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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Budget 2014 Issues (11 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 123. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if income supports will be protected for family carers in budget 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34024/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Respite Care Grant Administration (11 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reversing the cuts to the respite grants or offer an alternative as a redress to compensate for these cuts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34025/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits (11 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the household benefit package will be reviewed to take into consideration the costs involved with running medical devices from homes such as nebulisers and ventilators and the impact such equipment has on energy costs, also the costs of operating washing machines especially for persons who suffer from incontinence; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits (11 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the provision of a direct telephone line will be included in the household benefits package which is essential for emergency and security reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34027/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits (11 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 127. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the new household broadcasting charge will be included in the household benefit package for family carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34028/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (11 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider removing the habitual residence clause as a requirement of eligibility for carer's allowance for persons returning here to provide full-time care. [34030/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (11 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions being devised to protect long-term and older carers in relation to their pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34032/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Noxious Weeds (11 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 140. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the threat posed to native and other species by the plant known as Japanese knotweed, Fallopia Japonica; if he is concerned that hedge cutting by local authorities and individual landowners is spreading this invasive species; his plans to amend the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 in an effort to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (11 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 215. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason capital grant aid was not provided for a centre (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34035/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (11 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 236. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical device will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34022/13]

Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 835. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a decision has been made on appointing regional subcontractors for the installation of water meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35378/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2014 Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is supportive of retaining the 9% VAT rate for the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34430/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (16 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is preferred policy by the Revenue Commissioners to recover tax liabilities to seek judgments on the homes of previously self-employed persons as opposed to accepting settlements or instalment orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34919/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers Grant Eligibility (16 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance if tax relief will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35111/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2014 Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 299. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will retain VAT at 9% for labour intensive services and tourism related services; if he recognises the considerable success of the reduction in VAT for such services in 2011; if he recognises that the State has benefitted enormously from the provision of employment, the generation of extra economic activity and a reduction of pressures on the social...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rates Reductions (16 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 300. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reduce the rate of VAT payable by ice-cream parlours to 9% in recognition of the labour intensive nature of the business and the heavy dependency that such businesses have on tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35483/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (16 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide, in tabular form, the schools in County Kerry that have received or have been allocated funding since March 2011 for summer works schemes, emergency works, additional accommodation, new school buildings and any other capital investment, the amount involved in total and the amounts in respect of each development; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Levels (16 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 477. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the main strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats in relation to job retention and creation in County Kerry; if his attention has been drawn to the high live register figures in the county and the mass exodus of young persons from the county in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35476/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (16 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 483. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34171/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Appeals (16 Jul 2013)

Brendan Griffin: 490. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal on a farm assist application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [34287/13]