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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (1 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide by date and intended purpose each grant awarded to fund the dublinbikes scheme since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28122/14]

Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Local Government Reform Act 2014.This is a simple Bill to amend section 66 of the 2014 Act. It would change the date from 31 March 2014 to 31 December 2016. That would enable the four local authorities in Dublin to restart the process of dealing with the proposal for a directly elected mayor of Dublin. If the...

Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2014: First Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (3 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 213. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on progress on the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill; the provisions it will cover; when it will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28891/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Funding (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 129. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of funding his Department provides for library services for persons with a visual impairment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29583/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Correspondence (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 195. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department, agencies under his control or any staff received requests, proposals or submissions on the need for a mortgage indemnity scheme in particular for first-time buyers from any regulated financial institutions here; if so, from whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29629/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland IT Operations (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in a spreadsheet format the value in euro and punt of each individual transaction of punt to euro exchange at the Cental Bank of Ireland in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 respectively; total amounts for each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29630/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance the losses the Central Bank of Ireland has made on the exchange of punts to euro since 2002 taking into account the original provision of €60 million in 2002 for future transactions; the total exchange of punt notes and coins, respectively, since that provision was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29631/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance when the advisory group on tax and social welfare will publish its report on increasing the incentives for persons to return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29632/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have undertaken any estimate of the projected cost to the Exchequer of establishing the necessary administrative system to facilitate the refund of tax credits; if the Revenue Commissioners or his Department have carried out a study of the amount a refundable tax credit system for low paid workers would cost assuming a suitable...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list for each year since 1997 the applicable stamp duty rate on non-residential property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29634/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2014 (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that on current projections Ireland will have a primary budget surplus this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29635/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2014 (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of servicing the national debt as projected in budget 2014; the outturn for the year to date; the savings that have been made; where have they arisen; the total projected saving on the budgeted amount of debt interest for 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29636/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Structural Budget Balance (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the ESRI Bergin and Fitzgerald note on the structural balance for Ireland; the definition his Department uses for defining our structural balance; if his Department accepts the conclusion that the EU approach is inappropriate for calculating Ireland's structural balance; the action he is taking on same; if Ireland will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate pay day lenders here; if companies (details supplied) were to begin to offer such loans here, the regulations by which they would be covered; his plans to introduce regulations and law similar to those in some Australian states where there is a cap of a 48%-APR maximum loan rate, including fees and brokerage; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Stability Programmes (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance if the EU Commission will be carrying out an alert mechanism report under macroeconomic imbalances procedure now that Ireland has exited the bailout programme; the date on which this will take place; the expected publication date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29640/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Dark Pool Trading (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance if dark pool trading, private forums for trading securities that is not openly available to the public, regulated here; and if so by whom; the number of operations that are based here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29641/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding his Department provides for library services for persons with a visual impairment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29574/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Models (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on developing an economic model to measure the impact and who loses or gains most from public service spending cuts or tax increases as the UK Treasury has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29639/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Programme Expenditure (8 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 324. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the amount of capital investment spending in each year since 2000; the percentage of GDP this was in each year; the EU average currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29585/14]