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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding their pension; if tax will be deducted in this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2522/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding their pension; if tax will be deducted in this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2523/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding their pension; if tax will be deducted in this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2524/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding their pension; if tax will be deducted in this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2525/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding their pension; if tax will be deducted in this particular case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2526/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sources of funding available from him to assist in the training of persons with learning, physical and sensory, or mental health disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2550/12]

Written Answers — Electoral Divisions: Electoral Divisions (18 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 151: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the proposed boundary changes to Dáil constituencies will be announced by the Constituency Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2664/12]

Written Answers — Agricultural Exports: Agricultural Exports (18 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the manner in which budget 2012 supported the agricultural export sector; the supports that are available in this context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2872/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (18 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the decrease of €19 million to the REP scheme in recent times, the incentives that now exist to encourage farmers to use environmentally-friendly work practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2873/12]

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (18 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way he will ensure that the abolition of the milk quota in 2015 will not lead to an over-production of milk; the measures in place to deal with extra milk supply following the move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2874/12]

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (18 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way rural development was provided for in budget 2012; the way this compares to previous budget years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2875/12]

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (18 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way Common Agriculture Policy reform encourages greater productivity in the food sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2876/12]

Written Answers — Foreign Adoptions: Foreign Adoptions (18 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received an update from the Adoption Association of Ireland and the Irish embassy in Ethiopia on the issue of establishing a bilateral agreement with that country as per her statement in Dáil Éireann on 1 December 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2663/12]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the impact that changes to the staffing schedule in small schools 2012 will have on many rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3147/12]

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (19 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the extra costs involved in the amalgamation of small schools in the form of extra classrooms and school transport arrangements to accommodate new pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3062/12]

Written Answers — Schools Amalgamation: Schools Amalgamation (19 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any provisions will be made for small schools who can prove that amalgamation will result in students having to travel unreasonable distances; the distance he considers to be a reasonable for a pupil to travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3148/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (19 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 186: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason various phases of an estate (details supplied) are obliged to pay the household charge when its final phase was exempted from the fee; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of other estates in the locality in similar unfinished states have been exempted from the charge in...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (19 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has requested a report from the Irish embassy in Addis Ababa as per her response in Dáil Éireann on 1 December 2011 in relation to the issue of establishing a bilateral agreement with Ethiopia to facilitate inter-country adoptions; when she expects the report to be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (24 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax liability requirements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork following correspondence received from the Revenue Commissioners regarding his or her pension; if tax will be deducted in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3852/12]

Written Answers — Postgraduate Education: Postgraduate Education (24 Jan 2012)

Michael McCarthy: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby business degree graduates who are attempting to access postgraduate diplomas in education are being refused the back to education allowance due to the points threshold imposed in them by the third-level institutions concerned and the nature of the progression rule within the...