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Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow against her decision to refuse disability allowance payments; if she will provide a clear timetable for when the outcome of this appeal can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6316/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (7 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria by which a person is eligible to apply for rent allowance in a county they are not normally resident in but which they wish to reside in for a number of personal and family reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6404/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the eligibility criteria for the confirmation and communion grants; the dates on which this grant will issue for eligible persons in County Wicklow in view of confirmation and communion events being scheduled much earlier this year. [6608/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a refusal to grant domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if she will provide a timeframe for when this appeal will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6771/12]

Written Answers — Civil Partnership: Civil Partnership (7 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 411: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the lack of legal protection for the children of same-sex couples; and if he intends to legislate on this matter. [6938/12]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (7 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 451: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the review of the compatibility of legislation in Kazakhstan with Irish legislation regarding inter-country adoptions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6506/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 494: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to a drugs task force (details supplied), in tabular form, for each of the years 2008 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6437/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 497: To ask the Minister for Health the current membership of a drugs task force (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6440/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 495: To ask the Minister for Health the addiction services available at a location (details supplied); if he will provide a breakdown by town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6438/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is currently no drugs rehabilitation or counselling programme running at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6439/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason rent allowance payments to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow were stopped without warning; if she will provide a detailed account of the reason this happened; the person who in her Department authorised the payments to cease; if she will direct the relevant officials in her Department to apologise to the person...

National Disability Strategy: Statements (9 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, and the Government for making time available in this House to discuss disability issues in the context of the implementation of the national disability strategy. It is important that Members have interactions across the House on such issues regularly. In the past, there have been highly successful debates on the issue of mental health,...

Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: It is not an austerity treaty.

Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: That is set out in the jobs plan.

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (14 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total travel expenses paid to teachers shared between schools, in tabular form, for each of the years 2008 to 2012; the number of teachers who availed of such expenses; the average payment made per teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7563/12]

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (14 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected travel expenses which will be paid to teachers shared between schools following the revisions to the general allocation model; the methodology employed to arrive at this projection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7564/12]

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: I very much welcome the opportunity to contribute some brief thoughts on the Finance Bill. It is important we do not consider this Bill in isolation as to do so would be to miss the point. The Bill before the Dáil is the latest piece in the large jigsaw that must be assembled by this Government, the State and its citizens in order to bring about the economic recovery that Deputy Tom Hayes...

Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this important initiative. I begin by rebutting what I have heard from some Opposition speakers, although not all of them. They stated the latest action plan on jobs lacks credibility because it follows on from other measures. Their argument misses the point entirely. The Government has said consistently - the Minister of State and the...

Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (16 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the mortgage interest relief scheme to those who purchased their first property in 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9002/12]

Written Answers — Property Tax: Property Tax (16 Feb 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will take into consideration the contribution made by homeowners through stamp duty when formulating the mechanism by which the property tax will be calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9001/12]