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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Policy (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 12. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of family reunification cases currently being delayed by the current pause in processing certain categories pending his new policy in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20835/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 23 April 2013 if he will confirm the salary and related costs of diplomatic representation of staff posted from Ireland in 2011 and 2012; the capital expenditure expended on diplomatic representation in those years; if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Euro Coins Production (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance further to reports that it costs the State 1.65c to create a 1c coin, if he will confirm the unit cost of creating the following specie - 2c, 5c, 10c, 50c, 1 euro and 2 euro. [20862/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 23 April 2013 and confirmation that the Central Bank of Ireland has engaged BlackRock International to provide the stress-testing of Irish banks in 2013, if he will outline the principal acquisitions of assets in Ireland by BlackRock since the last stress-testing in January-March 2011. [20863/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency Remuneration (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 23 April 2013, if he will provide an explanation for Expenses of the NTMA as they relate to the net funds drawn down from the Exchequer to cover the National Treasury management Agency's administrative costs of €10.72m for the three months ending 31 March 2013. [20864/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: HGV Driving Courses (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to any discrepency on a county basis between the number of hours of lessons offered to participants on HGV driving courses for which participants have received funding from FÁS; the reasons for such a discrepency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21012/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: HGV Driving Courses (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to any discrepency on a county basis between the number of hours of lessons offered to participants on HGV driving courses for which participants have received funding from FÁS; the reasons for such a discrepency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21012/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: European Court of Justice Rulings (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to the decision by the European Court of Justice in the appeal by workers at the former Waterford Crystal company in respect of their pension entitlements, the potential liability that arises in this case; if she will provide an estimate of potential liabilities in respect of other company pension schemes; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the current waiting times per social welfare payment for the processing of applications by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21013/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the current waiting times per social welfare payment for the processing of appeals by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21014/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Waiting Times (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the current waiting times per social welfare payment for the processing of reviews by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21015/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications Waiting Times (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 128. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department is currently reviewing disability applications from July 2012; the reasons for the backlog; the attempts made by her Department to clear this backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21016/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Wefare Appeals Process (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is the policy of her Department that children are prohibited from accompanying their parents to an oral hearing for a Department care allowance application appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21017/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 141. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there is currently any scheme or funding available in his Department similar to the Gaeltacht Area House Grants scheme to allow Gaeltacht residents to update or repair their homes; if he intends to restore this scheme in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20976/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: RTE Revenue (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 411 on 23 April 2013, if he will confirm if Radio Telefís Éireann’s revenue has been sufficient to meet all sums properly chargeable to its current account and that RTÉ has made suitable provisions with respect to capital expenditure in each of 2008, 2009, 2010...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any scheme in place in his Department for former council tenants or those on low incomes to avail of financial assistance to carry out essential home repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20975/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies Reports (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will lay the latest annual report and accounts for the Irish Film Classification Office before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [20868/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (2 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 245. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for orthodontic treatments in Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal; the number of these that have been on the list for more than two years; the number of these who have been on this list for more than one year; the average length of time spent by a child on the waiting list before treatment is carried out;...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: There is no doubt that Maura and Robert Gunn have done a huge service to many individuals who would have seen their family homes repossessed were it not for the case adjudicated upon by Ms Justice Dunne in July 2011. Many people refer to it as the Dunne judgment, but it should be called the Gunn judgment because of the individuals involved in the case against Start Mortgages at the time....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (1 May 2013)

Pearse Doherty: 58. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in the drafting of the Local Government Bill; and when he expect the Bill to be published. [20501/13]