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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1351: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the maximum income the spouse of a person receiving jobseeker's benefit may earn for the jobseeker to retain entitlement to the maximum and the minimum amount of assistance possible under the private mortgage interest supplement scheme; and if she will provide a sliding scale of entitlement by income level. [31163/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1352: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the general criteria applying to those applying to their local community welfare officer for humanitarian aid following the August 2008 floods; if income thresholds are applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31164/08]

Written Answers — Millennium Partnership Fund: Millennium Partnership Fund (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1641: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applicants for the Millennium Fund are not being entertained by some local area partnerships on the basis of their address due to the lack of funding to extend the fund into new locations; the action he will take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31162/08]

Written Answers — Early School Leavers: Early School Leavers (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1682: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the School Completion Programme will be affected by the 3% reduction in public service payroll costs; if he will reduce funding to SCPs; and, if so, the impact this reduction will have on young people attending SCPs in Dublin north west. [29962/08]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 1733: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9 that was notified by officials that it is to lose a teacher from September 2008; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that this will result in a number of very large class sizes, in some cases a pupil teacher ratio of 38:1; and if...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (25 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps which have been taken and those which remain to be taken, in terms of the implementation of the recommendations of Goodbody's Economic Consultants review of area-based tax incentive schemes of February 2006 and of the Indecon International Economic Consultants Review of Property based Tax Incentive Schemes of February 2006; and if he...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (25 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether any Irish bank is too big to fail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31338/08]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (25 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the CE scheme is struggling to recruit staff; and if she will change the qualifying criteria for participation in CE schemes to ensure that those wishing to avail of them may do so when a significant number of vacancies exist and qualifying periods take into...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (25 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost in tax expenditures on mortgage interest relief of a quarter percentage point rise in interest rates. [31853/08]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the situation regarding changes to blood testing services at the Mater Hospital; if the walk-in service has been discontinued; the reason for same; if her attention has been drawn to the negative effect these changes will have on waiting times for the service and to certain patient-types, such as patients with diabetes; and if she...

Written Answers — Prison Committals: Prison Committals (25 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide detailed documentation of the gratuities received by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 during their detention in Mountjoy Prison. [31855/08]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if and when she will address the anomalous position of persons in such circumstances; the specific provisions in primary or secondary legislation which permits the State to deduct PRSI under class A1; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (25 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the national average time for family mediation services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31857/08]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (25 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number and percentage of workers who make a PRSI contribution and who also benefit from the PRSI ceiling above which no PRSI is paid. [31852/08]

Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Why can he not answer the questions?

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a request to include people with post-polio syndrome in the medical card scheme without subjection to a means test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32174/08]

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (30 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if consideration has been completed on extending the recognised illnesses and conditions covered by the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32173/08]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (30 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cases where tenants' tax credits have been reduced with regard to the requirement for tenants to deduct 20% of the gross payable directly to their landlord's bank account when their landlord is non-resident; the number of these cases that have been appealed to the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (30 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the details of the agreement regarding the fee per patient payable to medical practitioners in respect of medical card patients with a breakdown for each category of medical card holder. [31963/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (30 Sep 2008)

Róisín Shortall: Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason top-up grants, previously available to some applicants who qualified for local authority home improvement grants, are no longer being granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32690/08]