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- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Sep 2009)
John Deasy: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average waiting time in processing applications from the receipt of the application to the decision on the claim for means tested payments (details supplied) in each of the social welfare regions here; if she has identified particular areas within these regions where there are longer waiting periods; if she will provide...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Sep 2009)
John Deasy: Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to the Exchequer for the rental of property for FÃS in Waterford City in each of the past five years; the individual units involved; and the rental cost of each building. [32089/09]
- Overseas Development Aid. (23 Sep 2009)
John Deasy: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will freeze funding of overseas development aid at current levels and give an undertaking that there will be no further cuts in the ODA budget in the lifetime of the Government. [31759/09]
- Overseas Development Aid. (23 Sep 2009)
John Deasy: The Minister of State referred to planning. I have been informed by NGOs that they cannot make plans. They are making people redundant in the programme countries and cannot plan ahead in respect of their programmes. The ambassadors who have come before the sub-committee indicate that they are breaking the commitments they made in these countries. The other Minister of State present, Deputy...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (23 Sep 2009)
John Deasy: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of cuts all other EU member states have made in their overseas development budgets. [31760/09]
- Courts and Court Officers Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)
John Deasy: Is the Minister disagreeing with the McCarthy report as well?
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)
John Deasy: I am delighted the Minister of State found his connection to Arthur Guinness as he was looking for it feverishly all morning. It is fair to assume we do not have any difficulty with this Bill, as initiated, to repeal 1,351 spent and obsolete Acts. It has been characterised as one of the most extensive clean-outs of legislation and considering we were colonised for so long, one would expect...
- Statute Law Revision Bill 2009: Second Stage (24 Sep 2009)
John Deasy: God help us all.
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2009)
John Deasy: In recent days, an issue has arisen regarding the imposition of PRSI on the redundancy payments of former Waterford Crystal workers. I believe the Department of Social and Family Affairs made a mistake in defining the workers' redundancy payments as income when it should have been considered a termination lump sum payment. The result has been that the workers have been landed with a PRSI...
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2009)
John Deasy: The Department of Social and Family Affairs is the Department involved.
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (6 Oct 2009)
John Deasy: Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the location of the six unoccupied Industrial Development Authority units in Waterford that are being leased; the persons from whom they are being leased; the history of occupancy of these properties; the cost to date of leasing each of these properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33257/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (6 Oct 2009)
John Deasy: Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost and location of each property rented by the Industrial Development Authority in each county in each of the past five years; and the properties which are being used by the IDA and which are held for potential investors. [34094/09]
- Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (6 Oct 2009)
John Deasy: Question 594: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that the rural transport scheme is not abolished in view of the social and economic value this scheme has for people living in rural areas without public transport; his views on restructuring the scheme and introducing a fee for people who avail of the scheme to make it more sustainable; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Oct 2009)
John Deasy: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs is she is satisfied with the average time it takes to process social welfare appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34258/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (7 Oct 2009)
John Deasy: Question 193: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to the Exchequer for the rental or lease of property for her Department in Waterford city in each of the past five years; the individual units involved; the rental cost of each building. [34889/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (7 Oct 2009)
John Deasy: Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to the Exchequer for the rental or lease of property for Enterprise Ireland in Waterford City in each of the past five years; the individual units involved; and the rental cost of each building. [34890/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (7 Oct 2009)
John Deasy: Question 195: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to the Exchequer for the rental or lease of property for Waterford City Enterprise Board in Waterford City in each of the past five years; the individual unit's involved; and the rental cost of each building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34890/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (7 Oct 2009)
John Deasy: Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to the Exchequer for the rental or lease of property for Waterford City Enterprise Board in Waterford City in each of the past five years; the individual units involved; the cost of each building. [34891/09]
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (7 Oct 2009)
John Deasy: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer for the rental or lease of property for the Property Registration Authority in Waterford City in each of the past five years; the individual units involved and the cost of each building. [34898/09]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (7 Oct 2009)
John Deasy: Question 232: To ask the Minister for Finance if, as a goodwill gesture to former employees of a company (details supplied) in Waterford, he will exempt them from being liable for tax and employer and employee PRSI contributions in respect of a â¬10 million payment by the new owners that was negotiated by the Labour Relations Commission; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this...