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Written Answers — Defence Forces Patients Charter: Defence Forces Patients Charter (19 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress to date on the implementation of the Defence Forces patients charter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6354/08]

Written Answers — Population Statistics: Population Statistics (19 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 168: To ask the Taoiseach the population figures in each of the 18 Dublin Garda districts in the 2006 census. [5946/08]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (19 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will allow late application for the nursing home refund scheme where the late application was due to reasonable cause; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6836/08]

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: I wish to raise a couple of issues. Very much on people's mind at the moment is that this day week, there could be a 24-hour complete shutdown of our airports. Why do we always have this high wire act with disputes in essential services? It is many years since the Oireachtas made legislative provision for special ways of dealing with disputes in essential services but they have never been...

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: I agree, but some 90,000 people, including tourists, business people and ordinary members of the public, will be disrupted.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: We have made legislative provision that has never been brought into effect under any order or secondary legislation. I see the Greens have now changed their mind in respect of ABA schools and they now want to ensure parents get what they want in appropriate education for their children. Is the Tánaiste, who has taken a keen interest in the area, supportive of what was proposed by Fine Gael,...

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: I have been in this House for 25 years and I have seen the general tolerance of the Chair on a Thursday to have some issues of importance answered——

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: ——by a Minister or by the Taoiseach, as used to be the case.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: I understand the difficulty but a dispute will affect 90,000 people next Thursday. People are now making plans and people would like to know the Government's thinking on this issue.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: One wishes.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: It is too early in the day.

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (21 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she or her Department have made submissions to the Department of Transport in relation to the proposed relocation of the marine rescue stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6879/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the condition that a person who is signing for credits but receiving no social welfare payments, is excluded from receiving respite care grant even if they are providing full-time care and need to keep their insurance record intact as in a case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [7196/08]

Tax Code. (26 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Government tax reform priorities remain as cuts in the top rate and standard rate of income tax and the reduction in employee and self-employed rates of PRSI in view of the terms of reference set for the Commission on Taxation. [8063/08]

Tax Code. (26 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: As the Minister knows from the terms of reference, the Commission on Taxation has been asked to examine the balance achieved between taxes collected on income and other taxes. The Government has made clear its commitment in respect of taxes collected on income, that is, to reduce PRSI from 4% to 2%, to cut the standard rate from 20% to 18% and to cut the top rate from 41% to 40%. There is...

Tax Code. (26 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: Am I correct in reading the Tánaiste's response as meaning that he has discovered he cannot implement the clear commitments made to the public? Under the guise of making a proper balance between income and other taxes, the Tánaiste is seeking a way to ignore commitments made solemnly to the Irish public. In May there was no problem in honouring these commitments. Fianna Fáil berated...

Tax Code. (26 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: That was not the point, and the Tánaiste may recall the advertising slogans that were produced.

Tax Code. (26 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: The question the Minister was asked was if he will honour all the Government's commitments.

Tax Code. (26 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: Answer the question.

Tax Code. (26 Feb 2008)

Richard Bruton: Will the Minister publish the cost of his commitments to show his good faith?