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Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (7 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated value of tax refunds due to individual taxpayers but not claimed for each year from 1998 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8964/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (8 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to use the proposed Water Services Bill to reintroduce domestic water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9589/06]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (8 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm the capital allocation of €9.5 million to the Abbotstown campus; if he has identified what this money will be utilised for. [9709/06]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (9 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to the statement of assistant chief constable Mr. Sam Kinkaid of the PSNI to the Omagh bomb victims to the general effect that the Garda Síochána had withheld from the RUC information it received from an informant that might have assisted in preventing that bomb attack and, in particular, that the Garda...

Written Answers — Adult Cautioning Scheme: Adult Cautioning Scheme (9 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offences listed in the adult cautioning scheme which became operational on 1 February 2006; the method of determining which offences are appropriate for inclusion in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9670/06]

Order of Business. (21 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: The Minister told us that he would know by February.

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (21 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the establishment of a community development unit for older people within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10809/06]

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (21 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will expand on recent comments he made regarding access to land for rural walkers; the way in which he proposes to deal with the issue of farmers refusing access to their land to hill walkers; if he proposes to issue guidelines on the issue of hill walking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10795/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 252: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to provide funding for high level diagnostic equipment for Connolly Hospital at Blanchardstown; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that patients who require an angiogram and diagnosis have to go to the Mater Hospital or to Beaumont Hospital necessitating a huge amount of time and inconvenience; and...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (21 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which statutory instruments are generated in relation to the European taxation on savings directive; if they are voted through at Dáil Éireann level; if the EU law transfer into national law is automatic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10480/06]

Written Answers — National Stadium: National Stadium (21 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 333: To ask the Minister for Finance if, due to previous dealings in relation to the establishment of Campus and Stadium Ireland Development Limited and the holding and transferring of its shares which are at present vulnerable to legal challenge, questions arise in relation either to any other dealings by Ministers in the formation of private companies for public purposes or to the...

Written Answers — National Stadium: National Stadium (21 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 406: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he is satisfied that he has and has always had power to hold and transfer shares in Campus and Stadium Ireland Development Limited; if he is further satisfied that the establishment of that company was valid and effectual; if previous dealings regarding the establishment of that company and the holding and transferring of its...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (21 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 773: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a copy of the parents report into the Kilkenny city vocational school parents' association; if the parents' report on the school has been included in the terms of the her inquiry; if not, the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10481/06]

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (21 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 896: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation in relation to a professional development worker who is overseas and working with bodies such as the ICRC, IFRC, UN/UNV and so on and who is currently a professional with the UN in Haiti; and if they may have access to a postal vote in the same line as members of the Defence Forces (details...

Social Welfare Benefits. (22 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the progress made to date in his consideration of those recommendations of the NESF report on care for older people for which his Department has responsibility and in particular the recommendation of a broadly based group to develop a national strategy for carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11001/06]

National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: I welcome the production of this Bill. It has been promised for some years and the development of the lands at Abbotstown for sports and amenity purposes is something I strongly support. When I was elected to the former Dublin County Council in 1991, the land was owned by the Department of Agriculture and Food and used for various agricultural purposes. I moved a motion that it should be...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (22 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the considerable volume of complaints regarding errors and problems regarding certificates of tax free allowances and tax credits; the volumes of complaints received; if his attention has further been drawn to the frustration that people are experiencing in trying to have their tax certificates corrected; if his...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (22 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Transport the exact proposed location of the Spencer Dock station; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the new location suggested in recent press releases is some 100 metres distant from both the proposed extension to the Luas line and from the pedestrian footbridge to the south side of the River Liffey; if the final location which is to the...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (22 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Transport, with regard to the new Spencer Dock station, the railway lines it is proposed to be integrated with; the other public transport lines it is proposed it will be integrated with; if it will be integrated in the short term with the Drogheda, Drumcondra, Phoenix Park tunnel, Heuston, Maynooth lines; if the proposed station will be used initially...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (22 Mar 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to provide Iarnród Éireann with double decker trains, as are available in many European countries, particularly with a view to increasing service capacity on the Clonsilla railway line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11289/06]