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Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (6 Oct 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 389: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of gross current spending net of public pay, social welfare and the cost of servicing public debt in each month from January 2008 to September 2009. [34582/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (6 Oct 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 390: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of total tax receipts of revenue from the public service levy and of borrowing in each month since January 2008 to September 2009. [34583/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Oct 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when new beds for older people will come on stream in St Joseph's Hospital, Raheny and in Clontarf Orthopaedic Hospital, Dublin; and the financial provision that has been made by the Health Service Executive for commissioning these beds into use and operating them thereafter. [33106/09]

Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (6 Oct 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 792: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of the high risk to older people living alone, he has reconsidered the interruption to the elderly reassurance community scheme formerly operated by him in conjunction with voluntary groups. [33116/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Oct 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 844: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost of the social welfare bill in each month since January 2008 to September 2009. [34580/09]

Written Answers — Designated Areas: Designated Areas (6 Oct 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 951: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision on the implementation of a special protection order on Dublin Bay will be made in view of the fact that he has a copy of the report from the Designated Areas Appeal Advisory Group in his possession; the reason for the delay in making his decision; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (6 Oct 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 1251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will review the rule that disbars Irish citizens from the higher education grant if they have been over one year out of the country, as it bears very heavily on young people's options when employment opportunities are scarce. [33926/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance the basic principles that will be used in deciding the tax base for the proposed 80% tax on windfall gain from rezoning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32773/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the Irish stand at the EXPO 2010 in Shanghai, China, including a full breakdown of costs; the expected return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32805/09]

Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: I am sure the Tánaiste would have been as disturbed as I to read the household budget survey published yesterday which shows that 60% of the 175,000 jobs that have been lost in the past two years were lost by those under the age of 25. The unemployment rate among this category of people has increased by 17%, which is extraordinary. Effectively, the lives of 90,000 young people have been...

Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: Surely, however, we should be transforming the way we focus on the priority of employment. Will the Tánaiste indicate why the consumer and competition Bill, which will deal with the amalgamation of the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority, will not be published this year? Are we still going to have the same archaic debate on the Estimates this year? Will it be the case...

Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: We are in a crisis situation. Young people whose futures have been placed on hold are watching our proceedings in order to discover whether the decisions we make will shorten the recession or prolong it. The matters to which I refer are just three which could be treated as priority changes. Will the Tánaiste commit to making these three changes?

Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: Does the Tánaiste not agree that her answer in respect of the Estimates process is pathetic. We are in the midst of the worst crisis the nation has ever experienced-----

Order of Business (23 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: -----but it is business as usual as far as the Government is concerned. There has been no attempt to change anything or to employ the talent of certain Members of the House in order to address these problems in a more coherent and realistic way.

Order of Business (22 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: I want to ask the Tánaiste about the format of this year's Estimates. I understand last Friday was the deadline for Ministers to have arranged their proposals on spending cuts. Will those be presented to an Oireachtas committee for consideration ahead of the budget or will all Government decisions be released to the Dáil on budget day without any opportunity to assess whether the choices...

Order of Business (22 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: At any stage?

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (17 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Government's e-tendering website is legally required to be put out to public tender again, in view of the fact that the original contract was awarded in 2003 for three years, with a two year extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31969/09]

Written Answers — Pre-school Services: Pre-school Services (17 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the circumstances in which a school participating in the pre-school scheme may levy additional charges on parents; if extra services associated with core hours may be charged; if schools charge for extra hours over and above core hours; if schools charge for extra curricular activities; if a child qualifies for one year of free...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (17 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will make a final decision on the implementation of a special protection order on Dublin Bay; the reason for the delay in making that decision in view of the fact that he has had the report from the designated areas appeals advisory board in his possession for some time. [31968/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (16 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 161: To ask the Taoiseach if he made submissions to the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes on potential savings in his Department; the contents of the submissions made; if the McCarthy group has made proposals to him; the contents of these proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30174/09]