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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 812: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money that would be saved if wages in agencies under his auspices and paid by the State were capped at €100,000 per annum. [36087/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 813: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of telephones that were purchased by his Department in the years 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the number of staff who were allocated these phones; if each staff member has their mobile phone bill paid by his Department; the amount that was spent on mobile phones by his Department during 2010, 2011 and to date in...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 814: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that was spent on furniture in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36091/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 815: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the items that may be claimed by staff in his Department for travel and subsistence and incidental expenses; the average payment to staff members in expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36092/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 816: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on office machinery by his Department between 2009 and 2012. [36093/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 817: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the details of all foreign travel undertaken by staff in his Department during each of the past three years. [36094/12]

Written Answers — Road Toll Operators: Road Toll Operators (19 Jul 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 818: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount paid by the State in the 2010 to 2012 period for the operation of tolling systems on roads across the State; and any returns from these tolls to the Exchequer.. [36095/12]

Written Answers — Road Toll Operators: Road Toll Operators (19 Jul 2012)

Dessie Ellis: Question 819: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount the State paid to Toll operators in subsidies due to low traffic levels in 2012; and the amount the State will pay in subsidies in the year 2013 [36116/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Panel Report Implementation (18 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the progress made on the implementation of the recommendations of the Pyrite report and any other work being undertaken to resolve the issue. [39326/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Panel Report Implementation (18 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister. It is nearly three months since the report was issued. It was a good report with many good recommendations, many of which concern levies on the building industry, the insurance bodies and other groups, such as the quarries. The levy would take a long time to build up if it came to fruition. One of the significant issues is the seriousness of the circumstances that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Panel Report Implementation (18 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: I thank the Minister for his response. Some 850 houses are significantly damaged. The situation is so serious that urgent attention is necessary. Will the Minister stick to his September deadline and impose on the relevant parts of the industry a mechanism to deal with the issue? If legislation is required, will it be backdated? I am worried that it will be argued that what happened...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Panel Report Implementation (18 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: What about legislation?

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: We have all seen the report on the taxi industry and the recommendations in it. Some of them have been introduced but others are more contentious. There is a serious over-supply of taxis in Dublin and many people are struggling in the industry. Some time this year, the taxi regulation Bill is to appear before the Dáil. I welcome the chance to debate this and would like to know when...

Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: On a point of order, if the leader of a party has spoken on the Order of Business, can he come back in again? I am curious because I do not know the rule on this.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Bonds (18 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to work with the other relevant Departments to put in place a model for housing bonds as promised in the Programme for Government. [39063/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (18 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council has been repossessing shared ownership homes which were in arrears and instead of placing them back into the housing stock are leasing the properties on three to four year contracts. [39064/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to cut funding for Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown, Dublin, over the next twelve months; the cuts that he envisages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39053/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (18 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that taxi drivers renewing their licence are being stopped from working for extended periods due to delays in producing the new licence despite already having confirmed Garda clearance and received a receipt for payment from the National Transport Authority. [37234/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (18 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that taxi drivers renewing their licence are being told by the National Transport Authority that the Carriage Office will give them documentation clearing them to drive while their new licence is being produced despite the fact that the Carriage Office deny this practice. [37235/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (19 Sep 2012)

Dessie Ellis: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on endorsing the Vienna declaration on drug policy, the official declaration of the XVIII International AIDS Conference - Aids 2010 - which was held in Vienna, Austria, from 18 to 23 July 2010. [39339/12]