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Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposed savings to be attained from the changes introduced to post primary school transport; if he will review the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8208/12]

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is permissible under European Globalisation Fund rules for a person to receive funds from the EGF or interventions funded via the EGF while in full time employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8306/12]

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) received a payment from the European Globalisation Fund or interventions funded via the EGF while employed by the Department of Finance; the nature and value of this payment; if this payment complied with the rules of the European globalisation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8307/12]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 300: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in community employment schemes at locations (details supplied). [7580/12]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently waiting for statutory redundancy applications to be processed; the average time for processing such applications; the number of staff involved in processing these applications; if any mechanism exists for fast-tracking these applications; if she will provide a breakdown of new applications by month from...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discretion Eirgrid has at its disposal to move a line carrying a pole a short distance if the relocation would benefit local residents and have no detrimental effect on any other local resident and if An Bord Pleanála were to sanction the permission, or if this discretion for relocation is curtailed....

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider an exemption to original offshore islanders who have an additional home on the mainland from the household charges. [8308/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 634: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in receiving surgery in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; when the person may expect the surgery to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7620/12]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 720: To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to have a national ambulance service transfer policy set up; when he expects this to be implemented in view of the fact that the ambulance service is a regional service without a transfer policy between regions. [8203/12]

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I would like to pick up on what Deputy McGrath has just said about allowing people to access their pension pots. I know it is a controversial issue. People who want to pay off loans or are in negative equity have already contributed to the recapitalisation of the banks. The banks should be writing down the loans that such people have, particularly if they are in serious negative equity or...

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: For example, a TD.

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: An individual on approximately nine times what a person on social welfare gets per year, who signed up to some of these section 23 reliefs and is able to avail of these legacy property tax reliefs will be able to continue to avail of them. After all the bluster we got from Fine Gael and the Labour Party in Opposition, this is what they have mustered up. Even a Minister of State earning in...

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Her quote is not that long. I like to remind her of what she said because it is disingenuous for politicians to change their views when they get into their ministerial cars. In the concluding remarks of her speech on the Finance Bill 2011, Deputy Burton made an important observation and outlined what was probably the most damning criticism of the pro-austerity and anti-growth approach of...

Pigmeat Sector (9 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he plans to enforce proper regulation on free-range Irish pig farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7074/12]

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (9 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to alleviate the damage caused by the MERCOSUR deal to the beef industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7073/12]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (9 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Finance with respect to the annual one 20th reduction in debt-to-GDP ratio outlined in the proposed intergovernmental treaty, if he will confirm if the annual target reduction applies to the excess debt over the 60% debt-to-GDP ration or to the full amount of debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7433/12]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (9 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance based on current assumptions and projections, if he will indicate the level of adjustment that will be required in budget 2016 to meet the one 20th reduction in our debt-to-GDP ratio as required under the terms of the proposed intergovernmental treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7434/12]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (9 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance if the one 20th reduction in our debt-to-GDP ratio as required under the terms of the proposed intergovernmental treaty would be a percentage of debt-to-GDP target that would need to be reached by each years, that is assuming that the State had a debt-to-GDP ratio in 2015 of 120% that the reduction required under the terms of the treaty would be...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (9 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will detail the number of early retirements taken in 2012 from schools in the following locations (details supplied); and if he will provide a breakdown of the retirements by school. [7430/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Feb 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in the hearing of an illness benefit appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and when the person may expect a final decision on the matter. [7510/12]