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- Order of Business (1 Dec 2011)
Robert Dowds: Will Deputy Higgins please explain an alternative route?
- Written Answers — National Adult Literacy Agency: National Adult Literacy Agency (30 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial supports available for the National Adult Literacy Strategy; and the medium-term plans for funding this organisation. [37993/11]
- Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (30 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the need to prioritise literacy education and, in particular, to work on the literacy of parents in order that they can better support their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37994/11]
- Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (30 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for adult literacy education within SOLAS when it is formed to replace FÃS. [37995/11]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the expenditure by multinational groups in respect of their operations outside Ireland which are considered bona fide for the purposes of calculating their tax liability here; and if this includes expenditure on services which were being carried out by the multinational here at an earlier stage. [37546/11]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the checks that are carried out on the tax reduction expenditure declared by multinational companies to ensure that each item is legitimate bona fide expenditure which reduces profits made in Ireland. [37548/11]
- Written Answers — Strategic Development Fund: Strategic Development Fund (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance when the strategic development fund will come on stream; the functions of same; the amount of capital it will have at its disposal; and the persons or companies who are likely to benefit from same. [37029/11]
- Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to regulate firms engaged in personal finance which are not banks or building societies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37462/11]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will look into restricting the dual income standard rate increase in terms of income tax to couples who are on low to moderate incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37577/11]
- Written Answers — Public Sector Staff: Public Sector Staff (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has been able to recruit outside experts into the public service; and how he intends to make progress on this front. [37030/11]
- Written Answers — Civil Service: Civil Service (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has been able to overcome the obstacles which have prevented professional civil servants from applying for administrative posts in the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37031/11]
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 234: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the expense to the State in the past three years for which records are available from refunding redundancy payments to multinational companies which have made Irish staff redundant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37545/11]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the maximum rate of jobseeker's allowance for persons under 25 years is less than that for persons over 25 years. [37032/11]
- Written Answers — Mortgage-to-Rent Schemes: Mortgage-to-Rent Schemes (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 351: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed pilot scheme of a mortgage-to-rent system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37028/11]
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress made toward a national bin waiver scheme. [37189/11]
- Written Answers — Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 421: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons that to date there have been no prosecutions for the offence of human trafficking for labour exploitation in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37544/11]
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 509: To ask the Minister for Health if he is following up with the persons in the Dublin area whose psychiatric medication was being paid for by the Health Service Executive until 1 November to ensure that cost does not prevent them from taking their medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37044/11]
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 520: To ask the Minister for Health the hospital assigned to look after the needs of patients from Clondalkin, Dublin 22. [37176/11]
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 521: To ask the Minister for Health the hospital assigned to look after the needs of patients from Lucan, County Dublin. [37177/11]
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2011)
Robert Dowds: Question 522: To ask the Minister for Health, in the situation in which a medical speciality required is not available in the hospital assigned to the catchment area, to which hospital patients from Clondalkin, Dublin 22, should be assigned. [37178/11]