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Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (12 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the exclusion of persons on low incomes from the home energy saving scheme; the reason there is a minimum requirement that the grant amount in the first application must be €500 or greater; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this excludes those who only require a cavity wall...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (12 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the anomaly where workers in a hospital (details supplied) who will not get a public service pension are paying the pension levy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18535/09]

Written Answers — Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Education (12 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide further clarification on the early childhood and education scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some providers operate for 41 weeks of the year and require extra fees in order to pay for new equipment and so on; if it is the case that they are limited to charging €240 a month for 38 weeks of...

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (12 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people affected by tuberculosis here; the level of care available; the way the figure compares with previous years; the measures in place to prevent further infections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18529/09]

Banking System: Motion (Resumed) (13 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: The Government's policies of the past 12 years brought us to the economic and banking crisis of last September, which is much worse than is being experienced in other countries. Alternative approaches were available during that 12-year period, many of which were voiced by the Labour Party. For example, in regard to the property bubble, as far back as 1999 the Labour Party was proposing an...

Written Answers — Banking Sector: Banking Sector (13 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the suggestion the bank rescue plans here could be the highest, as a proportion of national income, of any developed economy; his further views on the fact that the final cost of bailing out the banks could be more than €20 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18974/09]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (13 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on declines in the solvency situation of insurance companies based here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18975/09]

Written Answers — Third Level Institutions: Third Level Institutions (14 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received the revised draft strategic plan and related budget from the Grangegorman Development Agency which will provide for the relocation of the Dublin Institute of Technology from more than 30 different locations and sites in the Dublin area to a new integrated urban campus at Grangegorman, Dublin 7, catering for 27,000...

Written Answers — Further Education: Further Education (14 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 29 April 2009, if the application process for post leaving certificate courses in the 2009-10 academic year has concluded; if so, the way the 1,500 places allocated to post leaving certificate providers in the 7 April 2009 budget are to be offered to the public; the way the extra places...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (14 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the level of funding provided, in each of the past five years, for the air ambulance service operating out of Bantry General Hospital in County Cork; if there are plans to further develop this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19489/09]

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (14 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has provided funding for the development of Baltimore Harbour in County Cork; the level of funding provided; when he expects work to commence on this development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19490/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the need for a permanent school building in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19455/09]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (19 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 113: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU Directives for which her Department has responsibility remaining to be implemented; the directives which are overdue; the number of reasoned opinions received from the EU Commission since 2002 to date in 2009 regarding delays or non-implementation of such directives; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the options being considered by the Taxation Commission in relation to retirement lump sums; when he expects a report from the Commission on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19700/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available to allow an extension to proceed at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19733/09]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (19 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the ratio of pupils to teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; if there are plans to reduce this ratio; his policy in relation to class sizes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19739/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 439: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available to provide a proper permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 22; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that pupils and staff have been in temporary prefabs for over a decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20107/09]

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (20 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the plans for a debate with relevant stakeholders on the future of food production in Europe in view of the fact that major changes are expected to take place in 2013 in terms of the way the EU handles its food policy and farm family incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20191/09]

Written Answers — Farm Inspections: Farm Inspections (20 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the new arrangements for farm inspections relating to the Nitrates Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20192/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 May 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on the proposed building project for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this school is in bad condition and that some classes have to be accommodated in prefabs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20493/09]