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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the IBEC proposal to use a smart card for the payment of child benefit; if she will detail the pros and cons of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36264/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (22 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any scope for exemptions to the tax on the non-principal private residence that offer relief to or exclude persons who have moved out of their home in order to rent it out because they would otherwise not be in a position to make their mortgage repayments; and if not will he bring forward such...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 599: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and when the operation will be performed. [35612/11]

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 645: To ask the Minister for Health his views that the decision to move the Rialto early morning methadone clinic from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. to 9 a.m. to 12 noon will have a detrimental impact on the service users because the later time does not facilitate participation in education, training and work; and if he will intervene to ensure that the earlier slot remains open to service...

Public Sector Remuneration (17 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the basis upon which the Presidential salary of €249,014 per annum, approximately seven times the average wage, was agreed as an appropriate salary at a time when unemployment is over 14%. [35184/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average annual cost per pupil in the period to December 2010 incurred by him in the 125 plus special schools throughout the country. [34870/11]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (16 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm whether there is a requirement on the National Council for Special Education to ensure that places identified by special education needs organisers are appropriate for children with autism; and if this is a requirement, who precisely makes the final decision as to whether the placement identified is appropriate for...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 176: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide adequate financial and HR support to organisations in situations where cuts that he makes to funding of community and voluntary groups results in redundancies. [35097/11]

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (16 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will indicate to an organisation (details supplied) the way she is measuring value for money; and if reductions in funding are being imposed will she articulate a clear rationale for the reductions and for the level of reductions being imposed. [35094/11]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (16 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide adequate financial and HR support to organisations in situations where cuts that she makes to funding of community and voluntary groups results in redundancies. [35096/11]

National Drugs Strategy (16 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Amidst the discourse on the economic crisis the drugs crisis has been forgotten. It would be wrong for that to happen given the new report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction. It is a stark reminder of how serious Ireland's drug problem is and the horrific consequences of the failures of successive Governments to make sufficient funding available. The report...

National Drugs Strategy (16 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am surprised by the Minister's response. Is he denying that cuts are being imposed which are affecting people in the communities worst affected by the drugs scourge? Is he denying the death rate? As I said, that figure is most likely an underestimation. For instance, it tends only to include those who die of overdoses, while excluding deaths arising more indirectly from drug misuse,...

Written Answers — Debt Statistics: Debt Statistics (15 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures combining the nation debt, household debt and commercial debt for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in monetary terms and as a percentage of GDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34445/11]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (15 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance if there was a difference between the projected income from the universal social charge and the actual received income from the charge based on the most recent figures available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34446/11]

Written Answers — Customs and Excise Operations: Customs and Excise Operations (15 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has been informed by customs and excise authorities as to the number of raids by their officers on properties suspected of being involved in the sale and supply of substances covered under the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010; the amount and type of substances confiscated in those raids; and the number of seizures in...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (15 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance if a disability extension on a home qualifies for a VAT refund under the tax return regulations or has their been a change in the criteria in recent years. [34634/11]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (15 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 399: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason persons (details supplied) in Dublin have been waiting for more than a year to receive their redundancy payments; and the steps he will take to ensure they receive their redundancy payments without further delay. [34556/11]

Written Answers — Crime Statistics: Crime Statistics (15 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests and prosecutions of proprietors of premises selling psychoactive products, head shops, have been taken in the past year since the passage of the Criminal Justice (psychoactive substances) Act 2010. [34284/11]

Written Answers — Crime Statistics: Crime Statistics (15 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 444: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has been informed by An Garda Síochána authorities as to the number of raids on properties suspected of being involved in the sale and supply of substances covered under the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010.; and the amount and type of substances confiscated in those raids. [34285/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Reserve: Defence Forces Reserve (15 Nov 2011)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 469: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the delays in clearing applicants for the Reserve Defence Force; the reason for such a delay; and when will new applicants for the reserve be allowed join the force. [34329/11]