Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Property Taxation Exemptions

Róisín Shortall

85. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the basis on which owners of properties with pyrite will be asked to verify the presence of pyrite in order to qualify for an exemption of the local property tax; the prevalence thresholds of pyrite that will apply in order to qualify; if all residents of for example an apartment block will be asked for separate verification if the prevalence of pyrite is proved in common areas in such a development; the action that he is taking to ensure that in meeting the verification criteria that costs and administrative burdens to property owners are minimised. [17754/13]

General Practitioner Services

Róisín Shortall

255. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 283 of 27 March 2013 (details supplied) if he will explain the way in which this will operate in the context of his commitment to introduce free general practitioner care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17999/13]

Youth Services Provision

Róisín Shortall

147. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the basis for the budgetary cuts to youth services; and if she will provide an undertaking to minimise the impact of these on front-line services, and to protect services in the most disadvantaged areas. [16020/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Róisín Shortall

234. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if he will set out the detail and payment structure with regard to the payment of the local property tax by way of equal instalments; specifically if he will provide dates on which payments will be deducted and details of the amounts that will be deducted according to each valuation band; and if additional fees and charges will be levied on this charge as a result of property owners opting for this method of payment. [16216/13]

Mortgage Interest Relief Extension

Róisín Shortall

297. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance his views on a growing problem with a large number of would-be second home movers trapped by negative equity and living in homes that their families have outgrown and the only alternative to selling up and crystallising losses may be to let the property; his views on extending mortgage interest relief in respect of these homes that were bought at the height of the boom, but will lose this relief if the home owner moves into alternative rented accommodation; the steps or initiatives being taken to assist such families who need to move on from their starter home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16902/13]

Foreign Earnings Deduction

Róisín Shortall

303. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if it is the case that the payment of either national or sub-national property taxes in respect of a property that is owned by an Irish resident but rented out in a foreign jurisdiction can be used to reduce the income tax bill arising from the rental income from the property; and his estimate of the cost of this provision to the tax-payer in the past year for which figures are available [16978/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Róisín Shortall

346. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the respective weighting applied to each of the property characteristic variables listed in table 2 of page 11 of the Revenue Commissioner's Property Valuation - Developing, Assessing and Deploying a Valuation Model for Local Property Tax. [17494/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Róisín Shortall

347. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the way in which data on local crime rates was used in the statistical model developed by the Revenue Commissioners to produce estimates of property valuations; and the weighting afforded to this dataset. [17495/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Róisín Shortall

348. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance the specific house type data the terraced, semi-detached and so on available to the Revenue Commissioners through the geo-directory for the purposes of preparing a property valuation model; and if information on categories such as end of terrace and corner house and corner house with site is available to and used by the Revenue Commissioners in the statistical model developed by them to produce estimates of property valuations. [17496/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Róisín Shortall

349. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify which small area the property at (details supplied) was included in for the purposes of determining house valuation. [17497/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Róisín Shortall

350. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether the information sources available to the public in respect of the valuation of their property for the purposes of the local property tax are adequate; and the action he proposes to take to improve the property valuation guidance provided by the Revenue Commissioners to the public. [17498/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Róisín Shortall

351. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if a refund of the local property tax will be payable in the circumstances in which a home-owner discovers that they have declared a property value in excess of its true value. [17499/13]

Residential Institutions

Róisín Shortall

377. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has given consideration to amending the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002, to allow for the inclusion of additional State supports, such as access to the GMS scheme for former residents of institutions covered under the terms of this redress scheme. [16043/13]

Household Benefits Scheme

Róisín Shortall

593. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 5 February 2013, if she will comment on reports contained in a newspaper article (details supplied); if this report is correct; and the rationale for this policy U-turn in relation to unused gas/electricity credits in view of the hardship that this new cost-cutting measure will impose on those availing of the household benefits package. [16390/13]

Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility

Róisín Shortall

670. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection if the flexibility exists under social welfare legislation for a person who is in receipt of partial jobseeker's allowance and working for two days a week, and who qualifies for State pension transition to retain their jobseeker's payment and hence their entitlement to hold employment in lieu of not claiming the State pension transition when they reach 65 years. [17230/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Róisín Shortall

783. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an estate (details supplied) in Dublin 11 was exempt from the household charge in 2012 but is not now exempt from the local property tax despite the fact that no remedial works have been carried out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16508/13]

Fire Service

Róisín Shortall

809. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps that his Department has initiated and adopted to ensure the personal safety of fire-fighters and paramedics working in sometimes hazardous and dangerous conditions; if his attention has been drawn to the number of such personnel that have been attacked while on duty; and his plans to implement any further initiatives to ensure that such frontline workers are protected. [16900/13]

Emergency Service Personnel

Róisín Shortall

910. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if any extra penalties apply to the assault of emergency workers while they are on duty; and if not, if he will consider amending legislation to provide for same. [16901/13]

Children and Family Services

Róisín Shortall

1096. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will agree to an early meeting with a cross-party group of Deputies which recently met with CDYSB-funded projects which will suffer significant funding cuts, in order to discuss the implications of these cuts for young persons in the Dublin city area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17384/13]

Children Services Committees

Róisín Shortall

1097. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 21 march 2013, her plans to deal with the considerable variation in geographical coverage of the various agencies she mentions as being part of the CSC initiative (details supplied). [17385/13]