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Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Tax Exemptions
Pearse Doherty
224. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the logic behind exempting savings bonds from DIRT and the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if DIRT was applied to the bonds, both at the current rate and at a new increased rate of an additional 2%. [30647/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Tax Yield
Pearse Doherty
225. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the revenue that could be raised for the Exchequer if DIRT was raised by the following; 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%. [30648/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Tax Code
Pearse Doherty
226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered the proposal to introduce a fizzy drink tax; and if so, the amount of revenue such a tax has the potential to raise. [30649/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Revenue Commissioners Investigations
Pearse Doherty
227. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance following a submission by the Revenue Commissioners to the comprehensive expenditure review, which set out that increased audit activity could raise in the region of €100 million for the State, if any steps have been taken to increase the number of Revenue officers deployed to this task or to fulfil any other of the Revenue Commissioners' proposals. [30650/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Unemployment Statistics
Pearse Doherty
233. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount, as a percentage and as a figure, of Ireland's total both EU and Government part-funding ESF spending in the past seven years that was spent specifically on youth unemployment initiatives or youth only programmes. [30377/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Youth Services Funding
Pearse Doherty
234. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount, as a percentage and as a figure, of Ireland's total both EU and Government part-funding ESF spending in the past seven years that was spent on programmes from which young persons are excluded for example community employment. [30378/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Foirne Scoile
Pearse Doherty
259. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil freagra aige ar na hábhair imní a ardaíodh i gcomhfhreagras a seoladh chuige ó scoil i nDún na nGall (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [30267/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Disability Allowance Appeals
Pearse Doherty
369. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is appropriate that a person (details supplied) in County Donegal whose long-term disability payment was stopped by her Department in September 2012 and subsequently appealed is still awaiting a decision on their case; when the person is likely to receive a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30379/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
382. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 384 and 385 of 14 May 2013, if he will provide a breakdown as requested by person and year. [30233/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Pension Provisions
Pearse Doherty
386. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the details of pension payments in respect of persons (details supplied) in counties Donegal and Galway. [30544/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Departmental Funding
Pearse Doherty
387. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of money provided in funding either individually to the person or company (details supplied) since its establishment, from Údaras, Foras na Gaeilge, and any other public funding body, Irish language or otherwise. [30545/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Local Authority Charges Yield
Pearse Doherty
407. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that could be raised for the State if the second home tax was retained and increased to €300 per house. [30651/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Commercial Leases Database
Pearse Doherty
465. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to launch the new commercial leases database, which was due to be launched in early June. [30473/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Nursing Staff Provision
Pearse Doherty
575. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will consider the possibility of setting up a national transfer policy for nurses currently in the employment of the Health Service Executive who are seeking transfers to other HSE regions; the implications of adopting such a policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30261/13]
Tue, 25 Jun 2013
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Nursing Staff Recruitment
Pearse Doherty
576. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, per Health Service Executive region, information on the number of nurses that are on a national panel for current or future vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30262/13]
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
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Public Procurement Contracts Tenders
Pearse Doherty
43. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether public procurement practices and policy must be strategic when planning what to buy, the way to buy and from whom to buy and that the lowest price does not always represent the best value to the State. [29558/13]
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
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Haddington Road Agreement Issues
Pearse Doherty
45. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual monetary reduction to former office holders' pensions in payment to the value of the following amounts when the Haddington Road agreement reductions are applied from July 2013. [29560/13]
Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility
Pearse Doherty
116. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if changes have been made to the rules governing single male parents' rent supplement that until recently could be paid for a two or three bedroom house, depending on the number of children the father has access to as part of custody arrangements; if community welfare officers have been instructed to only provide a single person's allowance in circumstances where the applicant is not claiming social welfare for his children, meaning that he is being deprived of his right to family life; and if so, whether she will take steps to reverse the directive. [29431/13]
Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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Rent Supplement Scheme Appeals
Pearse Doherty
125. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a rent supplement appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [29467/13]
Wed, 19 Jun 2013
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Mental Health Services Provision
Pearse Doherty
215. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has not yet received a mental health assessment; and when this person will be assessed. [29532/13]