Parliamentary questions

Taxi Regulations

Dessie Ellis

593. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the measures he is planning to help taxi drivers who have a car older than three years but at present cannot afford to buy a less than three year old car in advance of the ending of transferability of licences in January and will then lose what was a family business such as a person (details supplied). [41292/12]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Dessie Ellis

26. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health if he has an up-to-date-cost-benefit analysis of the development of primary care centres by means of public-private partnership as against development by the Health Service Executive directly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40986/12]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Dessie Ellis

66. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the development of primary care centres; the locations chosen to commence development; the criteria used for choosing priority locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40985/12]

Negative Equity Mortgages Numbers

Dessie Ellis

118. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the measures he will implement to help those who are in negative equity on shared ownership mortgages for properties which are no longer suitable to their family needs (details supplied). [41055/12]

Negative Equity Mortgages Numbers

Dessie Ellis

119. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to help those who because of the low level of repayment and increasing rent levels want to buy out their shared ownership mortgage to get credit either from local authorities or other bodies or funds. [41056/12]

Child Care Services Provision

Dessie Ellis

9. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the development of the Inter-Jurisdictional protocol for the transfer of child care cases between this State and the North of Ireland. [40710/12]

Disability Allowance Appeals

Dessie Ellis

259. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision as been reached in the appeal against a decision to stop disability payments in respect of a person (details supplied) [40701/12]

Farm Assist Scheme Appeals

Dessie Ellis

260. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for farm assist in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will outline any other entitlements they may have and if they qualify for jobbridge. [40702/12]

Household Charge Exemptions

Dessie Ellis

287. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will outline the reason an area (details supplied) was not designated for a household charge waiver by the county council despite being determined to be a category three estate. [40357/12]

Housing Statistics

Dessie Ellis

297. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the number of dependents listed on applications for social housing in the State broken down by local authority. [40605/12]

International Agreements

Dessie Ellis

46. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on endorsing the Vienna declaration on drug policy, the official declaration of the XVIII International AIDS Conference - Aids 2010 - which was held in Vienna, Austria, from 18 to 23 July 2010. [39339/12]

Pyrite Panel Report Implementation

Dessie Ellis

38. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the position regarding the progress made on the implementation of the recommendations of the Pyrite report and any other work being undertaken to resolve the issue. [39326/12]

Local Authority Housing Bonds

Dessie Ellis

64. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to work with the other relevant Departments to put in place a model for housing bonds as promised in the Programme for Government. [39063/12]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Dessie Ellis

81. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council has been repossessing shared ownership homes which were in arrears and instead of placing them back into the housing stock are leasing the properties on three to four year contracts. [39064/12]

Hospital Services

Dessie Ellis

1816. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Health his plans to cut funding for Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown, Dublin, over the next 12 months; the cuts that he envisages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39053/12]

Taxi Regulations

Dessie Ellis

1879. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that taxi drivers renewing their licence are being stopped from working for extended periods due to delays in producing the new licence despite already having confirmed Garda clearance and received a receipt for payment from the National Transport Authority. [37234/12]

Taxi Regulations

Dessie Ellis

1880. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that taxi drivers renewing their licence are being told by the National Transport Authority that the Carriage Office will give them documentation clearing them to drive while their new licence is being produced despite the fact that the Carriage Office deny this practice. [37235/12]

Rent Supplement Scheme

Dessie Ellis

366 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Social Protection the current cost of rent supplement to the State; and if she will provide a breakdown by local authority.
[36176/12]

Household Charge

Dessie Ellis

470 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to the State of the household charge phoneline service and any other costs accrued in promoting the charge or seeking payment such as advertising billboards.
[36088/12]

Household Charge

Dessie Ellis

507 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to the state of the household charge phoneline service and any other costs accrued in promoting the charge or seeking payment such as advertising billboards.
[36390/12]