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Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (26 Oct 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 273: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of bedsit units of accommodation in the various councils around the country; his plans to upgrade this bedsit accommodation to one bedroom status in line with modern standards of acceptable accommodation; and if Ireland has signed up to any international obligations in respect of the development of...

Order of Business. (27 Oct 2005)

Richard Bruton: The gaming and lottery Bill has been on the Government's list of proposed legislation for close to ten years. At least a dozen casinos are in operation throughout the country. In every other country, these would be strictly regulated to maintain standards and protect revenue. We seem to be sitting on our hands in respect of this legislation. The Government states it cannot indicate a date...

Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (27 Oct 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to introduce a payment targeted at children living in poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30834/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Oct 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has considered or will consider index-linking child benefit payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30835/05]

Written Answers — Sheltered Accommodation: Sheltered Accommodation (27 Oct 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the refund of charges unlawfully deducted applies to sheltered accommodation for persons with disabilities, psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric sheltered accommodation in the community; the precise basis for deciding the cases in which refunds are due; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31179/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has carried out a cost benefit analysis of the proposal to build private hospitals in the grounds of public hospitals. [31274/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will seek a full market price for lands made available for the construction of private hospitals on the grounds of public hospitals. [31302/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 132: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has carried out an estimate of the impact on the public elective throughput, the accident and emergency throughput, and the financial resources of public hospitals of closing off access to private patients to public hospitals on campuses where private hospitals are developed. [31303/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Oct 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to set specific requirements in respect of the specialties that must be provided in private hospitals built on the grounds of public hospitals. [31304/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Oct 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her estimate of the difference in cost efficiency of publicly and privately run nursing homes. [31299/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (27 Oct 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has conducted an assessment of the need for new nursing home, convalescence and step-down facilities; and if the detailed gaps are used by her to provide information to the Department of Finance on the specification of tax relief for this sector. [31300/05]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (27 Oct 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the proportion of admissions in Dublin hospitals with accident and emergency capacity which is made up of patients admitted through accident and emergency; and the percentage of total bed capacity in these hospitals which is occupied by accident and emergency admissions. [31301/05]

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Richard Bruton: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who are receiving the home carer tax credit. [31298/05]

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Richard Bruton: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from stamp duties, distinguishing revenue from housing sites, other sites, sales of second hand houses, sales of commercial and industrial buildings, from charges on credit cards, financial instruments, share dealing and so on; and the steps he will take to improve the quality of information on this tax. [31285/05]

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Richard Bruton: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing tax proportion of persons paying at the top rate of tax to 20% in 2006. [31286/05]

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Richard Bruton: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of ensuring that the minimum wage indexed in line with forecast increases in average wages is exempt from income tax in 2006; and the extent to which persons at or below the minimum wage have paid tax in 2005. [31287/05]

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Richard Bruton: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the latest estimate of the number of taxpayers who will pay tax at the top rate of income tax in 2005 and the proportion this represents of those paying tax. [31288/05]

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Richard Bruton: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the cost and the take-up of each of the items in table IT6 of the Statistical Report of the Revenue Commissioners for 2002; and the best forecast of the cost and the take-up for 2005. [31289/05]

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Richard Bruton: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons obtaining relief and the value of tax relief on contributions to public service pensions which are not backed by a pension fund, for the most recent year for which data is available. [31290/05]

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Richard Bruton: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons obtaining relief and the value of tax relief on employer contributions; the value of relief on employee contributions to public sector pensions which are backed by pension funds; and his estimate of the aggregate value of those funds. [31291/05]