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Finance (No. 3) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (6 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: This Bill which is certified to be a money Bill in accordance with Article 22.2.1° of the Constitution will be sent to the Seanad.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: I am sharing two minutes of with Deputy Michael McCarthy. I thank Deputy Troy for his generosity in sharing time. Given the fundamental nature of this legislation we should have been given more time on Second Stage to allow us to express a diversity of opinions. I wish to correct a report in The Irish Times today which cited the Minister as stating there is one Deputy per 20,271 head of...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (5 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps that have been taken to persuade a company (details supplied) to reverse a recent decision to cut 130 of its Irish workforce and to move the jobs to off-shore locations in Egypt and India; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18257/11]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (5 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the incorrect retention of tenants' deposits by landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18279/11]

Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: This morning the Government published the Electoral (Amendment) Bill which contains a provision that allows the total number of Members of the Dáil to be reduced to 152. That is the lower figure in the range the Bill will provide for at the next election. I took out my calculator-----

Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Will the legislation now be withdrawn in light of the preliminary census results, which might mean that the Bill will become unconstitutional? It comes very close to the maximum ratio of people to Deputies that is provided for in the Constitution.

Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Which is unconstitutional.

Electoral Reform (30 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: I am disappointed that the Minister is not present to clarify the situation, which I raised this morning on the Order of Business. I pointed out that the figures he had outlined in the Bill published this morning were unconstitutional. The figure of 152 Deputies, which the legislation would allow, would be unconstitutional in light of the preliminary census figures published by the Central...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (30 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the proposed closure of accommodation and conference facilities at a centre (details supplied) due to reduced funds to the centre from private and public sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18165/11]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (30 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student studying graduate entry medicine in UCD is not eligible for a student grant because the course does not represent progression under the terms of the scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18112/11]

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representations: Diplomatic Representations (29 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the most recent representations made by Ireland on behalf of a person (details supplied), the Israeli soldier kidnapped by Hamas in 2006; his plans to call for his release; his plans to make representations to the relevant Palestinian officials; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (29 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has plans to make provision for funding to colleges or through partnerships for hardship cases in view of the changes to the student grants due to commence in September and the fact that hardship may be caused in particular to those students affected that had started college prior to these changes being introduced; and if he...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (29 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mature students in receipt of the non adjacent rate of grant which will in September be changed to the adjacent rate; the savings estimated from this particular change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17791/11]

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (28 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will allocate some funding from the national allocation of European Globalisation Fund funding to enable former SR Technic workers to complete educational courses they have undertaken in order to update their skills to help them find alternative employment; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the EGF funding...

National Monuments (23 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank the Minister of State. Before moving on to the next matter, if there is a telephone close to the Minister of State, he might move it away from the microphone, as much of his reply may have been lost.

Written Answers — Prescription Charges: Prescription Charges (22 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce legislation to abolish prescription charges for medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16660/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (22 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health the services currently available for persons suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and the extent to which the recommendations set out in the National Respiratory (COPD) Framework, 2008 have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16663/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (16 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that unemployed persons who were previously in receipt of jobseeker's benefit but deemed ineligible for jobseeker's allowance because of their spouses earnings are not permitted to participate in the jobs initiative scheme; her plans to rectify this anomaly; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (16 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the number of patrol cars currently in service to An Garda Síochána; if the numbers have dropped on the numbers in service in previous years; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Garda stations under current restrictions are not permitted to replace patrol cars that have to be scrapped because...

Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (16 Jun 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to ensure that Garda stations in Dublin Mid-West have their necessary complement of patrol cars, those stations not being permitted to replace old patrol cars that are no longer road worthy due to current restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15993/11]