Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Proposed Legislation

Willie O'Dea

63. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for the implementation of pyrite resolution board legislation; when homeowners will be in a position to receive compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20457/13]

Pyrite Resolution Board Membership

Mick Wallace

64. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the setting up of pyremco; if he will outline the way he envisages the remediation works being managed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20423/13]

Local Government Reform

Pearse Doherty

65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made with the proposed alignment of local government and the engagement there has been with representatives of staff and the community sector. [20498/13]

Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

67. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the net amount transferred into the dormant accounts net of repayments to the financial institutions each year since the inception of the fund; the total amount transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20470/13]

Leader Programmes Expenditure

Denis Naughten

68. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date in addressing the funding of projects under the Leader programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20302/13]

Local Government Fund

Catherine Murphy

69. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate the formula for the way the discretionary fund amounting to 35% of revenues directed to the local government fund will be allocated by his Department; if there will be a specific needs and resources model employed to decide the way that funds will be directed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20300/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Clare Daly

70. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that under his Department's guidelines for a house claiming exemption from property tax that it will be sufficient that a structural report by a chartered engineer containing opinion that damage to house is due to pyrite induced heave together with a hardcore test result showing pyrite content above the IS-398 threshold level be provided for exemption from property tax. [20426/13]

Rural Development Programme Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

71. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cé mhéid airgid atá fágtha le ceadú ag Comhar na nOileán Teo. faoin gClár Leader, miondealaithe idir Oileáin agus mórthír Chonamara agus de réir na míreanna sa gClár; cén uair a bheidh cead acu an t-airgead seo a cheadú; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [20458/13]

Homelessness Strategy

Michael Colreavy

72. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to achieve the goal of eliminating long-term homelessness by 2016. [20490/13]

Leader Programmes Expenditure

Dara Calleary

73. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to make the full amount of the remaining money for projects under the Leader programme available to the Leader companies for allocation; the reason for the delay in approving this despite his commitment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20460/13]

Departmental Funding

Niall Collins

74. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money provided in the Estimates this year to cover costs directly related to the contribution to social partnership of various groups funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20476/13]

Overseas Development Aid Policy

Andrew Doyle

75. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an outline of his new Irish aid policy, One World One Future; when he expects this policy to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20690/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Finian McGrath

76. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if the residents of building (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will have to pay the property tax as it is a protected building. [20735/13]

Departmental Schemes

Tom Fleming

77. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the take up of the employment and investment incentive and seed capital scheme; the number that have availed of same; his plans to incentivise potential employers and businesses to dramatically increase the demand for this scheme which has much potential for job creation. [20787/13]

Tax Compliance

Stephen Donnelly

78. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 16 April 2013, regarding prosecutions for non filling of returns, the number of unsuccessful prosecutions since 2008, and the number of companies prosecuted, overall, defended by free legal aid since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20544/13]

State Banking Sector

Michael McGrath

79. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the impact on the percentage of the company owned by the State that the payment by AIB of the €280 million dividend preference share dividend due to the State in the form of additional ordinary shares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20548/13]

Property Taxation Application

Éamon Ó Cuív

80. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance if he has received a letter from Comhdhaíl Oileáin na hÉireann outlining the reasons that there should be a reduced local property tax on the offshore islands; his response to this letter and the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20580/13]

Banking Operations

Pearse Doherty

81. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the right a citizen has to a bank account. [20600/13]

Mortgage Debt

Sean Fleming

82. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage accounts outstanding on primary dwelling homes by the banks and financial institutions; the number of mortgage accounts issued by retail credit firms; if he will provide the total number of primary dwelling home mortgages in the country; the total value of the balance on these accounts at the end of December 2012; the number and the percentage in arrears over 90 days divided between banks and financial institutions, retail credit firms and local authorities; if he will provide the names of the institutions referred to as retail credit firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20602/13]

Tax Code

Sean Fleming

83. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if cohabiting partners can share their tax credit and tax bands in order that a cohabiting couple will not be disadvantaged in comparison to the civil solidarity pact available in France or other countries where a cohabiting couple can file joint assessment for taxes in the same manner as married couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20604/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Sean Fleming

84. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the your guide to local property tax and how to pay and file document is amended to clarify that persons may pay by cheque and the completed LPT return with the cheque attached for the full amount can be sent to the LPT branch, PO Box 1, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20607/13]

Tax Residency Issues

Sean Fleming

85. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons deemed non resident for tax purposes in the Revenue records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20608/13]

Banking Operations

Pearse Doherty

86. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the guidelines that exist for banks regarding lodgements they can refuse to accept, that is, packs of coins under a certain value or coins as part of priority lodgments for businesses.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20634/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Michelle Mulherin

87. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Finance where there is a delay on the part of the Revenue Commissioners issuing a notice of estimate in respect of the local property tax to a taxpayer, if flexibility will be shown to the taxpayer in relation to the difficulty such a delay poses in filing the Form LPT1 by the deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20652/13]

Carbon Tax Collection

Joe McHugh

88. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline his plans for introducing carbon taxation on coal; if he has considered the implications of such a development on cross-Border imports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20668/13]

