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Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (18 Jul 2012)

Jim Daly: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of funding that has been requested from the Office of Public Works to address recent flood damage in West Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35789/12]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (18 Jul 2012)

Jim Daly: Question 235: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the level of funding that has been requested from Cork County Council to address the flood damage to Clonakilty town and surrounding areas. [35787/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (18 Jul 2012)

Jim Daly: Question 342: To ask the Minister for Health his views on a medical card approved by the appeals office on the 1 May 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied); when the card will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35632/12]

Written Answers — Road Maintenance: Road Maintenance (18 Jul 2012)

Jim Daly: Question 390: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding that has been requested by Cork County Council to address the damage caused to the road network by recent flooding in West Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35788/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (19 Jul 2012)

Jim Daly: Question 477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status and the history of negotiations between a club (details supplied) and his Department in relation to a piece of foreshore land at Clonakilty, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35966/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (18 Sep 2012)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding, if any, that can be directed to community projects arising from Revenue collected by the Criminal Assets Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38784/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (18 Sep 2012)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding disadvantaged area payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39200/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (20 Sep 2012)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39709/12]

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) (25 Sep 2012)

Jim Daly: Go raibh maith agat a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Táim buíoch as ucht an deis labhairt san díospóireact tabhachtach seo.In the words of Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States of America, children are our most valuable natural resource. In the 80 years since those words were uttered the value of that statement has not changed and, if anything, society has a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Application Numbers (25 Sep 2012)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of disability allowance for each of the past twenty four months in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40088/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date with the Department of Finance in relation to the establishment of an emergency fund for businesses (details supplied) that were affected by recent flooding that have no flood insurance cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41075/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report September 2012: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Daly: I thank the members of the council for their contributions and for devoting time to answering questions. I will be as brief as I can. I refer to a line used by Professor McHale who stated: There has also been a notable increase in non-tax revenues, partly related to the State's involvement in the banking sector. These sources of income should be closely monitored.I assume he is referring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report September 2012: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Daly: Does the fiscal council have the figures to hand? I have heard Mr. Richie Boucher of Bank of Ireland speak of a figure of approximately €500 million per year. I am guessing-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report September 2012: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Daly: In the interests of expediency, I will conclude my questions before reverting to Mr. Smyth. Broadly, what is the cumulative effect of such payments? My guess is that it amounts to approximately €1 billion between the two main institutions. What else is there in addition to this? I presume Professor McHale is also referring to the reliance of the State on that income of more than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report September 2012: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Daly: That pertains to the short term. Is it necessary in the medium term also? Will it be necessary in five years time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report September 2012: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Daly: What of the question I asked about corporation tax?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report September 2012: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (27 Sep 2012)

Jim Daly: It has become the tax increase that dare not speak its name. We are all afraid to go there. Does the council plan to do any more in-depth assessments of corporation tax?

Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (2 Oct 2012)

Jim Daly: Fáiltím an deis labhairt ar an ábhar seo. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this issue. My predecessor, the former Deputy P.J. Sheehan, used the oft-quoted line that there would be nothing left in west Cork but bachelors, briars and bullocks. I am returning to that theme today, particularly to the issue of briars - I am not that concerned about the...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (2 Oct 2012)

Jim Daly: I thank the Minister for his response, which I appreciate. I assure him that irrespective of the figures for County Cork as a whole, the good people of west Cork, albeit not because of my voice or representation of them, are well up-to-date in respect of their household charge payments. Were the figures to be broken down, the Minister would find them to be highly impressive....

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (2 Oct 2012)

Jim Daly: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a weekly payment from a payment protection insurance policy to a person out of work due to ill health does not qualify for income disregard noting if the person was well enough to work and earned the exact same amount from employment it would qualify for income disregard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41946/12]