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Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (23 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of speed checks, excluding those checked by static cameras, carried out on motorways in the past year for which statistics are available. [11542/06]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Investigations: Defence Forces Investigations (28 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will consider an inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); his views on whether there is a basis to reopen this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11783/06]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (29 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the circumstances which led to the issuing of redundancy notice to 81 employees of a company (details supplied) in Dublin 11; if he will report on the contact which his Department has had with the company concerned; and the assistance which his Department will provide to employees in sourcing alternative comparable...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (29 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is the only one of 11 schools designated disadvantaged in the Finglas area not invited to participate in DEIS; the criteria that were used to establish that the school would not be invited to participate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12562/06]

Written Answers — Motor Vehicle Registration: Motor Vehicle Registration (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which number plate providers are regulated here; his plans to introduce registration and monitoring of such providers to allow for the greater enforcement of road traffic law and to curb crime. [9197/06]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid to date to the Revenue Commissioners in respect of settlements made in connection with its investigation into the use of life assurance policies for tax evasion; the progress made to date in regard to the second phase of its investigation which commenced on 23 May 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12400/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the long delay in amending the tax affairs of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to reflect the fact that the person is paying weekly reckonable maintenance payments of €250 to their former spouse; and if their mortgage interest relief will be reinstated due to the fact that their principal private residence has changed; and...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the home carer's tax credit in each of the years since its introduction; the numbers availing of this credit in each of the years since its introduction for which figures have been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12715/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalty that currently applies for non-display of a valid national car test certificate; the specific statutory instrument where this penalty is set out; the previous levels of this penalty since the year 2000; and the specific dates when they applied. [12718/06]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that CIE and Iarnród Éireann appear to be closing down all remaining rail freight facilities in Cork; the discussions he has had with Iarnród Éireann on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12771/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions in each of the years from 2000 to the present for a breach of an article of SI 395 of 1999; the amount accruing to the State in each of the years since and including 2000 arising from penalties imposed due to such breaches; and the Garda enforcement levels of this provision of road traffic law....

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason schools applying for disadvantaged designation under DEIS are asked for social welfare details, such as lone parent family rates of pupils attending; when such information could be gleaned from the PPS numbers of children, that being data which is already provided to the Department; the level of co-operation between her...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the number of non-national pupils is not one of the criteria applying to the qualification of schools for the DEIS programme in view of the enormous strain on teaching resources such pupils typically make. [12764/06]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the criteria used to determine qualification for the DEIS programme was arrived at. [12765/06]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent presidential election in Belarus with particular reference to the violence and intimidation towards the political opposition which preceded it, the jailing of the opposition leader, and the treatment of protestors by the police forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13112/06]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions which have been held at European Union level with regard to the recent elections in Belarus, widely thought to have been rigged; and the sanctions the EU may impose upon the Administration of that country in this light and in the view of ongoing practices such as this since the assuming of power by the current president over...

Written Answers — Swimming Pool Projects: Swimming Pool Projects (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 300: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide in tabular form the number of public swimming pools in each county here; if, in Dublin in particular, this figure is below or above the EU average per head of population and by how much; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13431/06]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimate provided as to when the Dublin Port tunnel will be fully operational and open to traffic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13187/06]

Written Answers — National Car Test: National Car Test (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Transport the rationale for not applying the national car test to Garda vehicles; his understanding of the reasons this was not included in EU Directive 96/96/EC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13310/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the discrepancy in the figures for speeding detections by the Garda Síochána in 2004 (details supplied); if he will offer an explanation for the figure of 141, 723 which he gave in reply to a parliamentary question on 23 March 2006 regarding the number of on-the-spot speeding fines issued for 2004; and if...