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Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of plans to link the Luas lines in Dublin city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12620/08]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will issue a circular to Irish athletes attending the Olympic Games to advise them of the human rights situation in the People's Republic of China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12604/08]

Written Answers — Voting Rights: Voting Rights (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there has been communication with the British Government with regard to proposed changes to the right of Irish citizens to vote in local and general elections in the United Kingdom; if such a change would have an impact on the provision of the Good Friday Agreement; his views on making a similar change here with regard to the voting...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has discouraged any country from establishing an embassy here; the countries concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12628/08]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a Minister of the State at his Department failed to make representations to the Chinese Government in relation to the ongoing repression in Tibet during the course of their recent visit to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12683/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if shops (details supplied) are fully-owned by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12617/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will explain the terms of reference, mandate, reporting deadline and purpose of the advisory group on media ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12611/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the membership and qualifications of each of the members of the advisory group on media ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12612/08]

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will set a national target for the reduction of the administrative cost of regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12613/08]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the implications of the recent court decision with respect to a group (details supplied) challenge to the registered employment agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12614/08]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the registered employment agreement pertaining to construction workers applies to workers taken on as undertaking contractors rather than direct employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12615/08]

Written Answers — Ministerial Regulations: Ministerial Regulations (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the public lending remuneration scheme will become operable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12625/08]

Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has requested the National Consumer Agency to investigate the failure of retailers to pass on savings on imported goods from the UK and the USA due to the strengthening of the euro against the pound and dollar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12626/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the PRSI benefits available to employees which are not available to the self-employed; the reasons for this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12607/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of tax-payers who pay the 0.9% PRSI rate; the basis for this lower rate; if the benefits differ from those paying the standard rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12608/08]

Written Answers — Student Support Schemes: Student Support Schemes (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department keeps a record of the number of children who require language support for each primary school; if she will provide a list of the same giving the total number of pupils enrolled for each school, the number of whom require language support and the overall percentage thereof; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of the proposed extensions for schools (details supplied) in Dublin 15 which will accommodate an increase in the student population as requested by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12606/08]

Written Answers — Third Level Qualifications: Third Level Qualifications (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the breakdown for each university of all degrees awarded for each of the past five years by degree class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12624/08]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans for the one-acre reserved site to the west of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12770/08]

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (3 Apr 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a prosecution may be taken against an individual who received money intended for a club, society or corporate body but who retained it for personal use in the absence of a complaint from the offended body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12619/08]