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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the current rates of change his views on when an additional 100,000 jobs will be created in the economy. [18619/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt women who do not receive a full salary top-up from their employers from the proposed tax on maternity benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18224/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money generated from VAT annually; if he will provide a breakdown of the way that the money is spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18816/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 255. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary question No. 216 of 16 April 2013, if he will confirm if the Sheriff is permitted to break into a person's home; if he is permitted to break in regardless of whether the person is at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19124/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will approve and expedite an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18497/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 424. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a dedicated person within his Department to liaise with other relevant Departments to facilitate and help persons (details supplied) who suffer from mental illness, who have difficulty accessing services such as benefits, getting on the social housing list and dealing with the rent allowance office. [18283/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Records (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 639 of 19 February 2013, if eight years is an acceptable time for people to have to wait to have their records released or five years if you are over 65; if he will investigate the matter and redeploy more staff to deal with this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18237/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 584. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a dedicated person within her Department to liaise with other relevant Departments to facilitate and help persons (details supplied) who suffer from mental illness, who have difficulty accessing services such as benefits, getting on the social housing list and dealing with the rent allowance office. [18282/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Medical Records (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 563. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 639 of 19 February 2013, if eight years is an acceptable time for people to have to wait to have their records released or five years if you are over 65; if he will investigate the matter and redeploy more staff to deal with this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18237/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 584. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a dedicated person within her Department to liaise with other relevant Departments to facilitate and help persons (details supplied) who suffer from mental illness, who have difficulty accessing services such as benefits, getting on the social housing list and dealing with the rent allowance office. [18282/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (24 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 5 March 2013, in which she stated that a person must be employed for 104 weeks before they have a reasonable attachment to employment in order to receive a redundancy payment, her plans regarding a potential reduction in this criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18833/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (24 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which her Department’s website will reinstate the practice of showing a statistical breakdown of redundancy figures based on industry, county and gender. [18832/13]

Other Questions: Dublin City Designation (25 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I ask this question in the context of the recent announcement by Dublin City Council of plans for a new cultural quarter around Parnell Square. I welcome the initiative but I am concerned that it does not go far enough. Dublin has a number of things going for it. It is the capital city and it houses all the major national cultural institutions of theatre, music, museums and galleries. The...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 44. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on whether considering the size of the Irish market and the downturn in the economy the focus solely on philanthropy as a source of funding for the Arts is realistic and his further views on whether a broad acknowledgement of multiple sources of public and private investment is vital; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their very interesting presentations, which follow on from those given last week. It was lovely last week to hear emotional stories from live donors and to see recipients and how they benefited. I read some of the opening statements last night and was struck by how little I knew. I did not know that Ireland did not have a specific transplant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Organ Donation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I apologise for Deputy Ó Caoláin's absence. He must shortly leave for a meeting of the joint executive of the North-South Interparliamentary Association in Stormont. He wishes that he could have been present. I thank our guests for their presentations. We also received presentations last week. Our guests are more than welcome, as this is an important issue. We support an opt...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (30 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 414. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts of funding available to heritage projects under the rural development, LEADER programme 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13136/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (30 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 551. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20000/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (30 Apr 2013)

Sandra McLellan: 593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of random financial reviews that have been carried out on medical card patients whose cards were not due to expire until 2021; the number of reviews that are due to take place, of the reviews that have taken place the number of persons that have lost their entitlement to a full medical card and have had it replaced with a general practitioner...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Sandra McLellan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Bill. Housing is one of the core issues relating to an individual's well-being and his or her life situation. Even more importantly, it is a fundamental expression and building block of society. One could go further and say that housing has much to tell us about the values, identity and integrity of a given society. If we...