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Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (16 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to justify her claim that 60 per cent of the health budget goes on wages and salaries within the health service; the breakdown of the difference in terms of salary and wages costs between administrative staff and clinical staff within the health service in that context; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (16 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the issue of the Tribal Secta Report on accident and emergency units in six hospitals to a national newspaper under a Freedom of Information request she will arrange to lay these reports in the Houses of the Oireachtas library in order that Members can learn from their important findings. [18351/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 226: To ask the Minister for Finance the threshold at which the 9 per cent rate of stamp duty on non-residential property comes into effect; the value of this threshold as it applied in 1995, in the year 2000 and to date in 2006; and his views on whether, further to the significant moves in property values, there is a need to review the threshold at which stamp duty becomes...

Written Answers — Revenue Offices: Revenue Offices (16 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the continuing complaints of long delays in tax offices, no reply on freephone numbers and continuing high level of errors in the tax allowance forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18234/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 228: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he excluded SSIA's which have been put into interest bearing deposits from the opportunity to get a refund of deposit interest retention tax; and if investors were informed of this. [18235/06]

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (16 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 404: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Gardaí in the Dublin metropolitan area and in the Garda districts of Coolock, Raheny and Santry who were engaged in community policing in each year since 2000. [18097/06]

Written Answers — Firearms Licensing: Firearms Licensing (16 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 435: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the figures for the number of licensed firearm certificate holders who have been charged under the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act. [18371/06]

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (16 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are any proposals to amend the law in respect of a legal obligation on persons, who are legally entitled to vote, to register for voting purposes; and if they are entitled to de-register even if they remain resident. [17931/06]

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (11 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the claims made by CORI (details supplied) that in 1994 just 10.4 per cent of people receiving social welfare payments for illness or disability were at risk of poverty whereas in 2006 the figures for same is 49.4 per cent; his views on the claim; the reasons for this occurrence; the implications...

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (11 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to claims made by CORI (details supplied) that in 1994, 29.5 per cent of households headed by a person with an illness or a disability were at risk of poverty whereas in 2006 the figure for same is 54 per cent; his views on this claim; the implications for society; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (11 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his views on extending back the concession introduced some years ago whereby persons who dropped out of the insured workforce on order to undertake caring duties for children under 12 years or other persons in need of long-term care, would have those years of absence ignored for the purpose of averaging contributions, whereby...

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: This may be an opportunity for the Minister to be a little more expansive. Can he amplify what is the legislative programme in his Department because it amazes me there is not a single reference to his Department anywhere in the legislative programme?

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Has he abandoned all legislation? Is he too busy——

Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: When Deputy O'Donoghue was Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform he put a number of important items of legislation into the Government programme, the corruption Bill that was to be produced, the one nationwide indictable crimes court Bill, the new legislation to enable the DPP to appeal against sentences in the District Court and a number of other Bills. What has happened to these...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (10 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has estimated the cost of increasing the high rate of nursing home subvention from €190.50 to €300, and the cost of raising the threshold for enhanced subvention from €680 to €800; her views on the likely cost and the impact on take up of nursing home subvention; and if she will make a statement on her...

Written Answers — Financial Services Ombudsman: Financial Services Ombudsman (10 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the remit of the financial service ombudsman is confined to business transactions of business that do not exceed €3 million in turnover; if he will consider that the ombudsman role should be extended to larger businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17502/06]

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (10 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised that the public procurement contracts and some of the requirements set at tendering stage are militating against innovative small companies, particularly in the software industry here from gaining opportunities to participate in Government contracts; his views on changes that would make it...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has sought a report from the Health Service Executive on the decision to put a stay on central heating installation under the eastern community works programme; and if the Health Service Executive are confident that people who have been approved will get sanction to go ahead with the work in good time to have...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (9 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the European Court Ruling seeking to apply VAT to the provision of back office services for the financial service sector; if he has assessed the impact of same on Irish operations providing this outsourced business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17059/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (9 May 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that unmarried partners with children, where only one person works are treated for income tax purposes as if they were a single person; and if he has identified changes that could be made to improve their position while respecting the constitutional requirement not to place married couples in a worse...