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Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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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]
Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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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]
Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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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]
Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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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]
Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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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]
Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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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]
Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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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]
Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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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]
Tue, 9 Oct 2012
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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]
Thu, 4 Oct 2012
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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]
Thu, 4 Oct 2012
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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]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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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]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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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]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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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]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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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]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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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]
Wed, 3 Oct 2012
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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]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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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]
Tue, 2 Oct 2012
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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]
Thu, 27 Sep 2012
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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]