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Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (19 Dec 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide retrospection to 1 January 2008 for the proposed new nursing home payment arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35939/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Dec 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Transport further to a previous parliamentary question, if he will provide details of the incremental costs of all bodies from set up and annual budget with a break down of annual overheads. [35917/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Dec 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 223: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, further to a previous parliamentary question, he will provide details of the incremental costs of all bodies from set up and annual budget with a break down of annual overheads. [35913/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Dec 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism further to a previous parliamentary question, if he will provide details of the incremental costs of all bodies from set up and annual budget with a break down of annual overheads. [35905/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Dec 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to a previous parliamentary question, if he will provide details of the incremental costs of all bodies from set up and annual budget with a break down of annual overheads. [35915/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Dec 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to a previous parliamentary question, if he will provide details of the incremental costs of all bodies from set up and annual budget with a break down of annual overheads. [35906/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Dec 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 330: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to a previous parliamentary question, if she will provide details of the incremental costs of all bodies from set up and annual budget with a break down of annual overheads. [35909/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Dec 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 351: To ask the Minister for Defence further to a previous parliamentary question, if he will provide details of the incremental costs of all bodies from set up and annual budget with a break down of annual overheads. [35908/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Dec 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 376: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to a previous parliamentary question, if he will provide details of the incremental costs of all bodies from set up and annual budget with a breakdown of annual overheads. [35914/07]

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (19 Dec 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for not providing the proposed motor taxation concessions for fuel efficient cars to owners of such cars who purchased them prior to the commencement date of the new vehicle registration tax regime. [35845/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Dec 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to a previous parliamentary question, if he will provide details of the incremental costs of all bodies from set up and annual budget with a breakdown of annual overheads. [35911/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Dec 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 410: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, further to a previous parliamentary question, if he will provide details of the incremental costs of all bodies from set up and annual budget with a breakdown of annual overheads. [35907/07]

Economic Competitiveness. (30 Jan 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the policy changes he plans to strengthen the resistance of the economy here to a downturn, in view of the loss of its competitive edge and the tougher global environment. [2569/08]

Economic Competitiveness. (30 Jan 2008)

Richard Bruton: Where is the strategy to protect Ireland from the worst threats posed by global difficulties? It is commonly accepted that, under this Government and the Tánaiste as Minister for Finance, we became too reliant on the property boom, which the Government fuelled. The rankings provided by the National Competitiveness Council show that we have slid 17 places and, in the past five years, lost...

Economic Competitiveness. (30 Jan 2008)

Richard Bruton: Will the Tánaiste agree to some specific initiatives? For example, in the electricity sector, we are clearly 50% dearer than many of our competitors. It appears that we have decided to pay the chief executive much more. Will the Tánaiste demand that there be benchmarks for competitiveness in this utility set? Will he agree to audit the number of quangos that have been established and...

Computerisation Programme. (30 Jan 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself with the role his Department has played in driving an effective e-Government strategy. [2570/08]

Computerisation Programme. (30 Jan 2008)

Richard Bruton: I am amazed that the Tánaiste is happily deluding himself that the Government is making progress on e-Government. I wonder has he read the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on e-Government. It shows that €420 million was spent and half of the delivery promised was achieved. It is a programme that shows little evidence of substantial savings from the application of information...

Computerisation Programme. (30 Jan 2008)

Richard Bruton: When the Minister is asked a difficult question, he responds by reading blather from his file, which is a bit wearing. He was asked what was his role in this regard. This was a programme that, for example in the public service broker, was approved without a budget. There was no matching budget for it and no evaluation of what was going on with it. It cost two and a half times over budget....

Computerisation Programme. (30 Jan 2008)

Richard Bruton: I talked about the public sector broker. What happened with the public sector broker?

Computerisation Programme. (30 Jan 2008)

Richard Bruton: The Minister gave no answer, just waffle.