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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment and Youth Unemployment: Discussion (18 Sep 2012)

John Lyons: Thank you, Chairman. I welcome the delegates and thank them for their presentations. My first question is to Mr. Strauss. I attended the conference on employment organised by the European Commission. In fact, I was sitting across from Mr. Strauss when Professor Bill Mitchell, director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity and professor of economics at the University of Newcastle in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Black Economy Issues (19 Sep 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail his efforts to tackle the problem of the black economy. [39508/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Black Economy Issues (19 Sep 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail his efforts to tackle the problem of the black economy; and the estimated loss to the Exchequer of revenue as a result of the black economy. [39380/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bioenergy Ireland (19 Sep 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the establishment of BioEnergy Ireland; and its plans for an annual 14,700 hectare afforestation programme. [39377/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bioenergy Ireland (19 Sep 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the establishment of BioEnergy Ireland; and its plans for an annual 14,700 hectare afforestation programme. [39377/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (20 Sep 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation with regard to the International Labour Organisation convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers adopted last year in Geneva, if he will consider ensuring that he ratifies said convention in relation to domestic workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39836/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Numbers (20 Sep 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that a person (details supplied) received all the payments they were entitled to under the jobbridge initiative. [39929/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Sep 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the taxation of home heating oil in view of the difficulties consumers are experiencing with increasing costs. [40141/12]

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2012)

John Lyons: I want to acknowledge the work carried out over the years by various civil society groups and others that has brought us to this point. I want to credit the members of the cross-party committee on the constitutional amendment on children and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Fitzgerald, for their combined work on this issue. I also want to recognise the cross-party support...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (2 Oct 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual saving to the Exchequer of reducing tax relief on pension contributions including the public service pension related deduction from the marginal rate to the standard rate of income tax; of a reduction in the Standard Fund Threshold from €2.3m to €622,500; of a reduction in the annual earnings limit for determining maximum...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme Eligibility (2 Oct 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria for the vocational training opportunity scheme; if vacant course placements will be extended to those seeking to return to the workforce through education following a long break from employment; and if he will give due consideration to an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 [41380/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (2 Oct 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the payment of allowance to teachers for masters level qualifications, in particular with relation to teachers who took up further education at their own personal expense, and who would have had a legitimate expectation to receive their increases when they began their studies prior to the abolition of degree allowance in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 Oct 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the number of former public servants recruited before the sixth of April 1995 who are currently receiving a public sector pension; if he will provide an age profile of those public servants; if he will provide, in a tabular form, the numbers of public sector pensioners in the following payment parameters; between...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 Oct 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the number of former public servants recruited before the sixth of April 1995 who are currently receiving a public sector pension including both pensions funded by the Exchequer and through the Local Government Fund; if he will provide an age profile of those public servants; if he will provide, in a tabular form, the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Applications (2 Oct 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an up-to-date position on an application for rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied). [41507/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Referendum Expenditure (2 Oct 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if in the interest of fairness he will work with his ministerial colleagues to prioritise the appointment of those on the live register to posts in voting and count centres for the upcoming referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41949/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Referendum Expenditure (2 Oct 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if in the interest of fairness he will ensure that appointments for posts in voting and count centres for the upcoming referendum will be prioritised for those on the live register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41947/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Referendum Expenditure (2 Oct 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail the number of temporary posts in voting and count centres which will be created for the upcoming referendum; the hourly daily pay for each post; the means by which these posts will be advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41948/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Application (3 Oct 2012)

John Lyons: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to take into account mortgage holders in arrears or severe negative equity with the introduction of a property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42141/12]

Topical Issue Debate: Property Services Regulation (9 Oct 2012)

John Lyons: I thank the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, for taking the time to listen to my concerns about this issue. I want to highlight a number of issues that affect management companies and the residents who constitute their members. I raise this issue on foot of a report in The Irish Times on Friday last on a potentially serious situation which was developing with...