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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I have a direct question for the Comptroller and Auditor General on the 0.8% of people in receipt of a medical card who may not have been resident in the State or were not using the card. In both cases, does the taxpayer pay for the card?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: The flat rate would still have been paid to GPs for the period when the card was not in use.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I support the Deputy's request. I also support his request from the point of view that conscious changes were made to the eligibility criteria for medical cards in order to make savings and those changes affected a proportion of card holders. What we are saying, to return to percentages, is that 1% of people who had a medical card either were not using it or were not living in the State,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I support the call my colleagues have made but I want to put it in context in respect of an item of correspondence noted earlier. Item No. 3 A.1, from the DDDA, includes notes for a sub-committee meeting of the board on 5 October 2005 in respect of the Glass Bottle site. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time we have had reference made to the meeting. I stand to be corrected...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: It would be helpful if we could be re-acquainted with the sequence of events in the run-up to this. If one looks at the last sentence under point number three, it says it would be better if it could be "orchestrated so that the Port requested the authority to undertake this role". We are talking here about a State body referring to another State body and none of this has come up in the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: We could have it on Wednesday.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (20 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: Scheduling the private meeting for Wednesday morning would be preferable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Democratic Legitimacy and Accountability in the EU: Discussion (Resumed) with CES (20 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I welcome Mr. Freudenstein and thank him for the brevity of his contribution, which means that we have more time for questions and discussion. I have three questions for him, two of which are based on his contribution. Mr. Freudenstein acknowledges the need for a greater role for national parliaments with respect to future developments in budgetary policy. I ask him to outline how he...

Topical Issue Debate: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for taking this matter. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, is in the Seanad dealing with a Bill on social protection. The issue I wish to raise is the effect on the disposable income of some individuals of the reclassification of Sunday in calculating jobseeker’s benefit or jobseeker’s allowance. A...

Topical Issue Debate: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: The Minister stated: "or in the case of jobseeker's allowance, they have means in respect of the day's employment deducted from their weekly payment". This is the core of the issue I have raised. The magnitude of change for my constituent and many people like him across the country is a reduction of almost three quarters in their payment. Given the income for working three days a week in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Smuggling (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 184. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of successful prosecutions that have been made for the supply of illegally obtained cigarettes and tobacco; the average length of sentence or fine for any successful prosecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30842/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Smuggling (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cigarettes a person may legally bring into this jurisdiction; if any consideration has been given to amend the limit on the amount that may be brought in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30843/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had the opportunity to examine the possibility of amending Section 469 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 in respect of persons claiming reimbursement of their physiotherapy expenses through self-referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30232/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will extend the remote area grant for island children to all boarding schools including those currently not eligible for the grant which would assist when parents wish to send their children to boarding schools rather than boarding houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30682/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 451. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for residency in the State respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30185/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 487. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to have the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30732/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 568. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has indicated its plans in respect of using a building (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30225/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Properties (25 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 663. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will direct the board of Coras Iompar Éireann to undertake enhancement works to a site (details supplied) in Dublin 1 pending its redevelopment in order to make a contribution to the enhancement of the city [30533/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: 153. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 421 of 28 May and 442 of 11 June 2013, the progress made to date on the specific targets that were published in the Government's Pathways to Work strategy (details supplied); if she will report on performance against these targets for quarter 1 and for quarter 2 of 2013; and if she cannot outline the...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report No. 77 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Mr. Bradshaw for attending this afternoon's meeting. Is it correct that he was chairman of the board for ten years?