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Written Answers — Energy Costs: Energy Costs (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied the 12% reduction in gas prices between May and September 2009 is adequate in view of the collapse of wholesale gas price in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18733/09]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 127: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is possible for a person who is a US citizen and who has completed a law degree here to qualify for a work permit in respect of a job that does not offer a salary of more than €30,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18537/09]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the partner of an Irish citizen can apply for a work permit after six months in that relationship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18538/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax treatment of moneys released from a pension fund as in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18665/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Recruitment: Public Service Recruitment (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has issued guidelines to Departments regarding the exceptions which may be permitted to the recruitment ban; if he has established a procedure for clearing applications in respect of exceptions to this rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18918/09]

Written Answers — Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Education (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a childcare facility (details supplied) in Dublin 17 did not qualify for the grant for which they applied in 2008; and if a similar grant opportunity will be available in 2009. [18991/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will clarify whether refunds in respect of long stay patients apply in respect of persons who were admitted to specialist long stay residences for persons with a disability, who on their admission to these facilities suffered the loss of their disabled person's maintenance allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — National Car Test: National Car Test (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a backlog on national car tests; and if he will request that the Garda accept requests for NCT appointments as sufficient to allow a person to avoid penalty points or being put off the road while waiting for the appointment date to arrive. [18992/09]

Written Answers — Prison Accommodation: Prison Accommodation (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the drug free training unit in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, is carrying more people than its original design capacity; if he is satisfied that sufficient additional staff and facilities have been provided to allow this to be a safe and suitable environment; if recommendations...

Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the terms of his decision to restrict the scheme whereby his Department covered the cost of installing socially monitored alarms; and if persons who lodged an application prior to 7 April 2009 will have their application dealt with in the usual way. [18536/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has received a report on the plans for accommodating children who have been affected by the decision to close down special classes in certain schools who are short of the threshold number; if he will establish a database of the children affected and request a quarterly report from the Special Education Needs Council and the...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 450: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines he has issued to agencies within his Department, such as vocational educational committees, regarding the type of vacancies for which it will be possible to recruit despite the current embargo; and the system for processing exceptions that he has established. [18912/09]

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 451: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the guidelines he has issued to agencies within his Department, such as the vocational educational committees, regarding the type of vacancies for which it will be possible to recruit despite the embargo; and the system for processing exceptions that he has established. [18917/09]

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: I do not have to tell the Minister or the Ceann Comhairle that Ireland is facing frightening challenges on every front. The ESRI brought people up with a sharp jolt when we realised that 300,000 jobs might be lost before the end of next year, potentially bringing unemployment figures on the live register measure to over 600,000. That is an appalling prospect and has been brought on by a...

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: The full picture of his remarks was not so generous.

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: They were but the Taoiseach's quoting of Professor was not entirely fair.

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: There are substantial up-front demands associated with the proposed strategy. It involves buying the assets and recapitalising the banks; a great deal of cash is demanded up-front. The alternative would not require as much. Significant incentives may still be needed if the banks continue to shrink their balance sheets. They are shrinking their balance sheets to maintain independence from...

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (12 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: It is a pity we cannot have proper dialogue on the matter, which is another difficulty facing this side of the House. There has not been an arena to examine the matter seriously. We appear to be rushing headlong down the road without seeing anything. The proposal also plunges the State into letting professional investors off the hook. If we go down the NAMA route, shareholders will burn...

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (7 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether new initiatives should be taken to extend the code of conduct for disputes in essential services, or to give that code legal effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18371/09]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 May 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some workers in a company (details supplied) have been cut off from their pensions by the trustees of the pension fund; and if she plans initiatives to extend the pension protection recently announced to this company. [18372/09]