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Order of Business. (3 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: So the Ceann Comhairle will not permit any order to be put.

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (2 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason, in view of the fact that €20 to €30 million has been spent on reserve defence force annually, no reservists are qualified to take part in overseas service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23461/10]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (2 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the reduction in the availability of respite care on the northside of Dublin; and if she has established any policy guidelines for the Health Service Executive regarding respite care. [23690/10]

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: It is a matter of the ordering of the business of the House. It is a legitimate question to be answered on the floor. The Minister has promised a White Paper or its equivalent on the social levy, so we should have an engagement in the Chamber as to how we organise business. I will pursue the matter with the Minister, but I will also pursue it with the Taoiseach occasionally. It is...

Order of Business. (2 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: When will we see the White Paper which has been promised in respect of the new social levy and other tax measures planned by the Government? In the context of the 2011 budget, will we have a similar assessment of options like those in the McCarthy report so the Oireachtas can have a genuine debate on alternatives? Is the Taoiseach considering changing the format of the budget presentation...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to invest in and promote the development of a marine energy research centre adjacent to the National Maritime College, Ringaskiddy, County Cork. [23065/10]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (1 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Finance the legislation that is necessary to implement the new EU Consumer Credit Directive due to be implemented on 11 June 2010; and if he will include measures to avail of the discretion in that directive to treat credit unions differently from other financial institutions. [22965/10]

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (1 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to amend the Freedom of Information Act in order that it apply to the Office of the Ombudsman in the same way as to any other body and subject to the same grounds for declining information and the same process of appeal when parties are unhappy with the outcome of a request for information. [23156/10]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (1 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending the credit appeal mechanism developed for small businesses to also include householders; his further views on developing codes of practice which would give banks guidance as to when they ought to accept requests by mortgage holders to move to interest-only payments for a certain period; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (1 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a copy of the first quarterly report of National Asset Management Agency; and if, in the context of this report, he has issued any guidelines, directions or requests for specific information. [23287/10]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (1 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance if National Asset Management Agency has submitted to him codes of practice, a revised business plan, requests for staff or funding and a policy statement; and if he will outline whether it has met all of the schedules set out in the Act or requested by him in respect of such documents. [23288/10]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (1 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has met with the chairman of the board or chief executive of the National Asset Management Agency to discuss the progress made and its ability to meet various schedules for the acquisition of loans and other associated activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23289/10]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoption: Inter-Country Adoption (1 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Mexico, which is compliant with the Hague agreement on adoption, is willing to change its adoption process in order to accommodate Irish adoptions; and if the Bill, as currently drafted, will go ahead, due to the fact that in Mexico the central government authority is not involved in...

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: Before the Taoiseach replies, I have a question on the same matter.

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: This matter was the subject of a request to the Ceann Comhairle's office for a special notice question, which the Chair did not allow. The Government is putting an extra €2 billion into Anglo Irish Bank at a time when the Government is now turning to social welfare recipients and others to make contributions to the cuts. We need to have a debate on why this is happening, whether it is a...

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2010)

Richard Bruton: It is putting €22 billion into a bank that will not lend a red cent.

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (27 May 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the reason for the delay in awarding redundancy payment in respect of a person (details supplied) from the insolvency fund. [22465/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (27 May 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the basis on which benchmarking awards were extended to include pensioners; and if he will indicate whether pensioners in An Post are entitled to benchmarking awards that would have applied to parallel grades in the public service under the terms of the act establishing An Post which provided that there should be equivalents in terms and...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (27 May 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered any initiative that would forestall the risk that rising mortgage rates might put more people into difficulties with repayments such as, for example, making euro bonds more widely available to banks that could underpin mortgages which tracked the European interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22517/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (27 May 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the average length of time it takes to process a medical card application in the primary care reimbursement service; the average length of time it takes to process appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22442/10]