Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Tax Yield

Olivia Mitchell

73. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the estimated total annual income tax take in 2012 from public service employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51715/13]

School Enrolments

Olivia Mitchell

96. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 6 will be accepting two junior infant classes in September 2014, as confirmation of places have only gone out to parents in the first stream, a fact that is causing concern to those on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51310/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Olivia Mitchell

97. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the feeder area for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18 which has been granted planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51348/13]

Public Sector Pensions Data

Olivia Mitchell

130. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total annual cost in 2012 of public service pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51758/13]

Private Security Authority Remit

Olivia Mitchell

307. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the current status of the revised alarm standard being prepared by the Private Security Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51837/13]

Adoption Services Provision

Olivia Mitchell

378. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that can be taken to ensure the adoption of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 16 will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51438/13]

Pensions Levy

Olivia Mitchell

179. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the levy on defined contribution pensions, originally introduced to fund job creation measures, will not become a funding stream to subsidise defined benefit pensions in deficit in view of the fact that defined contribution schemes are in many cases comprised entirely of the savers' personal savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50555/13]

Site Acquisitions

Olivia Mitchell

92. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a temporary site has been sought for the Gaelcholáiste to serve the general Ballinteer-Stepaside area that will commence operation in 2014 under the patronage of An Foras Pátrúnachta na Scoileanna Lán Ghaeilge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49745/13]

School Patronage

Olivia Mitchell

93. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will announce his decision on the patronage of the new English medium post-primary school due to open in 2016 in Stepaside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49746/13]

School Accommodation

Olivia Mitchell

241. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills following the rejection by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council of the Department's planning application for permission to construct the Ballinteer Educate Together School within the St. Tiernan's Community school site, his plans to provide a permanent site for the school within the timeframe previously envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49118/13]

Freedom of Information Remit

Olivia Mitchell

76. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason Bord na Móna and Coillte are not included under the freedom of information legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48579/13]

Tobacco Smuggling

Olivia Mitchell

58. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if it is possible to allocate additional resources to deal with the growing problem of the importation and sale of illegal cigarettes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47914/13]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Olivia Mitchell

110. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if the installation of a rainwater harvesting system qualifies for the home renovation incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48274/13]

Employee Shareholding Scheme

Olivia Mitchell

247. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the failure of the company’s efforts to set up a grey market for company shares, he is in a position to respond to the former ESB staff requests that the State should buy back the ESOP shares or any portion of them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47905/13]

Building Regulations Amendments

Olivia Mitchell

280. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change current building guidelines to encourage the use of rainwater harvesting in new developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48102/13]

Travel Tax

Olivia Mitchell

33. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the response of the airline industry to the abolition of the travel tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47117/13]

Public Transport Subsidies

Olivia Mitchell

53. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the financial position of Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47118/13]

Pensions Levy Issues

Olivia Mitchell

50. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 11 January 2012, if he has considered the way the report on Pension Charges in Ireland 2012 may be used to advance the issue of the pension industry absorbing the impact of the pension fund levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47374/13]

Pensions Levy Issues

Olivia Mitchell

51. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if the pension levy applies to defined benefit pensions; if not, the rationale for excluding them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47375/13]

Pensions Levy Issues

Olivia Mitchell

94. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of the Report on Pension Charges in Ireland 2012 and the submissions received from the industry in response to the report, if further policy or regulatory action is proposed for the pension system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47364/13]

Pensions Levy Issues

Olivia Mitchell

95. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of the Report on Pension Charges in Ireland 2012, if she plans to correct the considerable variation in the range of charges being imposed on consumers, especially smaller occupational pension schemes and individual pension arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47365/13]

Pensions Levy Issues

Olivia Mitchell

96. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of the recommendation of the Report on Pension Charges in Ireland 2012, if approaches are being developed to improve consumer, employer and trustee awareness and knowledge of pension charges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47366/13]

Pensions Reform

Olivia Mitchell

97. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of the recommendation of the Report on Pension Charges in Ireland 2012 and the OECD Review of the Irish Pension System, if she plans to put in place a universal pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47367/13]

Road Traffic Legislation

Olivia Mitchell

205. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the six-month backlog to have the trailer adjustment work undertaken, if he will extend the implementation date by six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47337/13]

Tax Reliefs Availability

Olivia Mitchell

169. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of policy holders who will be affected by the capping of tax relief on private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46020/13]

Pensions Levy Issues

Olivia Mitchell

173. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the way it is anticipated that the levy on individual private pension funds will convince the pensions industry to deliver on agreements made with him by the industry in view of the fact that the contributors have neither control over nor leverage with fund managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46105/13]

