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Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Increases (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected increase in indirect taxes such as VAT from which the State will benefit as a result of every million euro cut in income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7759/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to prevent the sale of mortgages from foreign owned banks to unregulated operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7760/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Banking Union (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding Irish legacy bank debt; if he will make Irish agreement on European banking union conditional on a deal on legacy debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7761/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reducing VAT on construction work to 9%; if he will consider this on a pilot basis as an economic stimulus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7770/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance the rebate available to persons with disabilities for expenditure on essential home adaptations, fuel, transportation, equipment and other related expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7807/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views regarding the declining standard of education being provided to Irish children in the small schools that are losing teachers under the budget 2012 changes to threshold requirements for teacher allocation; if he will reverse these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7805/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an English as an additional language post for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7733/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an English as an additional language post will be retained by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8333/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Value for Money Reviews (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for not publishing the value for money report on two-teacher schools; the persons who carried out the report; the cost of same; when he received the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7755/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of each pupil-teacher ratio reduction by one in the primary and secondary sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7768/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school bus at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry will make the pick up and drop off at a safer location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8283/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Programme Expenditure (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to detail his plans for further economic stimulus programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7809/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 313. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on works at Derrynane House; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7812/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 335. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the rate of job creation in County Kerry; if his attention has been drawn to the Industrial Development Agency record in County Kerry; the action he has taken on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7771/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 336. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding County Kerry's status for grant aid for foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7772/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amounts in tabular form that her Department has paid in jobseeker's allowance and benefit in 2011, 2012 and 2013; the anticipated expenditure for these payments in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8171/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 404. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she anticipates a budgetary surplus in her Department in 2014 as a result of rising employment and falling unemployment; the anticipated and actual spend in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8172/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Reform (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 405. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the efforts she is making to tackle high replacement rates; if she can point to circumstances where departmental changes since March 2011 have reduced replacement rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8176/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 406. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the efforts she is making to ensure her Department has a detailed breakdown of the skills sets of jobseekers; the way she is measuring the success of activation measures in this context; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8177/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Investigations (18 Feb 2014)

Brendan Griffin: 407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the follow up there has been on a case of reported alleged social welfare fraud since the report was first submitted (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8199/14]