Bond Redemption

Stephen Donnelly

89. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he will release all materials in the possession of his Department and the Central Bank of Ireland which reference payments and redemptions made by the Government or Irish banks, from September 2008 onwards, to holders of senior bonds which were issued by covered Irish banks before the State guarantee, that is, payments of senior debt issued prior to September 2008, redeemed after September 2008 and reference the European Central Bank, for example, correspondence to or from the ECB on the matter of paying senior unguaranteed bondholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20669/13]

National Payments Plan Implementation

Andrew Doyle

90. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an outline of the Central Bank of Ireland's new national payments plan; if he intends to abandon one cent and two cent coins; if he has identified a town where the pilot scheme is not carrying such coins; if he intends to put roundings to the nearest five cent on a statutory footing; if he has examined similar schemes in other jurisdictions that have worked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20676/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Regina Doherty

91. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will request An Post to facilitate the payment of the local property tax through An Post savings stamps;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20685/13]

Property Taxation Administration

Michelle Mulherin

92. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Finance the delay in issuing the notice of estimate of local property tax in respect of some residential properties; the number of notices that have yet to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20686/13]

Tax Rebates

Brendan Griffin

93. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Finance if a medical expenses tax refund will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20725/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Patrick Nulty

94. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance if there are any exemptions to the property tax for persons with disabilities who have had to have their homes adapted; if he will outline the exemptions available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20727/13]

Mortgage Interest Rates Issues

Michael Lowry

95. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if he will intervene to prevent the future increase in mortgage interest rates as announced by a number of named banks earlier this week (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the hardship and distress these increases will have on strained mortgage holders; his views on whether this increase will drive further mortgages into arrears; his views on whether increases are beneficial for the economy as a whole; the steps he wil take to lessen this burden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20734/13]

Liquor Licence Applications

Michelle Mulherin

97. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Finance the number of times in the past 13 years the Revenue Commissioners have refused to issue an intoxicating liquor licence to an applicant who has presented a court certificate pursuant to section 39 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2000 and the grounds in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20798/13]

Tax Code

Ciara Conway

98. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding administration fees; the reason it appears an administration fee is applied in the case of car exports but not in the case of the imports; if he will clarify the way this administration fee is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20805/13]

Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme

Terence Flanagan

99. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider raising the engine cc limit or removing the cc limit under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations, 1994; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20810/13]

Mortgage Resolution Processes

Terence Flanagan

100. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance the actions he is taking to support persons who bought properties in the height of the boom and are now in serious negative equity and struggling to pay their mortgage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20811/13]

Banking Sector Remuneration

Michael Lowry

101. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance if he will, in view of the information that has come to light in the past week, take definitive steps to cap the salaries being received by senior officials in the banks that have received State capitalisation; if he will provide a guarantee that these payments will be clamped down on; his views on whether the current salaries and payments being received are fair in view of the funds provided to these banks by the Irish taxpayer; the reason he did not exercise his vote against approving such a payment in an individual case in the past week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20821/13]

Polasaí Iontrála Gaelscoileanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

102. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cé mhéid gearán atá faighte ag a Roinn ó ceapadh é mar Aire Oideachais faoi pholasaí iontrála na nGaelscoileanna agus go mórmhór faoi scoileanna a thugann tosaíocht do pháistí a bhfuil an Ghaeilge acu ón gcliabhán; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [20568/13]

Gaelscoileanna Issues

Éamon Ó Cuív

103. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén uair a cheapfar foireann dearaidh do Ghaelscoil de hÍde san Órán Mór, Contae na Gaillimhe; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [20569/13]

School Staffing

Éamon Ó Cuív

104. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the retention level of pupils required to retain a second classroom teacher in an island school; the level of pupils required for a one teacher island school to get a second teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20578/13]

School Staffing

Éamon Ó Cuív

105. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils in each offshore island school, not connected by bridge to the mainland, on 30 September 2012; the number of classroom teachers attached to each school; the number of general learning support hours allocated to each school; the number of resource hours allocated to each school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20579/13]

Value for Money Reviews

Éamon Ó Cuív

106. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the recommendations of the value for money report on small primary schools; the main conclusions of the report including the educational achievements of the past pupils of these schools; the decision he intends making on foot of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20584/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Peter Mathews

107. Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide support services to children with Down's syndrome. [20598/13]

Student Grant Scheme Administration

Jonathan O'Brien

108. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of existing personnel who have gained experience administering third level grants under Student Universal Support Ireland during the past 12 months who are to be retained by SUSI for the 2013-14 academic year; and the total number of personnel to be employed by SUSI to process grants when the new cycle of grant applications commence. [20609/13]

School Staffing Appeals Mechanism

Charlie McConalogue

109. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the appeal regarding a teacher allocation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20648/13]

Special Education Review

Finian McGrath

110. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will support St. Michael's centre for autism, Trim, County Meath, in its efforts to implement the July programme. [20679/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Éamon Ó Cuív

111. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be sanctioned for a safe drop off area for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20701/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Éamon Ó Cuív

112. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be sanctioned for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20702/13]

Special Educational Needs Services Provision

Jerry Buttimer

113. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills the educational supports available for children with Downs Syndrome; his views on requests for his Departments to recognise Downs Syndrome in its own right for the purpose of accessing educational supports and access to the maximum allocation of resources hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20720/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Creed

114. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will indicate the priority attached to a school building project wherein there is provision for the establishment of a three classroom autism spectrum disorder unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20721/13]