leaving certificate papers; and if he will provide details of the way answers to these questions will be assessed in view of these mistakes. [32211/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Mary Lou McDonald
37. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a guarantee that he has shelved plans to include assets such as farmland and business premises in the means tests for third level students. [32212/13]
Wed, 3 Jul 2013
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Price of Medicines
Mary Lou McDonald
207. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 901, 902 and 941 for 11 June 2013, if the Health Service Executive concluded its consideration of the Intermune offer in relation to the pricing of Pirfenidone; and if not, by what date will a decision be reached. [32314/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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Mortgage Arrears Proposals
Mary Lou McDonald
121. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an overview of the submissions made to the Central Bank’s review on the Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears; and if he will state the number of submissions that proposed the following, namely, a removal of the 12 month moratorium on repossessions, a removal or loosening of the three contacts rule with owners in mortgage difficulty, the facilitation of a movement off tracker mortgages in some cases, and the need for a greater role for Money Advice and Budgeting Service in the resolution process. [31866/13]
Tue, 2 Jul 2013
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NAMA Expenditure
Mary Lou McDonald
133. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline where and when the National Asset Management Agency intends to spend the €2 billion it has announced as part of its investment plan which will see it overhauling assets underlying loans in the south of Ireland. [31880/13]