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Written Answers — Live Register: Live Register (10 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance the average and end year live register projection for 2009 underpinning budgetary forecasts in the updated stability programme. [4770/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (10 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance if the new pension related payment to be required of public servants announced on 3 February 2009 will benefit from tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4771/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (10 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Finance if the estimate of €1.4 billion in full year payroll savings as a result of the measures announced on 3 February 2009 is calculated before or after the impact on income tax receipts. [4772/09]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (10 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the €1.4 billion savings in the public sector pay bill announced on 3 February 2009. [4773/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the €140 million expenditure reduction through general administration efficiencies and savings. [4774/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Finance the breakdown of the €80 million expenditure reduction in professional fees. [4775/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (10 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Finance the capital programmes and projects that will no longer proceed in 2009 as a result of the Government's decision to re-prioritise €150 million of capital spending on employment intensive activities in the area of school building and energy efficiency improvements. [4776/09]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (10 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an updated monthly profile of projected Exchequer receipts and expenditures consistent with the budgetary projections in the revised stability programme. [4777/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the aggregate budget that has been made available to fund day care places for persons with an intellectual disability in 2009; the number of additional places that it is hoped to provide with this funding; the number of day places which she hopes to provide in centres (details supplied); the expected intake of additional clients in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (10 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will review the rules that currently apply to social welfare disallowance for persons on jobseeker's benefit which require the sacrifice of a day's benefit even for a tiny number of hours worked on an individual day and which disqualify applicants if they have some work on three or more days; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 416: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the length of delay involved in processing applications to switch to invalidity pensions; if there are plans to review this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4305/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (10 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 424: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person who applies for unemployment assistance following a period of working as a taxi driver can be obliged by her Department to dispose of the plate as a condition of their approval; and the way such applicants who can no longer make a living at the taxis can demonstrate their eligibility for unemployment assistance as...

Order of Business (10 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: With regard to the proposal on No. 8, this is the arrangement where each year a certain proportion of money that is not spent under capital budgets is allowed to roll over into the next year. The level of information we get on the capital budgets and their performance against criteria of performance is hopeless. The Dáil is in the dark as to whether projects are on time, ahead of time,...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (5 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance if a draft legislative proposal for the nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank was prepared by officials in his Department in September 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3940/09]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (5 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the tier 2 capital securities on Anglo Irish Bank's balance sheet; if, following nationalisation of the Anglo Irish Bank, these securities are available to absorb future losses in the event of a wind-up of the bank, thereby minimising the taxpayer's exposure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3941/09]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (5 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action which can be taken to assist a patient who is receiving the maximum rate of subvention from the Health Service Executive for a nursing home place, who has sold their home and used the proceeds to fund their nursing home costs, but nonetheless has now entered a situation in which they have no assets and an arrears is...

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (5 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: The most sobering aspect of this debate relates to the appalling figures released by the Central Statistics Office, CSO, in respect of unemployment. Proposals have not yet been put forward with regard to the immediate restoration of the flow of credit to small businesses which may, as a result of overdraft restrictions, be forced to cease their operations for want of such credit and working...

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (5 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: I seek a "Yes" or "No" reply from the Minister. Will the cuts the Minister announced deliver a reduction of €2 billion in the borrowing requirement? If not, what will be the reduction? Is the Minister open to change in the pension levy given its unfair structure? Has the Government issued a directive to every State body, including commercial State bodies, that there must be no pay...

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (5 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: The impact of the measures will be closer to €1 billion.

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (5 Feb 2009)

Richard Bruton: Which revised tax assumptions? We have not seen them.