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Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 Apr 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 530: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will detail any regulations issued by her office or that of her predecessors arising from Section 99(3) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005, specifying the circumstances and conditions under which a person is regarded as providing full-time care and attention to a relevant person. [18054/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 539: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons availing of the carer's allowance on a full time care basis and on a shared care basis and the total costs of each of these payments for 2009, 2010 and 2011. [18165/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 540: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for carer's allowance under the full time and shared care basis respectively in 2009, 2010 and 2011. [18166/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 541: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had the carer's allowance withdrawn in 2009, 2010 and 2011 as a result of the person they care for going into residential care for four days per week or more. [18167/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 Apr 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 542: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will list any amendments to Sections 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 and 107 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005. [18168/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (18 Apr 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 954: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Sex Offenders Act 2001 to ensure that more sex offenders are given post-release supervision orders on release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18007/12]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (18 Apr 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 1032: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the investigation into Anglo Irish Bank, which is now in its third year. [19205/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Apr 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 1069: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a public sector employee (details supplied) who is being redeployed from their current employment in Donegal town to another location in the county cannot be facilitated with a move to another Department within the public sector located in Donegal town; and if they cannot be located in Donegal town, the...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Apr 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 1361: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question no. 520 of 6 March 2012, if he will indicate when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 will be granted occupational therapy support. [18993/12]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (18 Apr 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 1439: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the western rail corridor, including projected costs for completion; if the project will be completed in the next four years of capital expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19368/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (29 Mar 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the date on which she expects the community employment review to be completed; and when she expects to publish its findings and recommendations. [17340/12]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (28 Mar 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he intends to address the recent findings from a survey carried out by a company (details supplied) that only 1% of Europeans would chose Ireland as a tourist destination, the same number as plan to visit Poland or Portugal. [16554/12]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Mar 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop better integration of public transport services in the border region. [16855/12]

Written Answers — Economic Statistics: Economic Statistics (28 Mar 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to further revise downward the growth projections for 2012 in view of the fact that the growth figures for 2011 have underperformed by 0.3% for GDP and 2.9% for GNP compared to the Budget Day Economic and Fiscal Outlook, the general Government to deficit to GDP ratio for 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17144/12]

Written Answers — Economic Statistics: Economic Statistics (28 Mar 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the way, as late as December 2011 projected GNP to grow by 0.4% when the actual figure for 2011 GNP, as reported in the CSO quarterly national accounts, was - 2.4% leaving an overestimation by him of 2.9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17145/12]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (28 Mar 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the eligibility criteria for participation on the community employment programme whereby an individual who is signing for credits is not eligible to participate on community employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17073/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (28 Mar 2012)

Pearse Doherty: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an oral hearing will be held for an appeal submitted to the social welfare appeals office (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17074/12]

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Pearse Doherty: I would appreciate if the Tánaiste did not misquote me but I may have the opportunity to correct the record at a later stage. Can the Tánaiste outline when the new site valuation tax legislation will be before the House? Following the statement from the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government that council officials will call to houses, the Garda Síochána reports...

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Pearse Doherty: The second question concerns an item of legislation I have asked for on numerous occasions. When will the Údarás na Gaeltachta Bill, to do away with the democratically elected Údarás na Gaeltachta and change the way we deal with the Gaeltacht, be published? My third question concerns the census. The Government's plans for next year are to bring people home. Publication of the next...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2012)

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