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Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount paid to date to the Revenue Commissioners in respect of settlements made in connection with its investigation into the use of life assurance policies for tax evasion; the progress made to date in regard to the second phase of its investigation which commenced on 23 May 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12400/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the long delay in amending the tax affairs of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to reflect the fact that the person is paying weekly reckonable maintenance payments of €250 to their former spouse; and if their mortgage interest relief will be reinstated due to the fact that their principal private residence has changed; and...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the home carer's tax credit in each of the years since its introduction; the numbers availing of this credit in each of the years since its introduction for which figures have been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12715/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Transport the penalty that currently applies for non-display of a valid national car test certificate; the specific statutory instrument where this penalty is set out; the previous levels of this penalty since the year 2000; and the specific dates when they applied. [12718/06]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that CIE and Iarnród Éireann appear to be closing down all remaining rail freight facilities in Cork; the discussions he has had with Iarnród Éireann on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12771/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions in each of the years from 2000 to the present for a breach of an article of SI 395 of 1999; the amount accruing to the State in each of the years since and including 2000 arising from penalties imposed due to such breaches; and the Garda enforcement levels of this provision of road traffic law....

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason schools applying for disadvantaged designation under DEIS are asked for social welfare details, such as lone parent family rates of pupils attending; when such information could be gleaned from the PPS numbers of children, that being data which is already provided to the Department; the level of co-operation between her...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason the number of non-national pupils is not one of the criteria applying to the qualification of schools for the DEIS programme in view of the enormous strain on teaching resources such pupils typically make. [12764/06]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (30 Mar 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the criteria used to determine qualification for the DEIS programme was arrived at. [12765/06]

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 4: In page 6, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: 2.—(1) An order or regulation made pursuant to this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and if either such House resolves that the order or regulation be annulled within 21 days after the order or regulation is so laid it shall be annulled accordingly but...

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I find it difficult to accept that advice.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The idea is to facilitate the giving and sharing of information and enable people to keep abreast of changes to the law. I am not sure the Minister's undertaking to lay an order or regulation before the Houses where possible goes far enough. I would be much happier if the Minister gave a commitment to formally notify the Joint Committee on Transport of all new statutory instruments, which...

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Hopefully, the Minister will follow through on that basis.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I will speak to amendment No. 8, which is along the same lines as the amendments of Deputies Olivia Mitchell and Crowe. The Minister must bear in mind that he will not always be on that side of the House. I see how it might be attractive to be able to pass the buck on responsibility for various aspects of his portfolio but a time will come when the Minister will be over here looking for...

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I move amendment No. 6: In page 6, line 18, after "driving" to insert "schools and". I am seeking to ensure that the provisions in the Bill will apply not only to driving instructors but to also driving schools because there is a distinction. While a requirement of driving instructors is set down in the legislation, a way can be found to circumvent it by establishing a driving school. Such...

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: I am not clear on the Minister's position. On one hand, he is saying the amendment is not necessary while, on the other, he is saying he could legislate for the provision.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: The Minister's initial reply was that his advice indicates that the amendment is not necessary. When the issue of road safety arose in the UK, the authorities there legislated for driving instructors and driving schools.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Perhaps we will continue the debate tomorrow because it is a genuine issue which needs to be dealt with. If the Minister is giving a commitment to deal with the matter in later legislation, that is fine. I would like to debate the matter further.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent presidential election in Belarus with particular reference to the violence and intimidation towards the political opposition which preceded it, the jailing of the opposition leader, and the treatment of protestors by the police forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13112/06]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (4 Apr 2006)

Róisín Shortall: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions which have been held at European Union level with regard to the recent elections in Belarus, widely thought to have been rigged; and the sanctions the EU may impose upon the Administration of that country in this light and in the view of ongoing practices such as this since the assuming of power by the current president over...