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Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (31 Jan 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1785: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his projected timetable for the publication and enactment of legislation to remove the obstacles preventing the sale of local authority flats and apartments to local authority tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3163/07]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (31 Jan 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1870: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposals he has to regulate the standard and upkeep of landings in front of neighbourhood shops or otherwise extend the powers of local authorities to so regulate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2276/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (31 Jan 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1878: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if financial assistance is made available to local authorities for the provision of replacing windows; when this funding became available; the amount of funding which was allocated for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2490/07]

Written Answers — Meteorological Statistics: Meteorological Statistics (31 Jan 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1892: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the annual daily mean temperature for each year since records began for each of the Dublin observation and recording points or stations. [2587/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance the appeals process for a person who is charged back tax on the basis that a social welfare payment was not taken into account in calculating income tax liability in previous tax years by the Revenue Commissioners; the procedures in place to reduce the rate of annual repayment to a more manageable level; if he will provide a contact number other...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (6 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of single farm payments that have to be made to farmers in respect of the 2006 single payment scheme; the reason for the delay in paying farmers in respect of the 2006 single payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3756/07]

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (6 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on the compensation of horse breeders affected by swamp fever restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3759/07]

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (6 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals in respect of Pobal funding for community closed circuit television projects, for the ongoing monitoring of this CCTV footage; the guidelines for its usage; the role of the Garda in such projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3649/07]

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (6 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the plans for the proposed new Garda stations in Ballymun and Finglas include accommodation for closed circuit television monitoring equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3650/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm the position, in relation to the incurring of stamp duty, of a first-time buyer unmarried couple whose relationship breaks down and are forced to sell their property; the position if, in the same circumstances, the couple were married; the action he is taking to address such effects on the stamp duty regime; if he will reform...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (6 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to install changing facilities with toilets at the camogie pitches in Phoenix Park which are presently used by over two hundred people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3607/07]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 389: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in deciding an application for a non-contributory old age pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in view of the fact that the application was made in August 2006; and if he will take steps to ensure that this matter is sorted without further delay. [3454/07]

Written Answers — National Car Test: National Car Test (6 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 409: To ask the Minister for Transport the requirements of the national car testing service to send out renewal of certification notices to car owners; if this notification service has stopped; and if so, the reason therefore. [3774/07]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (7 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance when the proposed changes to the regulation of money lenders will be introduced by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority; the powers the authority will have to deal with moneylenders that do not comply with the new regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3884/07]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (7 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of GNP that the total annual tax revenue was equivalent to for each year from 2002 to date in 2007, broken down into each taxation category; the estimated corresponding figures for the year 2007 broken down into each taxation category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3882/07]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 291: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way a person who switches from a qualified adult payment on their spouse's pension to a carer's allowance in their own right, will be affected by the changes in September 2007, that is the introduction of a half-rate carer's allowance; if carers in this situation will be allowed to switch back to the qualified adult payment...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the continuing justification of the benefit and privilege rule for persons under 25 years who are genuinely seeking work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4365/07]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (7 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 356: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1870 of 31 January 2007, if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by local authorities in regulating heavily pot-holed and poorly maintained shop fronts and landings at long established shops where the footpaths are not in public...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (8 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the 13th report of the Independent Monitoring Commission in particular the sections detailing the actions and activities of republican paramilitaries; his further views on ongoing intelligence gathering for political purposes by republican groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4322/07]

Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (13 Feb 2007)

Róisín Shortall: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied that schools have adequate training and support to implement and maintain an effective anti-bullying regime in the context of growing evidence that children are being bullied in a variety of ways including the use of technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5097/07]