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- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Paschal Donohoe: Have discussions taken place with bodies such as NAMA, for example, to ascertain whether lands or facilities for which they have responsibility could be used in any way for this purpose?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Paschal Donohoe: On the point regarding service delivery, is the Secretary General aware of the report from the European Commission of Human Rights stating that such accommodation was having negative effects on the mental health, family ties and integration prospects of those people who were in the centres? Has the Department been obliged to respond in this regard?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Paschal Donohoe: I understand.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Paschal Donohoe: I entirely take Mr. Purcell's point that the provision of local authority housing in dealing with this would not be either feasible or, indeed, appropriate in many cases. I accept that point but I wish to go back to the issue we discussed earlier regarding the targets for how long this has been processed. From dealing with this issue in my constituency, it appears to me that it is pivotal...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Paschal Donohoe: Yes.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Paschal Donohoe: We are also talking about a process in which only 3% of the initial applications are successful.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Paschal Donohoe: Does Mr. Purcell have a more recent figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project (21 Mar 2013) Paschal Donohoe: Okay. I will leave it at that for the time being.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (26 Mar 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the amount of revenue the State lost last year as a result of the importation of illegal tobacco and tobacco products; if he will consider increasing the fine for this offence as a measure to curb the amount of illegal importing taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14757/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Mar 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school building (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15017/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (26 Mar 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in reviewing the legislation in respect of standards in privately rented accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15018/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Mar 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications currently being processed by his Department seeking leave to remain in the State; if he will indicate the month and year from which officials are currently processing applications; if he will provide an update on the application submitted by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; when it is expected that this...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (26 Mar 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the application for leave to remain in the State submitted by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14879/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislation on Prostitution (26 Mar 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the current review of our prostitution laws to be concluded; when he will be in a position to introduce new legislation based on the findings of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14882/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (27 Mar 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the LUAS cross city project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15030/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Application (28 Mar 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the tax relief at source being reduced after seven years for first-time buyers and that the amount of relief available will be substantially reduced, if he will review the current monetary cap against which mortgage interest relief is awarded to first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15756/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Mar 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3 only had their permission to remain here extended for 12 months last April which is due to expire next month; if he will review their situation in view of the fact that that they are married to an Irish national; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15755/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Apr 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the changes that have been made to the tax treatment of rental income; if a distinction can be made between rental income and rental profit for calculation of tax liabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16429/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (16 Apr 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who own homes affected by pyrite and already have had testing and visual assessments of their homes undertaken will have to get additional testing carried out in order to avail of property tax exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16952/13]
- Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2013)
Paschal Donohoe: In response to the issue raised in the debate, it is important to note the contributions of people who will be involved in running or guiding the SFI and its new mandate. The words of Professor Brian MacCraith, president of Dublin City University, are apt. He was a member of the steering committee that examined the balance of funding and how the money could be spent in a way that fitted in...