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Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (27 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether there should be restrictions on the right of persons to apply for retention when the practice is repeated or designed deliberately to frustrate planning conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3948/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Finance if it is intended that locums working as substitutes in general practitioner practices are in future to be taxed under PAYE rather than as sole traders; the expected revenue from such a move; the estimated compliance cost; if an impact assessment is being undertaken; if it will apply only to contracts that involve whole-time posts; and if he will...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (26 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are clear rules for the means test applied for assessing entitlement to a home care package for a person being cared for in the home; if there is a ceiling on the amount payable; if the scheme is demand led or rationed within a fixed budget; and the different resource allocations and availability, that is, numbers served,...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (26 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 455: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the rules for tapered withdrawal of rent supplement or mortgage interest supplement in the case of person returning to work under State supported schemes such as community, employment, back to work, graduate placement and so on. [3605/10]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (21 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if the official statistics on income distribution published by his Department focus solely on tax cases as defined by the Revenue Commissioners instead of looking at the distribution across individual earners; if it is possible for the Revenue Commissioners to derive accurate estimates of the distribution of individual earners from the tax returns...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (21 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance the workers in the community and voluntary sector, that receive block grants from the State, that will be subject tot he public service wage reduction; and if persons who were exempt from the public service pension levy will also be exempt from this pay cut. [2841/10]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (21 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are obstacles to the implementation of the early retirement scheme in the Health Service Executive such as at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2721/10]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (21 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Transport the legal basis for the company running the barrier free tolling imposing penalty charges on unpaid trips; if there are limits to the cost that they can add on as costs or penalty; and if there is a legal or constitutional limit on a body imposing such charges without judicial rights of review. [2718/10]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (21 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the protocol for the gardaí offering an escort to celebrities travelling between events; if there are arrangements for cost recovery in such circumstances; if there has been a recent review of the justification for such deployment of resources in recent times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2720/10]

Severe Weather. (21 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 10: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the emergency planning committee under the direction of his Department did not convene sooner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2487/10]

Order of Business (21 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: There is lots of law but no order.

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the opportunity provided to Members by the Labour Party to debate this issue. The Government must realise that there is great political and public scepticism about its attitude to investigating the banking inquiry. This is not a surprise because such scepticism has arisen from the Government's reaction whereby, from the very first day that such an investigation was mooted by the...

Banking Crisis: Motion (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: On a point of order, I do not think Deputies should be seeking to distort what others say in the House. There is a principle of reasonable debate that should be observed.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 159: To ask the Taoiseach the savings outlined in the Report of the Special Group on Public Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which were accepted in budget 2010 for his Department in tabular form; the savings which will be achieved in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1262/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 143: To ask the Taoiseach the number of agencies under his remit who process entitlement payments; the number of staff who process entitlement payments broken down by agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48253/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 144: To ask the Taoiseach the number of agencies under his remit that have a role in carrying out inspections; the number of staff involved in the carrying out of inspections broken down by agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48270/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 145: To ask the Taoiseach the number of agencies under his remit that have a role in the issuing of licences; the number of staff involved in the issuing of licences broken down by agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48287/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach the agencies under his remit who have a role in the collection of payments; the number of staff involved in the collection of payments broken down by agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48304/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the savings outlined in the Report of the Special Group on Public Numbers and Expenditure Programmes which were accepted in budget 2010 for her Department in tabular form; the savings which will be achieved in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1255/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 265: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings outlined in the report of the special group on public numbers and expenditure programmes which were accepted in budget 2010 for his Department in tabular form; the savings which will be achieved in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1257/10]