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Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: Eighty-two percent of the population are in the same income bracket as Maura. Unlike Laura, on a salary of €120,000, Maura, with an income of €10,000, cannot obtain any relief on her water charges.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: This example points to the deep inequity in the budget announced yesterday. It is remarkable that this inequity has received little mention in the past two days. The only conclusion one can reach is that this is because people in the political and commentator classes belong, by and large, to the 18% of the population who pay tax at the top rate. The budget was presented in a misleading...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: On a point of information, the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, asked about the number of people in Maura's position. Some 500,000 are actually in her position and gain no benefit from the budget.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Expenditure (16 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 147. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the rates for foster payments that will apply in 2015. [39679/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (21 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 198. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the introduction of an increased rate of household benefits package for individuals with higher than average electricity bills resulting from the use of medical appliances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40430/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (21 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a system is in place to ensure that candidates referred to an education and training board by recruitment companies meet the standard of candidate offered by these companies in their initial tender; if she will outline this system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40351/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (21 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of unfilled teaching posts currently advertised by the education and training boards; and the average length of time between the initial advertising of a post and it being filled. [40352/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (21 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 5 December 2013, if he will provide an update on his Department's position on the need for regulatory reform of household waste collection; and the outcome of his Department's public consultation on this matter. [40353/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tree Remediation (21 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 589. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the civil remedies available to individuals whose property is negatively impacted by the size of trees on neighbouring properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40431/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (21 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 590. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on legislating to ensure that properties which are taken into receivership are maintained by the receiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40432/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (22 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the relief measures in respect of water charges announced in budget 2015, if someone in receipt of the household benefits package and who is also in the income tax net, will be permitted to claim the relief measure available to recipients of the household benefits package as well as tax relief on the remaining part of their water charges....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Inspections (22 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 117. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs with regard to inspections of early child care providers, the current number of inspectors and the geographic location of each inspector. [40643/14]

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: That is not true. What about the tax cuts for the better off?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (23 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 51. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure that a deficit in the pension scheme of a solvent company is treated as a debt on that company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40820/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (23 Oct 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if he has provided written consent to the increase in the nurses and midwives retention fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40829/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (4 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the work activation measures and schemes provided by her Department which are accessible to individuals who are signing on for credits but who do not qualify for a payment due to their means; if any of these schemes would provide such a person with a payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41290/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Applications Approvals (4 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 315. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank of Ireland's recent recommendations regarding conditions attaching to mortgage approval; if those who have already received mortgage approval will be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41579/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance the purpose and reasoning, and the evidence supporting this reasoning, for the decision to remove the 80% windfall tax applying to chargeable gains on the disposal or development of land which are attributable to planning decisions made since October 2009; and if he will outline the bodies or persons who lobbied him, his party or his Department seeking...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Household Charge Administration (4 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 210 of 13 May 2014 and the acknowledgement therein that the Revenue Commissioners recognise that the person in question acted in good faith based on the information they received, and further to several phone-calls to the Revenue Commissioners from this Deputy's office in relation to this case, if he will outline if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (4 Nov 2014)

Róisín Shortall: 306. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue raised and the number of persons through the imposition of a 45% USC rate on bank bonuses with a breakdown by year. [41452/14]