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Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (26 Feb 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance the profile of staff in the Office of the Financial Regulator in terms of professional qualifications with details of the number of staff who have a legal or financial qualification and their grade. [8213/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Feb 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are circumstances at the moment whereby a self-employed person can pay extra PRSI to insure themselves against loss of employment and thereby qualify for jobseeker's benefit. [8102/09]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (26 Feb 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his intentions in relation to allowing affordable homeowners an exemption from paying clawback if they wanted to remortgage their property or change lender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8103/09]

Written Answers — Sports Museum: Sports Museum (3 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress made on the sports museum and Irish literature museum as promised in the programme for Government 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8527/09]

Written Answers — Olympic Games: Olympic Games (3 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the action taken by him since he received the report of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Task Force report in March 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8519/09]

Written Answers — Cabinet Committee Meetings: Cabinet Committee Meetings (3 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 91: To ask the Taoiseach the dates of the past six meetings of the Cabinet committee on social inclusion. [8788/09]

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

Róisín Shortall: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to publicise the fact that medical card holders are exempt from the income tax levy, and specifically, to inform medical card holders and their employers or pension providers directly. [8313/09]

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

Róisín Shortall: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way income is assessed in the means test for the medical card in respect of persons over seventy when the pension has an account that does not accrue for five and a half years and when the pension has an account that accrues every few months but when higher interest will accrue the longer the deposit remains untouched. [8311/09]

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

Róisín Shortall: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she has taken to publicise the fact that medical card holders are exempt from the income tax levy, and specifically, to inform medical card holders directly. [8312/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person who wants to retain skills and confidence by working for free while unemployed and seeking other positions is prevented from doing so under current rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8314/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (3 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the month in 2009 and 2010 when the contract for each of the social welfare branch offices is scheduled for renewal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9012/09]

Written Answers — British-Irish Council: British-Irish Council (4 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on his participation in the meeting of the British-Irish Council in Cardiff on 20 February 2009. [8968/09]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (4 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action he will take arising from the report presented to him by the Western Development Commission which forecast that the region's creative sector could generate employment for some 13,000 people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8969/09]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (4 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position with regard to the payment of funds under the nursing home repayment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who is deemed to be non compos mentis; the person who is therefore charged with the responsibility of such funds; and the position with regard to the person. [9097/09]

Written Answers — Carer's Strategy: Carer's Strategy (4 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to the publication of a carer's strategy. [9299/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to the reform of supports for lone parents. [9300/09]

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to improve pension security for members of defined benefit schemes in the private sector. [9408/09]

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Is it not the case that the pensions area is yet another in which the Government failed to regulate or address the underfunding issue during the boom? We are now paying the price in so far as no policy is in place and no action has been taken in recent years. Some 500,000 people depend on defined benefit pension schemes, the majority of which are underfunded. This is the Minister's...

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister not have a consultant's report?

Pension Provisions. (5 Mar 2009)

Róisín Shortall: It was not. That is not true.