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Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)

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Written Answers — Census of Population: Census of Population (6 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will ask the Central Statistics Office to prepare as soon as is possible revised population projections for the next twenty years following on from census 2011, in view of the fact that the last projections date from December 2008 and the next projections are not due until 2013, and the current figures, crucial for long term strategic planning do not...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (6 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget expenditure granted to Science Foundation Ireland on an annual basis from 2000 to 2011 in tabular form, with a breakdown of capital and current funding; if he will provide the total cost of remunerating the board of SFI, a breakdown of the individual remuneration provided to each board member, and the salary of...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (6 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the capital budget granted to Science Foundation Ireland that was spent on salaries of researchers from 2000 to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38757/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (6 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the pension entitlements of researchers employed under capital grants distributed by Science Foundation Ireland; if they are subject to the public sector pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38758/11]

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (6 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 245: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify if the Deputy elected as Ceann Comhairle by Dáil Éireann must be re-elected in the constituency from which he or she was originally elected, or if he or she can move constituency; if he will elaborate on the rules that apply in the event of his or her constituency being abolished in the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (6 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 246: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the funding allocated to each local authority from the local government fund in 2011 in tabular form; if he will outline the allocation rules that apply and if he can clarify if funding is distributed on a [i]per capita[/i] basis; if not, the reason therefor; his views that this...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (6 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 351: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason she has decided to examine the possibility of a bilateral agreement for adoption with Russia, a non-signatory to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-country Adoption; the reason she will not do the same for Ethiopia in view of that decision; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (6 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 442: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ban the use of creatine and other muscle building supplements by children under the age of 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38820/11]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (8 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he can justify allowing Permanent TSB to charge its home loan customers a standard variable rate of 6% while the two other State owned banks, ESB and AIB charge 4.8% and 3% respectively, and while acknowledging that it is not the normal role of the Minister to interfere with the setting of interest rates, it is noted that a precedent has...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (8 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending the back to education allowance scheme to allow students involved in the youth reach programme to proceed directly to further education and remain eligible for BETA without having to sign on to the live register for a period of up to three months to break the cycle of dependency on jobseeker's allowance and...

Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (13 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the projected loss to the Exchequer due to the capital gains exemption introduced for the sale of any commercial property that takes place up to 2013 which is not resold for seven years; if the incentive relief will apply in perpetuity, for example, if a property bought in 2012 is not sold for 50 years, whether no capital gains will apply in...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (13 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance the specific measures he intends to introduce in the Finance Bill 2012, as mentioned in his budget speech, to support the continued success of the international funds industry, the corporate treasury sector, the international insurance industry and the aircraft leasing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39884/11]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (13 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons employed on community employment schemes in 2011, on a county basis in tabular form, and for the Dublin figure if she will provide a breakdown by postal code in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39902/11]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Dec 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 454: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding speech and language therapy in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39614/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (11 Jan 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the decision by the EBS not to pay staff their 13th annual payment which has been a long-standing part of their employment contract; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that staff in EBS were only informed of this decision on the 6 December 2011, three days before payment was due, and that this...

Written Answers — Public Procurement: Public Procurement (11 Jan 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 937: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, is in the process of rebranding its image including the commissioning of a new logo for use on all stationary and communications; if this process has been sanctioned by him; if he will provide the figures of the amount that has been spent to date; the amount that has...

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (12 Jan 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views that value for money is achieved in our marketing spend to attract tourists to Ireland in view of the finding from the World Tourism Organisation in 2009 that Ireland had the highest marketing spend per tourist arrival of 29 European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1695/12]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (12 Jan 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will appoint an architect to the board of An Bord Pleanála in view of the fact that there is no one with architectural, urban design or conservation expertise currently sitting on the board that deals with planning appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1751/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (12 Jan 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Health the disciplinary procedures that are being taken against hospital consultants who did not sign off on health insurance claim forms in a timely manner, resulting in the loss of €76 million to the State; if he will consider pursuing the individual consultants for these losses where negligence occurred; and if he will make a statement on the...