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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (25 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: 474. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on his progress with promised immigration and residency protection legislation; the way this legislation is likely to affect people already in the immigration system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30673/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (25 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: 475. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give further consideration to the true costs of the direct provision system for asylum seekers, including health care, social welfare and legal costs; and if the direct provision system is still cheaper than providing for asylum seekers in the community when these costs are taken into account. [30674/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (25 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: 476. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mental health care provided for asylum seekers and persons seeking leave to remain who are living in direct provision; and if data is collected regarding the number of persons with serious mental health problems in the direct provision system. [30675/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (25 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: 477. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding the issue of asylum seekers and permission to work. [30684/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (25 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: 478. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on leave to remain for asylum seekers who have been in the system for a long time. [30685/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (25 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: 479. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way he is dealing with the backlog of applications for asylum. [30686/13]

Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: I have little need to speak further given I agree with everything the previous speaker said. Like far too many of us in this House, Deputy O'Donovan comes from a teaching background. He raised a serious issue and I entirely agree with him. I support the Government amendment. It is a major achievement that it has managed to ring-fence €1.3 billion for resource teaching hours and...

Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: Your policies hugely inflated house prices.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (27 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the decision of the British Government not to impose VAT on debt management or insolvency services, in line with EU law on VAT, if VAT will be charged on the services of personal insolvency practitioners here; if so, the rate at which such VAT will be charged; if VAT will be charged on persons who, while not being official personal insolvency...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (27 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: 195. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the first personal insolvency practitioners to be formally operating as envisaged under the personal insolvency legislation. [31451/13]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (27 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: I support that request and would be interested to see the difference in impact in counties in which the new system has come in compared to the old system. I know that will not give a full picture because they were different economic times, but it is important to have a decent system of commercial rates and it is important that businesses can survive.

Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2013)

Robert Dowds: I will share time with Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. I warmly welcome the legislation and thank the Minister for his work on it. A case in my constituency where a Pakistani worker was exploited was probably one of the catalysts for the Bill. Although the rights commissioner awarded the man in question €92,000, the High Court felt obliged to overturn this decision...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Smuggling (2 Jul 2013)

Robert Dowds: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the number of tobacco seizures in each month since January 2011; and the amount of cigarettes and tobacco seized in each month since January 2011. [31811/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (2 Jul 2013)

Robert Dowds: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the planned changes to enrolment policy, if he will ensure that Gaelscoileanna at both primary and secondary level are able to give priority to children who come from households where Irish is in use. [31502/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Career Breaks (2 Jul 2013)

Robert Dowds: 637. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the case that staff who have worked for the Health Service Executive for at least two years may apply for paid leave of absence for a period of up to three years at a rate of €12,000 per year, and, if this is the case, the reason behind same. [31501/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (9 Jul 2013)

Robert Dowds: 149. To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to deferral of property tax, the reason the rate of interest stands at 4%, nearly twice the current bank interest rate. [32952/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (9 Jul 2013)

Robert Dowds: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance in terms of deferral of property tax, if the same deferral conditions apply when the person involved is availing of the fair deal programme. [32953/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (9 Jul 2013)

Robert Dowds: 152. To ask the Minister for Finance in respect of the local property tax, the position regarding the deferral rule where a house is willed to someone who is unable to pay due to unemployment. [32956/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (9 Jul 2013)

Robert Dowds: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is any redress for owners who have over-assessed the value of their dwellings. [32955/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (9 Jul 2013)

Robert Dowds: 291. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position with regard to the national roll-out of Intreo offices; if she is satisfied with the progress the Office of Public Works is making on the programme; and if she will provide the general schedule for the roll-out covering 2013 and 2014. [32949/13]