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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 311: To ask the Minister for Finance if benefit in kind is applied to the company cars of chief executive officers of State agencies; if the tax treatment differs from the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38278/09]

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (3 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 381: To ask the Minister for Finance if guidelines on the superannuation of chief executives of State sponsored bodies on severance, early retirement or resignation have been issued since those issued on 26 May 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38960/09]

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (3 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 382: To ask the Minister for Finance if, with regard to the superannuation and pension package granted to a person (details supplied) which he approved, his views on the fact that subsection 3 of section 6 of the Labour Services Act 1987 gave him [i]carte blanche[/i] to approve a package without limitations; if not, the legislation, scheme or guidelines that were used to grant their...

Written Answers — Remuneration of Bank Staff: Remuneration of Bank Staff (3 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 383: To ask the Minister for Finance if he had discussions with his directors on the board of a bank (details supplied) prior or subsequent to their decision to authorise a pay increase for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38964/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 445: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if Ocuvite will be provided to patients with a medical card when they have been diagnosed with macular degeneration and have been advised to take it by a specialist ophthalmologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38190/09]

Written Answers — Social Partnership Agreements: Social Partnership Agreements (3 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 790: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the review and working groups under the remit of his Department created to deal with matters arising from the social partnership agreements; the terms of reference of each such group; the membership of each such group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38940/09]

Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (3 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 834: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a decision has been made on future funding for the Family Support Agency and the Mountview and Corduff Resource Centres in view of the recommendations in the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes Report; the criteria for her decision; and when she will make an announcement to end uncertainty on...

Written Answers — Compulsory Purchase Orders: Compulsory Purchase Orders (3 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 991: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the powers of compulsory purchase which were vested in Telecom Éireann were transferred to Eircom when the company was privatised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38192/09]

Written Answers — Social Partnership Agreements: Social Partnership Agreements (3 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 1000: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the review and working groups under the remit of his Department created to deal with matters arising from the social partnership agreements; the terms of reference of each such group; the membership of each such group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38941/09]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (4 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 157: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average number of additional weeks added to the statutory redundancy payment for workers in both the private and public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39452/09]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (4 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance the guidelines which exist for payment of redundancy to public sector workers; if there is an agreed number of additional weeks to be paid on top of the statutory redundancy payment for public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39453/09]

Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (4 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent voluntary early retirement scheme for the Health Service Executive as a model for reducing public sector workers as stated in Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 18 February 2009; the number of persons who left the public service under the HSE VER scheme; the cost of payments to those who left the public service under the HSE...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (4 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who left the public service under the Health Service Executive voluntary early retirement scheme; the cost of payments to those who left the public service under the HSE VER scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39455/09]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (5 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Transport his strategies to make CIÉ financially more self-sufficient; his plans to reduce subvention to CIÉ; the amount of public money given in both capital and public service obligation payments to CIÉ since 1997 to date in 2009; the forecast made by him for the 2009 CIÉ deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39623/09]

Garda Strength. (10 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of senior Garda officers which have sought early retirement from An Garda Síochána in the past six months, in 2009; if those retiring will be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40338/09]

Written Answers — Science and Technology Groups: Science and Technology Groups (10 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding, broken-down by month and by funding programme or scheme, allocated by Enterprise Ireland to new projects with start dates from January 2009 to October 2009 within the funding programmes or schemes of innovation partnerships, industry led research programmes, competence centres, technology...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (10 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Finance the individual pension fund deficit for the Industrial Development Authority, Shannon Free Airport Development Company, FÁS, and Forfás; the financial exposure of the taxpayer for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39982/09]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (10 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the individual pension fund deficit for all organisations and bodies with extended guarantees arising from the Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; the financial exposure of the taxpayer for 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39983/09]

Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: This important and relevant amendment stems from the package awarded to Mr. Molloy on his resignation from FÁS. That package, both in terms of the additional top-ups and the discretionary payments, was absolutely not in accordance with either the closed FÁS superannuation scheme or the scheme adopted by statutory instrument in 1998. When this was put to the Minister for Finance, he...

Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Nov 2009)

Leo Varadkar: I support the amendment. I acknowledge that one of the positive measures in the legislation is the extension of whistleblower protection to FÁS staff. It should not be forgotten that many of the scandals in the organisation only came to light because staff members would not tolerate what was happening and they blew the whistle. Unfortunately, one of the consequences of these scandals is a...