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Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (7 Feb 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she would consider putting in place a suitability interview system before tenants are given the go-ahead to lease a dwelling using rent supplement. [6362/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (7 Feb 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she would consider setting a cap on the percentage of households in an estate which can be in receipt of rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6363/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (7 Feb 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to move from paying rent supplement to tenants to paying it directly to landlords; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6364/12]

Private Members' Business. Community Employment Schemes: Motion (7 Feb 2012)

Robert Dowds: I agree with Deputy Patrick O'Donovan's comments on the very difficult situation in which community employment supervisors find themselves in regard to pension rights and so on. I hope the Government will consider that matter in due course. I commend the Minister for Social Protection on her achievement in reducing the cuts that were initially proposed to be imposed in her Department by...

Family Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (3 Feb 2012)

Robert Dowds: I thank Deputy Donnelly for introducing this Bill. I regret it does not seem possible to have it proceed any further. I have much sympathy with the remarks of Deputy Catherine Murphy on the importance of having Private Members' Bills proceed to Committee Stage and, I would hope, to enactment. I hope this will occur soon, be it in respect of an Opposition Bill or one produced by a...

Family Home Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (3 Feb 2012)

Robert Dowds: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Third Level Admissions: Third Level Admissions (2 Feb 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider changing the deadline for applications to the Central Applications Office for third-level courses from January, in view of the fact that anecdotal evidence suggests that January is a difficult month for families to find the money for the application. [5984/12]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Feb 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government how a mortgage-to-rent scheme, as recommended by the Keane report on mortgage arrears, will work in practice. [5849/12]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Feb 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in relation to an upcoming pilot of the mortgage-to-rent scheme, if it will be up to each bank and financial institution to decide whether to get involved in such a scheme. [5850/12]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Feb 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it will be up to the banks and financial institutions or to persons with distressed mortgages to decide whether to get involved in a mortgage-to-rent pilot scheme. [5851/12]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (31 Jan 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 423: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a new RTÉ authority will be appointed; and the criteria he will apply to decide on appointments to the authority. [5391/12]

Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

Robert Dowds: Is Deputy Kelleher going to come all the way back from Cork on Saturday for it?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Jan 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that the recent reductions in rent supplement may lead to landlords seeking more rent directly from the tenant; if tenants have any recourse if this occurs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4596/12]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (26 Jan 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who has been on a Tús work placement may go directly from Tús to a community employment scheme. [4595/12]

Written Answers — Custody Rights: Custody Rights (26 Jan 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rights of an unmarried father in terms of access to his children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4597/12]

Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Robert Dowds: What about the local charges in the North?

Written Answers — Rialacháin Foirgníochta: Rialacháin Foirgníochta (24 Jan 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 420: To ask the Aire Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil an dtabharfaidh sé figiúirí i dtaobh líon na mbloc árasán cónaitheach a tógadh i ngach limistéar údaráis áitiúil ó 2000, cé mhéad acu a ndearna oifigigh ón mbriogáid dóiteáin iniúchadh orthu lena chinntiú gur chloígh siad le deimhnithe sábháilteachta dóiteáin agus cé mhéad acu a fuair fógra...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (24 Jan 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a waste disposal company (details supplied) is in breach of competition law by insisting that customers pay a substantial fee at the beginning of a contract or collection year rather than in instalments, in view of the fact that this makes it significantly more difficult for the customer to change...

Written Answers — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (19 Jan 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give guidance to the Revenue Commissioners on the way they should approach taxpayers in relation to taxation matters; and his views on the way the recent debacle between the Revenue Commissioners and pensioners could be best avoided in future. [3065/12]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (19 Jan 2012)

Robert Dowds: Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that persons who have bin waivers in south Dublin will lose their waivers in April, when he is going to make waivers available on a national basis. [3063/12]