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Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Amendments Nos. 1 to 16 are related and may be discussed together.

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (5 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) has notified customers of an increase in their bin collection charges, due to an increase in landfill levy by 30% from €50 to €65 per tonne from July 2012; if further attention has been drawn to these increases will place an...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (5 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding proposals to put in place a national household waste collection waiver system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32839/12]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has issued any guidelines to local authorities in respect of local authority tenants who are married, separated and where one of the spouses is in need of separate accommodation; if there is any onus on the council to provide separate accommodation for the spouse concerned; if he has not issued...

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (5 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he will to take to tackle anti-social behaviour problems, including an increase in physical violence, on our streets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32832/12]

Written Answers — Professional Qualifications: Professional Qualifications (5 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Health the procedures that are in place to give the appropriate recognition to persons who have qualified as physiotherapists in other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32864/12]

Written Answers — National Substance Misuse Strategy: National Substance Misuse Strategy (5 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the recommendations of the National Substance Misuse Strategy Steering Group's report on alcohol; if and when he will implement the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32882/12]

Constitutional Convention: Motion (10 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Deputy McDonald was referring to the campaign of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and other groups to participate in the convention. I agree with some of the points made by the groups, which call themselves Hear Our Voices, but I do not agree that they should be members of the convention. To include civic society groups in the membership would distort the convention in terms of it...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (10 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the appropriate authorities the situation regarding a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33188/12]

Written Answers — Invalidity Pension: Invalidity Pension (10 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on an appeal for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin and if she will expedite the matter. [33179/12]

Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (10 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the amount of funding provided in respect of rent supplement for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33611/12]

Written Answers — Mortgage Arrears: Mortgage Arrears (11 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to help those in difficulty with repaying their mortgages who purchased a house a joint tenant with a partner to whom, they were never married and with whom they are no longer in a relationship, in terms of the banks having to deal with them in their own right as mortgagees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33935/12]

Written Answers — Bank IT Systems: Bank IT Systems (11 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance his views the way the Central Bank of Ireland and the Financial Regulator will have an oversight of banking operations here when some banks have outsourced their operations overseas, including in some cases their entire IT Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33937/12]

Written Answers — Bank IT Systems: Bank IT Systems (11 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in relation to problems that occurred with Ulster Bank's information technology systems, if there is an oversight by the Central Bank of Ireland in respect of the information technology policies of the bank to ensure appropriate safeguards in that policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33944/12]

Written Answers — Intellectual Property: Intellectual Property (11 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on consultation with stakeholders in respect of copyright law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33828/12]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (12 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the number of public servants who earn the salaries (details supplied) after 1 March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34254/12]

Written Answers — Pilot Training Courses: Pilot Training Courses (12 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he is taking to assist 80 Irish trainee pilots currently stranded in Florida after their courses were cancelled due to a dispute between the Pilot Training College in County Waterford and the Florida Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34251/12]

Written Answers — Dáil Reform: Dáil Reform (17 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 61: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to review the changes to the way the Oireachtas conducts its business including the changes to Dail and Seanad Standing Orders that have taken place in the current Oireachtas term, the changes to Committees and the new committees; if this review will be carried out on a cross party basis to ensure that the changes are working well; when is it...

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (17 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is his attention has been drawn to recent reports that a university intends to provide loans to students parents in an arrangement with a bank; if he has any oversight in relation to this arrangement to ensure that students are protected from incurring long term debt and interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35341/12]

Written Answers — Rent Supplement Scheme: Rent Supplement Scheme (17 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any monitoring is taking place regarding local caps on rent allowance by local authorities to ensure that the rental cap is not lowered to a level whereby tenants will be priced out of the rental market; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35345/12]