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Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Thank you, Minister. The time permitted for the debate on this section has expired.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: The time has expired.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Minister, the time has expired.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Minister, the time has expired. I am required to put the question.

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: That brings us to the end of today's Topical Issues debate. I understand a change is being proposed to today's schedule and I call on Deputy Joe Carey to inform the House.

Business of Dáil (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance the way it is anticipated that the levy on individual private pension funds will convince the pensions industry to deliver on agreements made with him by the industry in view of the fact that the contributors have neither control over nor leverage with fund managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46105/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance the percentage of policy holders who will be affected by the capping of tax relief on private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46020/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the decision to restrict the home tuition grant to tuition provided by teachers registered with the Teaching Council of Ireland, specifically where intervention is required for preschool children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46144/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he could clarify his Department's intentions regarding the new local area plan for Ballycullen, Oldcourt, Dublin 24 which recommends a particular site in Ballycullen be assigned for the construction of the new Educate Together and Gaescoil in Firhouse; if his Department supports this site as being suitable for the co-location of the two...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 367. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way tax relief on pension contributions applies to post and pre-1995 public servants, listing the names of each pension contribution, the respective rates at which they apply, the way in which tax relief applies to those pension contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45909/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the pension contributions a pre-1995 executive officer at the final point of the increment scale must make towards their pension every year; if he will explain the way in which tax relief on pension contributions applies to their pension contributions and the way in which gross pay is affected; and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the pension contributions a post-1995 executive officer at the final point of the increment scale must make towards their pension every year; if he will explain the way in which tax relief on pension contributions applies to their pension contributions and the way in which gross pay is affected; and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Collection (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 691. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total revenue in 2013 to local authorities from the non principal private residence tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46653/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 1092. To ask the Minister for Health the circumstances and their relative weighting, other than income, which are taken into consideration in awarding a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46104/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 1093. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposed restriction of e-cigarettes as medical products which could result in them being more costly and less accessible than traditional tobacco cigarette; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46107/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Projects Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 1303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on progress on Luas cross city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47140/13]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: I propose to share time with Deputy John O'Mahony. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill. We can all celebrate that it is at least possible that this budget, tough as it is, may be the last tough budget. We also have to acknowledge that it is at least partly because of the tough budgets we have endured since 2008 that there are now signs of a pick-up in the economy and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Issues (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 11 January 2012, if he has considered the way the report on pension charges in Ireland 2012 may be used to advance the issue of the pension industry absorbing the impact of the pension fund levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47374/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Issues (6 Nov 2013)

Olivia Mitchell: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if the pension levy applies to defined benefit pensions; if not, the rational for excluding them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47375/13]