Parliamentary questions

Tax Code

Michael Moynihan

144. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance if a person had reached a tax settlement with the Revenue Commissioners under the 1994 tax amnesty, would this have included PRSI as well as PAYE; and if so, would stamps be owed as a result of any such settlement including PRSI. [55459/12]

Budget 2013

Mary Mitchell O'Connor

145. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if a poverty impact assessment has been completed on Budget 2013; if a poverty proof report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55558/12]

Budget 2013

Mary Mitchell O'Connor

146. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if an equality impact assessment has been completed on Budget 2013; if a gender impact assessment report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55559/12]

Budget 2013

Mary Mitchell O'Connor

147. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if a regulatory impact assessment has been completed on Budget 2013; if a regulatory impact assessment report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55560/12]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Gerry Adams

148. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he has made an external appointment of an economist to head up his Departments Budget and Economic Policy Division. [55565/12]

Consultancy Contracts Issues

Joanna Tuffy

149. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the following information in relation to IT consultants and IT external resources contracted to undertake IT related work for the Revenue Commissioners, the total number and names of companies working on such projects in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the number of persons supplied by these companies to work on such projects in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the amount paid to each company for these services in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the invoicing contract payment mechanism used, if it is by hour, by project, by person or by a combination of these mechanisms; the verification mechanisms in place to ensure that the invoicing/contract payment mechanisms reflect work actually carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55599/12]

Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility

Michelle Mulherin

150. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the practical problem posed for first time buyers who wish to avail of enhanced mortgage interest relief in order to make their mortgage repayments affordable by drawing down their mortgage before the deadline of the 31 December next but find that their lending institution owing to its Christmas holiday arrangements will not issue loan cheques after mid-month and the first time buyer is unable to draw down by that date and is consequently precluded from qualifying for the relief and if he will make arrangements to accommodate first time buyers who are discommoded by this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55657/12]

Tax Code

Eoghan Murphy

151. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the merits or demerits of a tax initiative (details supplied). [55682/12]

FÁS Training Programmes

Micheál Martin

152. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange for FÁS to offer language courses to unemployed persons in Tallaght, Dublin 24; if he appreciates the importance of such courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55594/12]

FÁS Training Programmes

Martin Heydon

153. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Education and Skills has his attention been drawn to a delay in the organisation of FÁS training courses for apprentices usually run in January (details supplied), when a decision will be made in relation to whether these courses will go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55680/12]

School Transport Provision

Martin Ferris

154. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 6 November 2012, if a person who is in receipt of separate remote area grants for two children attending two different schools who has had one payment stopped is in fact entitled to claim both payments [55065/12]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Nicky McFadden

155. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the allocation for the student assistance fund in 2012-2013 will be adequate to support the needs of students; if there are figures available to show the number of students that will require the support of the student assistance fund in the current academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55067/12]

State Examinations Issues

Finian McGrath

156. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding localisation of school standards. [55075/12]

Schools Recognition

Joe Carey

157. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the progress made to date on the move towards permanent recognition of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55087/12]

Special Educational Needs Staffing

Pearse Doherty

158. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of funding from his Department for a centre (details supplied) in County Dublin in 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012. [55090/12]

Teacher Training Provision

Mattie McGrath

159. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the teacher refund scheme will be re-opened in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55092/12]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Sean Fleming

160. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for a third level Student Universal Support Ireland grant wil be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55109/12]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Tom Fleming

161. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will issue on a student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; if this application will be processed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55122/12]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

162. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding disability services north east and disability services south west, both co-funded by the Health Service Executive and FÁS; if it is the case that disability services in these areas are being put out to tender; the reason for same; the consultation that has taken place with service providers across both areas or with REHAB nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55124/12]

School Transport Provision

Peadar Tóibín

163. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the difficulties that parents with different school aged children face with differing finishing times, if he will consider developing a single fare in addition to the return fare for school transport. [55127/12]

Adult Education

Charlie McConalogue

164. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in approving FETAC courses; the way that he intends to address this backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55178/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Peadar Tóibín

165. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he has taken to ensure that the school build programme in County Meath contributes to the local economy and job creation through the provision of local labour, local sourcing and other social clauses within the procurement process. [55182/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Niall Collins

166. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in locating a new site for the provision of a new school building (details supplied) in County Cork, a site that funding was ring fenced for in early 2012 and to date no progress has been made. [55184/12]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Patrick Nulty

167. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the Ministerial guidelines, as per SI No. 189 of 2012, Article 15 (8), which were issued to the awarding authorities on 15 August 2012, are publicly available; if not, the reason for same; if he will have them published on-line as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55199/12]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

168. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary question No. 323 of 27 November, 2012, when the Student Universal Support Ireland application will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cavan; the date on which first payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55201/12]

Foreign Language Assistant Scheme

John Deasy

169. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the grants or funding made available to primary or post primary schools for the provision of foreign language skills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55212/12]

School Staffing

Clare Daly

170. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the EAL teacher granted in April this year to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin on an appeal was removed in October without any warning or input from the school. [55228/12]

Industrial Disputes

Stephen Donnelly

171. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55232/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Peadar Tóibín

172. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that the school build programme at Johnston, Navan, County Meath, contributes to the local economy and job creation through the provision of local labour, local sourcing and other social clauses within the procurement process. [55234/12]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Regina Doherty

173. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if school leavers with Down's Syndrome will have access to full training services from September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55265/12]

Teacher Training Provision

Olivia Mitchell

174. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any financial supports available for student teachers to facilitate their participation in the Gaeltacht placement programme where their means are limited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55268/12]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

John McGuinness

175. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for Student Universal Support Ireland grant in respect of a person (details supplied) will be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55282/12]

School Accommodation

Clare Daly

176. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with the fact that Prefab 15 in a school (details supplied) has again, despite repairs, been leaking to the extent that the children have had to be moved to the PE hall, denying that facility to the entire school. [55286/12]

Schools Building Projects Status

Clare Daly

177. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the decision not to award a permanent building to Rush and Lusk Educate Together was made, in contradiction to previous commitments; by whom was the decision made; and the reason for same. [55297/12]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Derek Keating

178. Deputy Derek Keating asked the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to provide for the needs of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder as they progress from primary school to secondary school in the Dublin West area in 2013/2014 and beyond (details supplied). [55298/12]

Student Grant Scheme Payments

Michael P. Kitt

179. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55307/12]

Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers

Jonathan O'Brien

180. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an updated list, in tabular form, from 3 December 2012 of the numbers of students on a county basis who have received from Student Universal Support Ireland payment of their third level grant or notification of when it is to be paid. [55308/12]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

John Perry

181. Deputy John Perry asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if he will expedite same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55311/12]

School Accommodation

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

182. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the recent survey by his Department officials of primary school sites in Monasterevin, County Kildare, he will be bringing forward proposals to meet the accommodation needs of the primary sector in Monasterevin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55313/12]

Student Grant Scheme Payments

Róisín Shortall

183. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 may expect a decision on an application for a student grant. [55369/12]

Student Grant Scheme Payments

Paudie Coffey

184. Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a student grant that was awarded to a person (details supplied) and subsequently withdrawn will have their grant reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55376/12]

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Mary Lou McDonald

185. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Student Universal Support Ireland dedicated phone-line for Oireachtas members as provided by him on the 5 of November 2011 is no longer answering calls or responding to voicemails left my members; and the action he will take to remedy the matter. [55405/12]

Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers

Tom Fleming

186. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of applications for renewal of third level grants to Kerry County Council, County Kerry Vocational Education Committee and the total number of applications completed to date by each; the number of completed applications by each awarded a grant; the number refused by each; the number currently being processed by each; the third level institutions that grant applicants are attending, renewals and new students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55408/12]

Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers

Tom Fleming

187. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of applicants for third level education grants to each of the three grants agencies countrywide, Student Universal Support Ireland, vocational education committees and local authorities, in tabular form; the total by each agency; the number of applications to each agency; the number of applications completed to date by each agency; the number of completed applications by each agency awarded a grant; the number refused by each agency; the number of applications currently being processed by each agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55409/12]

Public Services Provision

Mary Lou McDonald

188. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 4 December 2012, if he will provide a list of all new services across his Department that have been tested for external service delivery since March 2011. [55429/12]

Anti-Racism Measures

Michael P. Kitt

189. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the implementation of the yellow flag programme on diversity and anti-racism in schools; the actions he has taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55455/12]

Student Grant Scheme Payments

Michael P. Kitt

190. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant payment will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55515/12]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Michael P. Kitt

191. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant payment will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55516/12]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Michael P. Kitt

192. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a Student Universal Support Ireland grant payment will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55517/12]

Student Grant Scheme Payments

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

193. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 22 November 2012, if payments due in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be paid immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55532/12]