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- Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the targets which his Department and agencies acting under his Department set for 2007 in respect of the overall or crime specific rate of headline offences; the overall or crime specific rate of detection as a percentage of crimes reported; the reductions in the rate of reoffending; and the progress made against targets...
- Departmental Expenditure. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: The Taoiseach has repeatedly said that this unit constitutes a significant saving on other Departments. Deputy Kenny tabled a parliamentary question on the spending by other Departments on media monitoring activities. I am sure it will come as a huge surprise to the Taoiseach to discover that those other Departments are spending over â¬500,000 every year on top of the â¬344,000 he says...
- Departmental Expenditure. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: I do not know whether the Taoiseach has looked at his reply, but the big spenders are not those Departments that survey international activity. The big spenders are the Department of Health and Children â despite similar media monitoring by the HSE â and the Department of Education and Science, which has no requirement to monitor international agencies. Will the Taoiseach undertake a...
- Departmental Expenditure. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: How come they all surge in the year of the election?
- Departmental Expenditure. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: We could save a few hundred thousand euro if we did it.
- Departmental Expenditure. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: The Taoiseach could double it and close down the others, saving around â¬300,000.
- Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of An Agreed Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10612/08]
- Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: I welcome the Taoiseach's reply. What is the cost of the programme for Government which he says has been fully costed? I have not seen that figure published anywhere. The Minister for Finance says it is a matter that will be kept private, if it has been costed at all. I am glad the Taoiseach has indicated that it has been costed. Against that background, the cost of the Fianna Fáil...
- Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: I do not want to accuse the Taoiseach of misleading the House but if the Department of Finance publishes Estimates that indicate that revenue the Taoiseach expected to rise by â¬7.5 billion by 2012 will be â¬6.3 billion off target by 2010, does he accept, as leader of the Government, that those Estimates are accurate? Does he believe that Department of Finance projections should be the...
- Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: The Taoiseach should answer the question.
- Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: No, I want the Taoiseach to publish the costs of what the Government has proposed.
- Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: What will it cost?
- Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: That is not what I asked. The Ceann Comhairle knows that I did not ask that.
- Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: In some sense the Ceann Comhairle is a referee here.
- Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: That is not the answer to the question. I asked the Taoiseach if he would issue an instruction to Departments to publish the costings of the programme for Government. The Taoiseach has not answered with "yes" or "no". This is not acceptable. We are seeking information and honest answers. If the Taoiseach goes on these Wanderly Wagon wish-lists and talks about lovely motherhood and apple...
- Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: I know that and I am not blaming the Ceann Comhairle. I am drawing it to the Ceann Comhairle's attention that this should be a "yes" or "no" answer. The Taoiseach, like he would not articulate confidence in the HSE yesterday, will not answer this question.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: I do not object to these being taken without debate. However, I must point out to the Taoiseach that the manner of presentation of data on capital projects that have been deferred and for which money was carried over is grossly inadequate. The House is being asked to make a decision to approve these without any information about the projects involved, the reasons for the deferrals, or the...
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: The most important element of this will be the question and answer session, but only 20 minutes is being provided for this. Yesterday, despite many questions from the leaders of both the Labour Party and Fine Gael, the Taoiseach still withheld a commitment to confidence in the management of the HSE. As a student of football, the Taoiseach is putting down a signal about the HSE which should...
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: The House will soon break for St. Patrick's Day and Easter and this will be the last we see of the Taoiseach. We have only passed three Bills during this session and of 17 Bills only five have been published. There is a growing sense of paralysis on the other side of the House and I do not know its cause, though many will speculate in that regard. This paralysis is manifesting itself in...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (11 Mar 2008)
Richard Bruton: Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 28 February 2008, the number of annual passes and the number of monthly passes which make up the total number quoted for tax relief on season tickets. [10194/08]