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Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (4 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average rent paid per week by local authorities to private landlords participating in the rental accommodation scheme broken down by unit size including one bed, two bed and three bed units. [38258/08]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (4 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to improve emergency accommodation and refuge provision places for women and children escaping domestic violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38357/08]

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (4 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown by county of the number of people who sought emergency accommodation from local authorities during 2007 and the number of people who were provided with emergency accommodation during this period. [38358/08]

Overseas Development Aid. (5 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister agree that UNRWA's efforts among Palestinian refugees are required because of the ongoing unlawful aggression by the Israeli State against Palestinians? Israel's expansionist policies continue today, with the result that ever larger numbers of Palestinians are becoming refugees. Palestinians must pay the human cost of Israel's policies while we fork out financially for the...

Overseas Development Aid. (5 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am glad that the percentage of GDP is heading in the right direction. Is the Minister confident that the money set aside is spent effectively and efficiently in promoting awareness? That is the budget that Irish Aid holds. One of the criticisms levelled at aid organisations was that they spent too much on administration and self-promoting propaganda. Most organisations have addressed...

Overseas Development Aid. (5 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I did not question some of the other ones which are effective——

Foreign Conflicts. (5 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take steps to upgrade the relationship between Ireland and the Palestinian Authority; and if so, what these steps involve. [38324/08]

Foreign Conflicts. (5 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the EU decision in June 2008 to upgrade relations with Israel despite Israel's failure to fulfil its obligations under EU-Israel partnership agreements as evidenced by a report published in March 2008 by a group of non-governmental organisations (details supplied); and if he will use the earliest...

Foreign Conflicts. (5 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: On 1 September the EU decided that meetings with Russia about a new partnership agreement would be postponed, which I welcome. Should the same approach not be implemented if the Minister believes, as he has said, that there is collective punishment in Gaza at the moment? The EU-Israel Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreement should be suspended as a means of making progress and forcing...

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Professionals always make money out of it.

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Green Party was making statements last week.

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Deputy would know about that.

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Deputy Byrne was paid well for it.

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is iad na príomh pointí a cuireadh trasna an fáth, go bhfuil mé ag cur i gcoinne An Bille um Binsí Fiosrúcháin. It is interesting to listen to Deputy Byrne discussing whether he was a donkey. I will leave that to someone else to discuss. He referred to costs. Is he suggesting legal secretaries should be on the minimum wage, carrying out work that is important? Given the advent of...

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (6 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Finance the meetings or correspondence there was between his office and a company (details supplied) in view of the decision by the company not to join the credit institutions guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38666/08]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (6 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure better reporting going forward in view of the previous failings of his Department to accurately predict tax revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38668/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the fuel allowance is not paid in two block sums, as lobbied for by many poverty and other agencies. [39485/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Question No. 283 of 24 September 2008, if he will correct this anomaly in view of the fact that the amount paid as rent to the local authority under the shared ownership scheme may amount to several hundred euro per month, in addition to the mortgage repayments, and that these homeowners are low-income by definition. [39573/08]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 363: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the allegations made by a person (details supplied) that their correspondence went missing; and if he will investigate whether the letters in question were stopped or their content passed on to any other individual or agency and whether letters from their correspondents, their names and...

Written Answers — Prison Medical Service: Prison Medical Service (11 Nov 2008)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to complaints from a person (details supplied) that they have been suffering acute pain and other symptoms for months but that the prison doctor has refused to treat them; and if he will take action regarding the matter. [39636/08]