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Other Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (1 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: When?

Other Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (1 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: With all due respect, saying "sometime this year" is not good enough. Officials cannot take action. While nobody wants to see anyone being made homeless, councils must have the ultimate sanction of evicting people who make life hell for their neighbours. This behaviour can be found in many communities. We need urgent action. Law-abiding tenants in local authority housing deserve better.

Other Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (1 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: For what month is the Minister of State aiming?

Other Questions: Anti-Social Behaviour (1 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Will that be before the summer?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (1 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [20739/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Income Statistics (2 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the latest estimates available to the Revenue Commissioners for the tax years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 of the total number of taxpayers in each of the following bands (details supplied); the latest estimate of the total income for each of those bands; and the latest estimate of the total tax paid for each of those income...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: European Court of Justice Rulings (2 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 130. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action she will take in view of the recent ruling in favour of former Waterford Crystal pension members; her plans to introduce new legislation in relation to the protection of workers pensions when a solvent company ignores its defined benefit pension liabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21050/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations Closures (2 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if will give an assurance that there are no plans to discontinue the use of Santry Garda station as a Garda Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21045/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (2 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 222. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the medical criteria being applied to the assessment of medical cards, and particularly those medical card applications that are over the income thresholds; if he will outline any changes that have been made to these criteria since the centralisation of medical card applications and assessment; and when these changes were made [20892/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (2 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the operational guidelines for the assessment of medical card applications that are made on the basis of one individual family member who has a number of medical conditions [20893/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (2 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the statutory basis for the current procedures applied by the PCRS when assessing undue hardship and unduly burdensome [20894/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (2 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 225. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the PCRS are now applying the new DPS thresholds in their determination of medical costs when assessing medical card applications [20895/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (2 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 226. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the PCRS are now applying the new prescription charge rates in their determination of medical costs when assessing medical card applications [20896/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (2 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 227. To ask the Minister for Health the statutory basis for the PCRS policy of not allowing for the cost of the new property tax when determining net income for the purposes of a medical card assessment when all other taxes that can be deducted from salary are so allowed. [20897/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (2 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 228. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the way in which current medical card criteria discriminates against persons who hold an occupational pension instead of a State pension whereby a person whose only income is an occupational pension but at the same value as the State contributory pension will not automatically qualify for a medical card whereas a person...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (2 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 243. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide information which is available on the incidence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder per maternity hospital for each of the past five years and the actions being taken to reduce these figures [21006/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Alcohol Pricing (7 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 142. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps, if any, he proposes to take to influence a reduction in the price of non-alcoholic beer on sale in the on and off-trade in view of the relatively high price of such products here and the positive contribution lower prices would have on the demand for alcohol and hence on the very significant costs associated with alcohol-related harm here. [21344/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (7 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update regarding to an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11. [21161/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (7 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the basis on which an application for jobseekers allowance was refused in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; if she will provide details of the means assessment carried out in respect of this application; if this claim will be reviewed in view of the fact that any savings accrued are the result of this person sensibly and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits (7 May 2013)

Róisín Shortall: 223. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has examined the possibility of seeking a reduction in the total cost to her Department of the free tv licence scheme due to the bulk-buy nature of her Department's purchase of licences on behalf of social protection clients and the fact that there are less collection, enforcement, and administrative costs involved. [21397/13]