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Topical Issue Debate: Corporation Tax (23 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: I was staggered to hear a report on a meeting of a committee of the US Senate about the tax affairs of two companies which are registered in this country. The first company, Apple Operations International, is 32 years old, had an income of $30 billion dollars between 2009 and 2012 and has never had a single employee. Its assets are managed by a company based in Nevada, its bank accounts are...

Topical Issue Debate: Corporation Tax (23 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: I am somewhat reassured by the Minister's response. I appreciate very much the work that is being done. I accept this cannot be done on an Irish basis alone and it has to be done across boundaries, and I appreciate that the Government is working to achieve this. I ask that the Taoiseach, as President of the European Council, ensure this issue is prioritised at the G8 meeting in Fermanagh....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (28 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: 513. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding whether the Gardaí have sufficient resources to tackle white collar crime in view of the marked decline in the number of convictions for white collar crime offences since 2003, and in view of the Garda Commissioner's response to this Deputy's question on this matter when he appeared before the Dáil Committee on...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (28 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: 544. To ask the Minister for Defence the extent of Irish United Nations involvement in Syria at present; the numbers of personnel involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25122/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Fodder Crisis (28 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: 548. To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of the current fodder crisis, he will consider giving the cut grass from the lands around Baldonnel Aerodrome, Dublin, to local farmers. [25937/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Projects Funding (28 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: 594. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has given consideration to maintaining financial support for the Big Brother, Big Sister programme run by the Foróige organisation, which seeks to ensure that vulnerable young people receive the help and support of a mentor which will help them overcome their own difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Access to the Countryside Bill: First Stage (29 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to confer functions on county councils in relation to the identification of lands to which the public ought to have a right of access for amenity and recreational purposes and to make provision for securing that right of access; for that purpose to amend the law in relation to occupiers' liability; to provide for the...

Access to the Countryside Bill: First Stage (29 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Confidence in the Minister for Justice and Equality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: Fianna Fáil do not do embarrassment.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (29 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: 173. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the State money that was given to the Simon Community in relation to an organisation purchasing and occupying a building (details supplied) in Dublin 20. [26179/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (29 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: 174. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any conditions were placed on the Simon Community in relation to the monies which they were granted in terms of the way a building (details supplied) in Dublin 20 was to operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26180/13]

Leaders' Questions (30 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: Rubbish.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (30 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any consideration has been given by the United Nations or European Union to imposing a no-fly zone over Syria to prevent the bombing of civilians by the Syrian regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26356/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (30 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the length of time persons, particularly pensioners, qualifying for a deferral of the local property tax on income grounds will continue to avail of the deferral, assuming their income remains constant. [26357/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Collection (30 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: 182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a mechanism for local authorities to collect property tax from council tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26353/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Decision (30 May 2013)

Robert Dowds: 272. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans for a replacement for the motorised transport and mobility grants for disabled persons, following the recent decision to close the existing schemes because they were operating unlawfully. [26309/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Repatriation of Money (11 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: 98. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money being repatriated from here to Poland; its sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26354/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Repatriation of Money (11 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: 99. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of money being repatriated from here to Nigeria; its sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26355/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Smuggling (11 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on tobacco seizures in the four Dublin local authority areas for the years 2009 to 2012. [26815/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (11 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide consideration to revising the exemptions and rebates on corporation tax, such as the facility to carry forward losses and to move losses between trades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27117/13]