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Topical Issues: School Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I thank the Minister for taking the time to come before the House and the Ceann Comhairle for selecting the topic. I raise the need to preserve parental choice for secondary schools. As a result of the sustained reduction in funding this Government has introduced, more and more fee-paying schools are being forced to enter the free education system, which is a worrying trend. By and large,...

Topical Issues: School Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I thank the Minister. I appreciate that she is operating in difficult and constrained circumstances but it is a little disingenuous, perhaps not on her part but on that of her officials, to suggest that the €25 million somehow is directly connected to the cuts that have been specifically targeted at fee-paying schools, which, of course, is not the case. These cuts are across the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Budgets (7 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 117. To ask the Taoiseach the total allocated budget for his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the actual outturns in each of his Department subheads at the end of 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37665/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (7 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 354. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce transfer of care protocols for patients leaving hospital to be cared for at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37978/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (7 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the capital funding spent on social housing (details supplied) in each of the years 2010 to date in 2014; the number of housing units this equated to in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37707/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 44. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to diffuse ongoing international concern over profit shifting among multinational companies based here and the use of the so-called double Irish tax regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38864/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Data (14 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an assessment of the property tax system to date; the amount of tax that has been raised in each county; a breakdown of property tax revenue by postcode in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38865/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (14 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an assessment of the performance of the Garda Reserve; the number of active members of the Garda Reserve that are contributing to police in the State; the duties carried out by members of the Garda Reserve; her plans to enhance the role of the Garda Reserve; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38858/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (14 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form, the number of members of the Garda Reserve that are active in County Dublin; the stations they are attached to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38859/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (14 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of community liaison officers there were in each Garda station in south Dublin in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38860/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (14 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the ongoing slaughter of innocent journalists and aid workers by Islamic State; the steps he will take in conjunction with our international partners to tackle the rise of IS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38861/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (14 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to review Ireland's role in an expanding European Union; if he will set out the strategic foreign policy goals of Ireland's relationship with our EU partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38862/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Strategy (14 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the material changes that have occurred in his Department since responsibility for trade shifted from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to his Department; the nature of his responsibility for the relevant trade agencies, Enterprise Ireland and the Industrial Development Agency; his trade objectives; and if he will make a...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: At long last workers who have sacrificed so much in recent years should have slightly more money in their pockets at the end of each week. This is a step in the right direction and I, for one, am happy to welcome it. However, what is completely absent from the budget is any new vision for sustainable economic growth. In fact, the economic plan for Ireland appears to be to simply mimic the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Investment Incentive Scheme (16 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support small businesses investment by introducing a scheme similar to the enterprise management incentive scheme in the UK, which is income tax-free, and ensures that a shareholding with a market value of up to €250,000 may be subjected to just 10% capital gains tax or if he will support other measures to encourage employees to become...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to incentivise investment in small businesses when the capital gains tax burden on business has increased by 65% in recent years and if he will support a system, following the US example, where capital gains on assets held for more than 12 months are taxed at a maximum rate of 20%, or Britain where the rate is reduced by its entrepreneurs’...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (21 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 96. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to alter the number of social welfare offices in the County Dublin area over the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39861/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (21 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: 107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps that have been taken to address the situation where persons in receipt of rent supplement are unable to find private rented accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39860/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I indicated to the clerk at the very beginning when we came in. I have been here for two hours.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: National Asset Management Agency (22 Oct 2014)

Lucinda Creighton: I appreciate the opportunity to speak. Unfortunately, for the past 15 months I have been excluded, along with my colleague Deputy Mathews, from the membership of any Oireachtas committee. This means we must wait until the very end, after all the other questions have been asked, to speak. We are in a very unsatisfactory position. I apologise for having to mention this in front of our...