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Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (11 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 432: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proportion of the FÁS budget that is spent on upskilling, apprenticeships and community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33316/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Estimates: Departmental Estimates (11 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 483: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the budgets of the bodies, boards, authorities, committees, commissions, agencies and quangos under his remit between the years of 1997 and 2007 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33500/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 519: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the response by his Department to the recommendations made to his Department by the Competition Authority in its October 2007 report on competition in the dental profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33321/07]

Written Answers — Third Level Courses: Third Level Courses (11 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 677: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views and the steps she plans to take to act upon the recommendation by the National Competitiveness Council in its 2007 annual report that the Government develop a proactive, consistent and supportive policy framework to attract more foreign students into the Irish higher education system as a means of generating foreign...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 845: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the response by his Department to the recommendations made to his Department by the Competition Authority in its December 2006 report on competition among solicitors and barristers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33322/07]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (11 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 846: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of successful prosecutions made in each of the past five years with regard to failure to comply with the vehicle registration plate laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33323/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (11 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 854: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the budgets of all the boards, bodies, authorities, agencies, committees, commissions and quangos within his remit for the years 1997 to 2006 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33416/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (11 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 931: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the ethics officers for each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33235/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 933: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the response by his Department to the recommendations made to his Department by the Competition Authority in its March 2006 report on competition in the architecture profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33318/07]

Social Welfare Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: I would like to share time with Deputies Clune, Doyle and O'Donnell.

Social Welfare Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: I would like to make a few points on the Social Welfare Bill 2007. Like all other parties, Fine Gael will not oppose social welfare increases. It is reasonable to acknowledge that the increases sanctioned by the Government in recent years, particularly in the pensions sector, have certainly kept pace with inflation and have probably kept pace with wage growth. However, rather than tackling...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Personnel: Defence Forces Personnel (12 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Defence the ratio of officer to non-officers in the Defence Forces over the past ten years and in comparison to other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33035/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (12 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Defence the days on which he attended his Department's head offices on Infirmary Road, Dublin 7 since his re-appointment in June 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33036/07]

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (12 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will amend the liquor laws to restrict or end the practice whereby alcohol is sold by convenience stores and at petrol stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29442/07]

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: I refer once again to the programme for Government commitment to amend the planning laws to ensure that school sites and schools are delivered in a timely fashion where large new housing developments have been built. I asked this question on a previous Order of Business and was informed that the matter would be dealt with in the designated land (housing development) Bill, the heads of which...

Prison Accommodation. (13 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will charge prisoners for the cost of their time in prison where prisoners can afford to meet this cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32962/07]

Sentencing Policy. (13 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has carried out studies on the merits and demerits of introducing a "three strikes and you are out" policy for serious offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32961/07]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (13 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of income-earners in the State; the number of whom pay income tax; the number who do so at the standard and higher rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34697/07]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (13 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos that have been purchased for each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34698/07]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (13 Dec 2007)

Leo Varadkar: Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated value of the National Pensions Reserve Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34699/07]