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Thu, 16 Jul 2015
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Banking Sector Data
Joanna Tuffy
231. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the losses for subordinated and junior bondholders since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30409/15]
Thu, 16 Jul 2015
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Banking Sector Data
Joanna Tuffy
232. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on all levies paid by the banks to the State, following the bank guarantee and recapitalisation, and all funds recouped by the State in respect of the banks concerned, from resales of shares and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30410/15]
Thu, 16 Jul 2015
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Exchequer Savings
Joanna Tuffy
233. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the moneys saved by the State through changes achieved by negotiation on Ireland's debt since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30411/15]
Thu, 16 Jul 2015
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Universal Social Charge Yield
Joanna Tuffy
234. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on all moneys collected, under the higher rate of universal social charge, on bonuses paid to bankers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30412/15]
Thu, 16 Jul 2015
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Consular Services Representations
Joanna Tuffy
633. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position in respect of a person (details supplied); if representations have been made by Ireland to the Government of Pakistan on that person's behalf, in particular to ensure the person's health and safety is protected and that the person is released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30309/15]
Thu, 16 Jul 2015
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Swimming Pool Programme Applications
Joanna Tuffy
841. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the swimming pool grant scheme (details supplied); if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount granted to each of the 53 projects approved under the scheme before it closed; the amount of co-funding provided in each case by the local authority and-or the community; the dates each grant was applied for, and approved; and the date of completion of build of each pool. [30172/15]
Tue, 14 Jul 2015
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Disability Allowance Appeals
Joanna Tuffy
227. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal under the disability allowance scheme will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28832/15]
Thu, 2 Jul 2015
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joanna Tuffy
154. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health if he will arrange an early date for an urgent surgical procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26740/15]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Banking Sector Staff
Joanna Tuffy
259. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that Allied Irish Banks is currently developing proposals to outsource work and staff from the application and development management teams within its information technology division to a third-party service provider, which decision will have a huge impact on customers and staff; if he will request the bank's senior management to reconsider this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25019/15]
Thu, 18 Jun 2015
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VAT Exemptions
Joanna Tuffy
77. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance his views on removing value added tax from incontinence pads for elderly persons and others who use these products; if he is aware that following petitioning by the British public, the United Kingdom Government removed value added tax from incontinence products (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24333/15]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Tax Yield
Joanna Tuffy
78. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the percentage of the value of inherited property that capital acquisitions tax was paid on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24063/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Joanna Tuffy
180. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the eligibility of school bus drivers to social welfare payments during the periods when they are unemployed, namely, school holidays; the obligations of their employers during these periods in relation to their accrual of entitlements to benefits, for example, stamps; the requirements of such drivers to be eligible for a full State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23193/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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EU Funding
Joanna Tuffy
193. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on funding available to food banks (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23382/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Social Welfare Schemes
Joanna Tuffy
194. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the impact of the various social protection measures on poverty and income inequality (details supplied), from 2008 to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23383/15]
Tue, 16 Jun 2015
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Employment Support Services
Joanna Tuffy
694. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the European Social Fund, targeted at poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23381/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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School Accommodation Provision
Joanna Tuffy
948. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the need for prefabricated units to be replaced by permanent accommodation in Lucan, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21534/15]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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State Examinations Appeals
Joanna Tuffy
975. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of fully paid-up entrants in the 2014 leaving certificate who appealed their results, and the corresponding figures for exempt entrants; the average number of subjects appealed in each of the two groups (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21927/15]
Thu, 28 May 2015
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Youth Guarantee
Joanna Tuffy
68. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the Youth Guarantee, including the pilot scheme, and delivery under the scheme to date, and the impact on youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21223/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Library Services
Joanna Tuffy
933. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on mobile libraries; the funding available to upgrade vans used for mobile libraries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19953/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Energy Schemes Data
Joanna Tuffy
989. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form and by year the total amount of grants paid out to householders under the warmer homes scheme, the better energy homes scheme, the greener homes scheme and the area and community based schemes from 2007 to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20166/15]