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Written Answers — Rental Accommodation Scheme: Rental Accommodation Scheme (17 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the number of tenants transferred from rent supplement to the rental accommodation scheme by local authorities; if he will provide a breakdown by county or local authority and in particular regarding an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35350/12]

Written Answers — Rental Accommodation Scheme: Rental Accommodation Scheme (17 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is expecting local authorities to take to assist those tenants on rent supplement that wish to move to the rental accommodation scheme, the onus not just being left on the tenant to source a landlord willing to enter this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35346/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 777: To ask the Minister for Health if the backlog of general practitioner referral letters for x-rays at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, has now been dealt with; the current waiting period for people awaiting x-ray results at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34723/12]

Personal Insolvency Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Message from Seanad (18 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Seanad Éireann has passed the European Arrest Warrant (Application to Third Countries and Amendment) and Extradition (Amendment) Bill 2011, without amendment.

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: The next speaker is Deputy Heather Humphreys who is sharing time with Deputies John Lyons, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Alex White and Catherine Byrne. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (19 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any bands of income that avoid paying the minimum rate of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36475/12]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (19 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the inventory school accommodation available to his Department to inform its discussions in relation to the school building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36481/12]

Written Answers — Public Service Obligation Services: Public Service Obligation Services (19 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 827: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding proposals regarding the tendering of public service obligation services; if he will provide details of the amount of tenders he intends to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36347/12]

Written Answers — Sports Facilities: Sports Facilities (19 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 830: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that was spent on the developing of a database of sports facilities (details supplied) and if this database will be accessed by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36511/12]

Written Answers — Sports Facilities: Sports Facilities (19 Jul 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 831: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if decisions on applications for the sports capital grant will be based on evidence of where facilities are needed including that contained in the sports database prepared on behalf of his Department by consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36512/12]

National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012: Second Stage (18 Sep 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: Is that agreed? Agreed. They have ten minutes each.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Branch Closures (18 Sep 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his policy on the closure by banks of branches in local towns and villages and the impact this has on the local communities effected and the need to ensure that banks serve the needs of local communities, including small businesses, residents served by poor transport links and people with disabilities; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Debt (18 Sep 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Finance if those with equity release loans (details supplied) have been taken into account by him in his plans to help those with large debts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37717/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (18 Sep 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the number of applications for tax relief in respect of the third level registration fee; the amount refunded in total to those qualifying for the relief and how this compares with his estimates for this tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38087/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (18 Sep 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will re-examine an application for incapacitated child allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38758/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Reform (18 Sep 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendation of the Points Commission Report in 2000 that colleges be obliged to publish the number of places available on courses those colleges offer through the CAO, in order to lead to more transparency and accountability regarding the way public funding is being used by colleges for third level education and also...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (18 Sep 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of funding from his Department to institutes of technology and universities from the State on a college by college basis and under the heading which that funding was made available in the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; if any moneys were returned during these years to the Department as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Joanna Tuffy: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the enactment of the Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Workers) Bill, the steps being taken by him to ensure that employers and or recruitment agencies have made or will make backdated payments to their staff; if the staff will be retrospectively paid to 5 December 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter....