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Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (1 Apr 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of the amalgamation of the Combat Poverty Agency and the Office of Social Inclusion; if the officials have moved to their new offices; the cost of such a move if any; the cost of the change of websites, published documents and so on due to the change; if all the changes of such have now been completed; the staffing...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (1 Apr 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position of the strategic plan for the integration of the Combat Poverty Agency and the Social Inclusion Agency; the number of staff assigned to this sector; the status of the staff assigned; the comparison of these numbers to the previous numbers of both agencies and their original status; the number of complaints made to...

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (1 Apr 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of research projects being undertaken by the new integrated division in determining poverty and its effects; the areas of research; the timescale of this research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14252/10]

National Drugs Strategy. (1 Apr 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of complaints lodged with his Department with regard to head shops; the number of head shops in each electoral area; the actions taken to date or planned by him to deal with the concerns raised; the meetings arranged or that have taken place with other agencies or Departments to deal with the concerns...

National Drugs Strategy. (1 Apr 2010)

Jack Wall: Like Deputy Ring, I wish the Minister and Minister of State well in their new portfolios. I assure them we will do everything we can to work with them. I thank the former Minister, Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív, and the former Minister of State, Deputy Curran, for the effort and time they put into Question Time. Question Time is an important occasion during which spokespersons and Ministers can...

Special Educational Needs: Motion. (31 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: I thank the Fine Gael education spokesperson, Deputy Brian Hayes, for putting this very important matter on the agenda. I wish the new Minister for Education and Skills well in her new portfolio but I am gravely disappointed that she has not stayed in the House for this debate. Many people have taken time off to follow this debate from the Visitors' Gallery and it does not augur well if she...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (30 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures that the international community should now be taking to head off any prospect of ethnic violence in advance of the elections in Kenya in 2012 in view of the increasing reports of large stocks of armaments being assembled by competing groups in Kenya. [13353/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether such reforms of the international monetary system, as a foreign policy principle, as would allow for the establishment of a transaction tax, such as the Tobin tax, so as to contain or eliminate the destructive anti-democratic consequences of speculation in international debt and currency. [13352/10]

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (30 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13615/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Functions: Departmental Functions (30 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 308: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost of the proposed changes to his Department; if there are logistical changes necessary such as staff changes, relocation of his Department or sections of his Department; when it is anticipated that all of the necessary changes will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13767/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Functions: Departmental Functions (30 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 309: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if legislation is necessary to ensure the transfer of any section or agency of his Department as result of recent changes; if funding of the various agencies will be affected; if so, if a mechanism is being prepared or in place to ensure that no delays take place in relation to such funding; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Departmental Functions: Departmental Functions (30 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 310: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and name of agencies now under his remit; the number and name of agencies previously under the remit of his Department that have being reallocated to other Departments due to recent changes; the change in policy of sections of his Department and the Minister of State responsible for each of the...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (30 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural Gaeltacht Affairs the position of an application for capital funding by a group (details supplied); the commitments made to the group in the past two years; if an application for refurbishment of the present structure has now been received; if so, when a decision will be made in regard to the application in view of the urgent need to...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (30 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 444: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the number of special needs assistants employed in the schools of County Kildare for each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13893/10]

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (25 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all section of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 have now been brought into operation; the number of occasions on which the powers contained in this Act have been used since its enactment and in particular the number of prosecutions transferred to the Special Criminal Court under the provisions of section 8 of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (25 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application to remain in the State in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13484/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the Health Service Executive has authority to determine the location at which a couple should reside in view of the fact that such a determination has been given to a couple who sought rent subsidy and were refused on the grounds that the couple should reside in the home of the parents of one of the applicants; and if he will...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13376/10]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (25 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2010)

Jack Wall: The Deputy has departed from the issue of planning.