Parliamentary questions

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Incidence

Dessie Ellis

44. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of incidents involving carbon monoxide in homes that were reported in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4685/13]

Rent Supplement Scheme Administration

Dessie Ellis

154. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection the changes she intends to make to the rent supplement scheme in view of the strain that recent changes are putting on families and persons in Dublin in particular who cannot find properties within the rent limits. [4065/13]

Social Welfare Code

Dessie Ellis

155. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection if she still intends to proceed with the introduction of the single working age payment concept, announced by her to the Troika in March 2011; and if a decision has been made to exclude carers, those in receipt of one parent family, disability and invalidity payments. [4064/13]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Dessie Ellis

304. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the student grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is due back to college on 14 February and is struggling to make ends meet. [3827/13]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Dessie Ellis

523. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the works completed, currently underway and planned over the next six months for pyrite affected homes. [3980/13]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Dessie Ellis

524. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when residents of the Coldrick's Pass estate, Dunshaughlin, County Meath, may expect reparative work on pyrite affected homes in the estate to get under way. [3981/13]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Dessie Ellis

526. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way the regeneration funding for estate regeneration has been reduced from €145 million in 2012 to €111.4 million; and the projects that will be affected by these cuts. [4126/13]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Dessie Ellis

527. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the regeneration projects that are being funded in 2013; and the amount that will be allocated to them. [4127/13]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Dessie Ellis

26. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the views of representatives of the small to medium sized enterprise sector regarding his plans to develop LEOs merged with local authorities. [3241/13]

Literacy Levels

Dessie Ellis

140. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress report on his literacy and numeracy strategy; the numbers of teachers and principals who are currently participating in professional development courses for teachers that are seen as essential for the development of the strategy. [2680/13]

Higher Education Institutions

Dessie Ellis

160. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the findings of a document published by the Higher Education Authority, which recommends the number of third-level colleges in the State should be cut from 39 to 24. [2679/13]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Dessie Ellis

444. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the funding cuts to the Ballymun Regeneration Project, Dublin, since 2012 outlining in detail where exactly these cuts were and are to be made; the projects that will not be finished and the way it will impact on the completion of the regeneration of the area. [2540/13]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Dessie Ellis

445. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when will the remaining eight storey block on Silloge Road, Ballymun, Dublin, be demolished; it is out to tender at the moment and was due for demolition in 2012. [2541/13]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Dessie Ellis

446. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for all the empty spaces within the regeneration area in Ballymun. [2542/13]

Regeneration Projects Funding

Dessie Ellis

447. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the expected date that BRL will finish completion of projects on in Ballymun. [2543/13]

Tax Reliefs Application

Dessie Ellis

25. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Finance if he will set out by year for 2010, 2011 and 2012, the total of any tax allowance clawbacks sought and the total actually obtained by the Revenue Commissioners pursuant to Section 23 of Chapter 11 of Part 10 of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997. [1787/13]

Bank Guarantee Scheme Losses

Dessie Ellis

59. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Finance the process undertaken to redeem subordinated and junior bonds at the covered institutions (details supplied); and specifically the way the haircut offers were derived. [1786/13]

Middle East Peace Process

Dessie Ellis

32. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether Israel should fully implement the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access, to give the stagnant economy of Gaza an opportunity to revive itself, and to pave the way for the creation of a viable Palestinian State in the West Bank and Gaza by providing and allowing transport links between the West Bank and Gaza. [1660/13]

Middle East Peace Process

Dessie Ellis

35. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to any progress that has been made with regard to opening the crossings and facilitating the movement of people and transfer of goods in and out of Gaza as provided for in the cease-fire agreement of 21 November 2012; and if he has discussed the issue with the Israeli authorities and his colleagues in the EU. [1678/13]

State Examinations Issues

Dessie Ellis

260. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 has not been assigned a reader for their leaving certificate despite having had one in the junior certificate. [58127/12]