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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainability of Post Office Network: An Post (12 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: Is the witness saying the income of post offices has increased as a result of an increase in unemployment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainability of Post Office Network: An Post (12 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: There is a rebalancing to be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainability of Post Office Network: An Post (12 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: That is to get it to a point where it is acceptable for them to adhere to services to be provided.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainability of Post Office Network: An Post (12 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: I thank Mr. Daly for clearing that up as there is a lack of clarity on the ground on the issue. The business model will evolve and the post office must consider the social responsibility that is now of greater importance than before. I can think of particular areas where AIB and Bank of Ireland have closed facilities and one of my Government colleagues referred to the idea that 95% of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainability of Post Office Network: An Post (12 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: If any of us within the finance committee can help, the witnesses should contact us. There is talk of mobile banks in some areas but it is not appealing for people to have to stand in the rain and queue. Perhaps we can work with the post office on that. A large number of rural post offices were closed under the last Administration, with the figure of 197 being bandied around. There have...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (13 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her Department's policy in relation to a recipient of jobseeker's allowance who qualifies for illness benefit and if that recipient is required to submit a new application for jobseeker's when the entitlement to illness benefit elapses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12567/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Research (13 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 257. To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical trial published in the AJR 2009 complies with ethical standards; and if it demonstrates an increase in breast cancer [12564/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Research (13 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 258. To ask the Minister for Health if a safety statement and risk assessment are available for digital mammogram machines. [12565/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 185. To ask the Minister for Finance if the owner of a house, which has been declared uninhabitable by an engineer and is the subject of a dispute in the High Court between the owner and the builder, is not obliged to pay the local property tax until the case is resolved in the High Court or the house is habitable again. [13734/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance the amounts in tabular form, for VAT, PAYE, income tax and corporation tax paid in County Kerry for the years 2006, 2009 and onwards to the most recent available records. [13481/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance under the tax agreements with the United States, the obligations an Irish citizen residing in Ireland has to pay income tax to Irish revenue on income from a US pension if tax is already paid to the US Government based on the income from the pension to pay income tax to Irish revenue on income from a US pension if the income amount is lower than the income...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Entry Requirements (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact a person (details supplied) who was unable to sit the MSAP exam on 8 March 2014 due to a certified medical reason has been advised he will have to wait until next year to resit the MSAP; the options that are open to the student in order to enrol for studies in the 2014-15 academic year; and if this student should be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 988. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug fampyra will be made available free of charge to patients with multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12852/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1034. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be given an extension to the end of 2014 in order that they have sufficient time to gather and provide information to support the review of their dispensing arrangements including identifying patients for whom they wish to continue dispensing. [13243/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1072. To ask the Minister for Health when the tendering contract for Kerry General Hospital shop will commence; if stipulations will be built into the tendering process that accommodate the NLN students that currently work there and also train new students going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13418/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1120. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 257 and 258 of 13 March 2014, if the review published in the AJR in 2009 was not a case-controlled clinical trial, with women randomly assigned to machines and not consulted. [13720/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1121. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 257 and 258 of 13 March 2014, if he views the statistically significant increase in breast cancer incidence which occurs with each screening as a positive. [13721/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1122. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 257 and 258 of 13 March 2014, if the increase in recall rates is laudable. [13722/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1123. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 257 and 258 of 13 March 2014, if he will confirm that digital mammogram images can be manipulated. [13723/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (25 Mar 2014)

Arthur Spring: 1124. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 257 and 258 of 13 March 2014, if these images can subsequently be used to confirm a diagnosis of cancer. [13724/14]