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Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the supports available to unemployed persons in receipt of a payment other than jobseeker's benefit or allowance to re-enter the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1664/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of unemployed persons who did not qualify for social welfare payments in each of the years 2007-11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1663/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 172: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the amount collected from commercial rates levied on Irish businesses by local authorities for each of the years 2000 to 2011, inclusive; the number of businesses levied each year; the percentage for local authority expenditure this total represented for each of the years...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown, of the amount collected from water charges levied on Irish businesses by local authorities for each of the years 2000 to 2011, inclusive; the number of businesses levied each year; the percentage of local authority expenditure this total represented for each of the years...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 174: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has conducted any review of the economic impact of local authority rates on small and medium businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1667/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 175: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the commercial rates payable to local authorities in view of the funding such bodies will receive from water charges and property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1668/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered granting local authorities the power to reduce all or part of a business's commercial rates bills in cases of extreme financial hardship, as is the practice in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1671/12]

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 176: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to abolish the position of county manager and replace it with a chief executive mandated to implement democratically decided policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1669/12]

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to examine the potential to merge services between two or more local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1670/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to publish a Bill on mental capacity; if he intends that Ireland will ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities following the publication of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1658/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in implementing the programme for Government commitment to put the standards for residential care in respect of persons with disabilities on a statutory footing; if this will extend to those providing home care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1647/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in implementing the programme for Government commitment to introducing personal budgets for persons accessing disability services; when it is expected personal budgets will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1648/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the current review of disability spending, and details on the group of persons conducting the review; the manner in which they were appointed; the remit of the review group; the timeframe for the completion of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1649/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the State in providing services for persons with disabilities for each of the years 2007 to 2011, inclusive; the amount which was paid to private service providers for this purpose in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1650/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health the level of consultation undertaken between him and private service providers for persons with disabilities to ensure that value for money is obtained; the basis on which private service providers are evaluated; if he is able to track the amount spent on service provision for the end user; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1651/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms available to him to prevent an unnecessary duplication of services, among disability service providers serving the same catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1652/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a Health Information and Quality Authority report (details supplied) which states that many older persons were not given rehabilitation after suffering strokes and did not have adequate access to speech and language therapy; the steps the Health Service Executive is taking to ensure that similar problems do not...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health the rehabilitative supports, programmes and funding that the Health Service Executive provides to older patients who have suffered strokes or similar impairments; the inspection regime which is in place to ensure that every effort is made to rehabilitate these patients; if he is satisfied that this inspection regime is stringent enough; and if he...

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce mechanisms to reduce the abuse of disabled driver parking spaces by non-disabled drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1659/12]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (12 Jan 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which the National Transport Authority will begin to examine the structure of commuter rail fares, in order to eliminate the current anomalies in the pricing structure which sees commuters in peripheral DART regions paying substantially higher fares than other rail users, in view of the fact the NTA has promised...