Home Tuition Scheme Provision

Olivia Mitchell

295. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the decision to restrict the home tuition grant to tuition provided by teachers registered with the Teaching Council of Ireland, specifically where intervention is required for preschool children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46144/13]

Schools Amalgamation

Olivia Mitchell

331. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he could clarify his Department's intentions regarding the new local area plan for Ballycullen, Oldcourt, Dublin 24 which recommends a particular site in Ballycullen be assigned for the construction of the new Educate Together and Gaescoil in Firhouse; if his Department supports this site as being suitable for the co-location of the two proposed new schools; the timeframe for the construction works in the event that the project should proceed in this location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46690/13]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Olivia Mitchell

367. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way tax relief on pension contributions applies to post and pre-1995 public servants, listing the names of each pension contribution, the respective rates at which they apply, the way in which tax relief applies to those pension contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45909/13]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Olivia Mitchell

373. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the pension contributions a pre-1995 executive officer at the final point of the increment scale must make towards their pension every year; if he will explain the way in which tax relief on pension contributions applies to their pension contributions and the way in which gross pay is affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46489/13]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Olivia Mitchell

374. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the pension contributions a post-1995 executive officer at the final point of the increment scale must make towards their pension every year; if he will explain the way in which tax relief on pension contributions applies to their pension contributions and the way in which gross pay is affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46490/13]

Property Taxation Collection

Olivia Mitchell

691. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total revenue in 2013 to local authorities from the non-principal private residence tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46653/13]

Medical Card Eligibility

Olivia Mitchell

1092. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the circumstances and their relative weighting, other than income, which are taken into consideration in awarding a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46104/13]

Tobacco Control Measures

Olivia Mitchell

1093. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Health his views on the proposed restriction of e-cigarettes as medical products which could result in them being more costly and less accessible than traditional tobacco cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46107/13]

Tourism Projects Funding

Olivia Mitchell

1303. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on progress on Luas cross city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47140/13]

Property Taxation Yield

Olivia Mitchell

77. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the total take from property tax in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45513/13]

Property Taxation Yield

Olivia Mitchell

78. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the total anticipated tax take from property tax in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45514/13]

Tax Yield

Olivia Mitchell

174. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total anticipated value in 2013 of the local government fund and of the motor tax fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45512/13]

Property Taxation Yield

Olivia Mitchell

175. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the 80% of the property tax take ring-fenced for local authorities refers to each local authority where tax was collected, or if the total collected will be ring-fenced for all local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45515/13]

IBRC Mortgage Loan Book

Olivia Mitchell

130. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if any protections, in terms of future rates and conditions, will be offered to residential mortgage holders with the former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation when the mortgage loan book is sold on by the liquidator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44136/13]

Patent Legislation

Olivia Mitchell

216. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when it is envisaged that the referendum to ratify the EU agreement setting up the Unified Patent Court will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44099/13]

Haddington Road Agreement Implementation

Olivia Mitchell

81. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider treating non-union teachers who are willing to accept the terms of the HRA in the same way as members of the TUI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43909/13]

Education Grants

Olivia Mitchell

26. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the devolved grant to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14 will be anticipated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43855/13]

Unified Patent Court

Olivia Mitchell

33. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if it is his intention that Ireland would host a local division of the Unified Patent Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43796/13]

Departmental Offices

Olivia Mitchell

112. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection when she expects the move of the social welfare office from Rockfield medical campus, Balally, to the redeveloped social welfare office at Nutgrove shopping centre, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14, to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42869/13]

Site Acquisitions

Olivia Mitchell

75. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding negotiations between his Department and a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14 regarding the donation of a site beside the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42632/13]

Pensions Levy Issues

Olivia Mitchell

138. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if additional voluntary contributions, AVCs, are subject to the private pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41845/13]

Pensions Levy Yield

Olivia Mitchell

139. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance the total income to the State from the private pension levy in each year of operation to date, including the estimated value for the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41846/13]

School Accommodation

Olivia Mitchell

240. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the negotiations to conclude the acquisition of a site for the 1,000-pupil secondary school planned to serve the wider Stepaside-Leopardstown area, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42293/13]

Crime Investigation

Olivia Mitchell

439. Deputy Olivia Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of concerns surrounding the recent discovery of a body in the Dublin mountains, if he will reassure the public that in missing persons cases where the person concerned has suffered from depression or mental illness no less rigour or fewer resources are devoted to the search by the Garda and that this would include checks of online and telephone activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41997/13]