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Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Local Authority Expenditure
Bobby Aylward
204. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend governing legislation to ensure that public funding raised through general taxation which is spent by local authorities is under the remit of the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts to ensure further scrutiny of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23136/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Waste Management
Bobby Aylward
205. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures being taken by his Department to ensure that waste collection companies are abiding by correct procedure, following his agreement with the waste industry which provides for a price freeze and the introduction of pay-by-weight charges on a phased basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23137/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Basic Payment Scheme
Bobby Aylward
390. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) were to set out their land and associated entitlements for ten years due to force majeure circumstances, would the entitlements revert to their children when same come of age and take ownership of the farm in the future; if the passing of entitlements from farmer to children in such circumstances will be safeguarded with impending Common Agricultural Policy 2020 negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23214/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
Bobby Aylward
391. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the entitlements of a person (details supplied) under the basic payment scheme allocated to same in 2015-16 given that the request has been lodged with his Department for three weeks and is yet to be confirmed as received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23215/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Fines Administration
Bobby Aylward
121. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a facility to pay imposed fines to the Courts Service by way of instalment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22256/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Fines Administration
Bobby Aylward
178. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Finance to allow a person (details supplied) to pay a fine in instalments, to ensure that no term of imprisonment is imposed to pay a penalty imposed by the courts to the Revenue Commissioners in instalments due to extremely difficult financial circumstances currently being endured by person and their spouse who are both in receipt of social protection payments and do not have the means to pay fine of €2,500 in one instalment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22267/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Local Authority Staff Recruitment
Bobby Aylward
323. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts being made within his Department to fill all vacant local authority arts officer positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22295/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Arts Funding
Bobby Aylward
536. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will commit to reaching an investment of 0.3% of GDP over the three forthcoming budgets of the Government's programme to bring Ireland in line with 50% of the European average by budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22293/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Arts Plan
Bobby Aylward
537. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 15 June 2016, when the important culture policy document, Culture 2020, will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22294/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Emergency Departments
Bobby Aylward
574. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a guarantee that the major trauma care will not be removed from the emergency department in St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny and that the emergency department will not be downgraded in line with reports in a newspaper (details supplied) that the trauma steering group had made a recommendation to that effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22032/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Nursing Home Subventions
Bobby Aylward
677. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health to increase the HSE subvention provided to a nursing home (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22752/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Expenditure
Bobby Aylward
678. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health to increase recently administered additional funds by the Health Service Executive to supported care homes by at least 10% during the lifetime of the current Government in addition to the current annual allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22778/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Nursing Home Inspections
Bobby Aylward
679. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health to establish a working group consisting of representatives of HIQA, Supported Care Homes for the Elderly and the Health Service Executive to examine the current inspection guidelines that can be applied to supported care homes for the elderly and determine if more suitable inspection guidelines can be established in acknowledgement of the significant saving that such facilities provide to the State per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22779/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Horse Racing Industry Funding
Bobby Aylward
758. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to amend the legislation governing the thoroughbred foal levy so that the breeder pays the levy on the exact amount paid for the stud fee as opposed to the stud owner's advertised fees, ensuring the process is more equitable for breeders who pay the trading fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22701/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Horse Racing Industry Funding
Bobby Aylward
759. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to amend the legislation governing the thoroughbred foal levy so that the breeder pays a 1% levy on the exact amount received at the point of sale, in place of the current system ensuring that pin hookers and other persons who trade in horses would pay their fair share in supporting the industry as they also use the benefactors of this levy ensuring that breeders do not have to pay out money in July when registering foals and cash flow is very scarce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22702/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Horse Racing Industry Funding
Bobby Aylward
760. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that it is equitable, under the terms of the current legislation governing the thoroughbred foal levy, that breeders are being forced to pay a levy on money which is fictitious as the stallion owner does not receive said money as the amount paid is not always equal to the advertised fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22703/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Horse Racing Industry Funding
Bobby Aylward
761. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a working group or commission an investigation into the disbursement of funding raised through the thoroughbred foal levy to ensure that taxpayers' money is being utilised in a fair and transparent manner within the industry and for the betterment of the industry and those who work within it; to ensure that such a working group or commission has representatives from all sectors of the industry including a number of independent breeders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22704/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Horse Racing Industry Funding
Bobby Aylward
762. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the funding collected through the thoroughbred foal levy is distributed within the industry; the percentages of the distribution of funding under the terms of the current legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22705/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Tax Code
Bobby Aylward
102. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider raising the tax-free group B threshold from €30,150 for those inheriting cash or assets from someone outside of their direct family, given that the group A threshold was increased to €280,000 in budget 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21491/16]
Wed, 13 Jul 2016
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Tax Code
Bobby Aylward
103. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Finance his views on the huge difference between the tax-free group A and group B thresholds for inheriting money or assets and the inequality it imposes on older citizens who have no children but who may wish to pass on money or assets to nieces or nephews who have cared for them in later life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21492/16]