Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Jobseeker's Benefit Appeals

Róisín Shortall

372. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for jobseeker's benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she could expedite a decision on same. [2874/13]

Departmental Funding

Róisín Shortall

386. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the feasibility of extending the service Vantastic, which is currently part funded by her Department under the Community Service Programme managed by Pobal and in view of its success and popularity, if she will undertake to examine the possibility of expanding the service to include the Dublin North West Area. [2967/13]

Foster Care Provision

Róisín Shortall

572. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of foster parents who have been deemed unsuitable and therefore struck off in each of the past five years; if she will provide details of the procedures in place for recording and investigating complaints about foster parents and their subsequent striking off; the way such parents are notified of this; and the procedure for notifying and recording this information in other areas around the country by the Health Service Executive. [2660/13]

Child Care Services Provision

Róisín Shortall

573. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the decision of the Health Service Executive to cease funding of the Childminding Advisory Service country wide; the action she will take to ensure that this valuable service is maintained in view of the fact that 80% of children are minded by childminders rather than creches and this advisory service has ensured upskilling and raising of standards among childminders; the way she will ensure the continuation of this element of child protection services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2661/13]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Róisín Shortall

657. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he intends to publish outpatient waiting times for each publicly contracted hospital consultant in order that patients and their general practitioners may exercise choice based on the length of waiting time in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2985/13]

Public Health Policy

Róisín Shortall

658. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in the finalisation of a public health policy arising from the launch of the consultative process which commenced in June 2011; and when these proposals are likely to be presented to Dáil Éireann. [2986/13]

Tax Collection Forecasts

Róisín Shortall

72. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an analysis of the basis of calculation for the income tax profile figure of €15,860 million for 2013, an increase of €684 million on the 2012 total; if he will set out the tax value of each of the factors that will increase or decrease the yield over the 2012 figure of €15,176, for example, €90 million in additional yield arising out of budget changes, a decrease in employment levels of some 7,400 in public sector numbers, 5,800 in employment in Exchequer voted services and 1,600 in local authorities with a net decline of approximately €500 million in gross wages and salaries, an expected increase of just 0.2% in net employment numbers, no additional bonus in income tax arising from the error in 2011 with the mis-allocation of PRSI and USC, the expected level of increase in wages and salaries within the economy, the influence of once off factors such as the distribution of shares to Facebook staff after the company's IPO. [2184/13]

Community Care Provision

Róisín Shortall

134. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale regarding his decision to introduce changes to the criteria and operation of the seniors alert scheme; the consultation, if any, that was conducted with groups administering the scheme before the decision was made to unilaterally impose these changes; the rationale behind the decision to introduce a blanket restriction on households with two persons in view of the fact that a significant number of persons referred to this service by a Health Service Executive primary care team or a social worker, are couples where one is a carer or both have a pre-existing health condition or are at risk of a fall; if any discretion will be allowed in such circumstances in view of the fact the cost of the scheme is so small and the equipment can make a significant impact on persons' lives. [2110/13]

Foster Care Provision

Róisín Shortall

192. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 6 December 2012, the rates for foster payments that will apply in 2013. [2185/13]

HSE Funding

Róisín Shortall

216. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an analysis of the opening deficit referred to in table 1 page 3 of the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2013 by method of funding, that is overdraft, medium term bank debt, trade creditor and outstanding taxes; in relation to outstanding balance due to the Revenue Commissioners, if he will provide a time-based breakdown of the amounts outstanding to the Revenue Commissioners (details supplied). [2186/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Róisín Shortall

314. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a reader on behalf of a student (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is due to sit the leaving certificate in June 2013. [1434/13]

School Transport Provision

Róisín Shortall

326. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding or a subsidy is available within the school transport scheme for a family (details supplied) who do not have the financial means to pay school transport costs; and if he will advise on the assistance available in this regard. [1620/13]

Tax Code

Róisín Shortall

407. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection further to newspaper reports (details supplied) the exemptions he intends to apply to the decision to impose PRSI on unearned income; and the estimated cost of these exemptions. [1872/13]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Róisín Shortall

482. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 and if she can expedite a decision on same. [1225/13]

Family Income Supplement Eligibility

Róisín Shortall

544. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which superannuation is defined when determining the net wage of a person applying for family income supplement and the way in which additional voluntary contributions to pension funds are treated as part of the assessment process, that is, are AVCs reckonable as a deductible expense in determining the net wage of the applicant; if the entitlement to various tax reliefs, is routinely crosschecked as part of the family income supplement application process as a means of limiting the total expenditure on this scheme; if not, the reason for same; and if the new local property tax will be a deductible expense for the purposes of determining the net wage of a family income supplement applicant. [1870/13]

Immigration Status

Róisín Shortall

780. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine a case (details supplied) in which a recent request was made for a replacement Garda National Immigration Bureau card following a robbery; if his Department will examine the possibility of a refund in this case in view of the fact that the stolen GNIB card was recovered days after a replacement card was purchased at much expense. [1254/13]

Medical Card Applications

Róisín Shortall

1105. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the timescale envisaged for the publication of legislation to provide for the changes to eligibility criteria for medical card applicants who are over-seventy; the way it is proposed to discontinue medical card entitlement in respect of people who currently hold a medical card but who will exceed the guidelines when the legislation is commenced, and in particular those whose medical card was granted up to a specific period and is not due for renewal for a number of years [1814/13]

HSE Expenditure

Róisín Shortall

1106. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the projected accumulated savings for each month of 2013 for each of the savings measures identified under the total 2013 saving of €323 million for the primary care reimbursement service in the 2012 Health Service Executive service plan [1815/13]

Medical Card Eligibility

Róisín Shortall

1113. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if the new local property tax will be a deductible expense for the purposes of determining the net wage of a medical card applicant. [1871/13]

Mortgage Interest Relief Expenditure

Róisín Shortall

99. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Finance his estimate of the amount of tax forgone through the application of mortgage interest relief to landlords; if he will provide a breakdown of this amount between commercial and residential landlords and the number of people claiming relief in both cases; the number and value of cases where relief is being claimed for a property outside the Republic of Ireland; the number and value of new claims in the past three years for which figures are available with a breakdown by residential and commercial landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57696/12]