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Written Answers — Garda Vetting of Personnel: Garda Vetting of Personnel (18 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the efficiency of the Garda Vetting Unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11880/11]

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (18 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if measures adopted for vulnerable witnesses providing court testimony in this State are in accordance with the UN Guidelines on Justice in Matters Involving Child Victims and Witnesses of Crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11879/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (18 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that they are not among the commercial semi-State bodies listed in the schedule of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No 2) Act 2009, when he will apply the provisions of the Act to Anglo Irish Bank, Irish Nationwide Building Society and EBS Building Society each of which the Government is the sole...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (18 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the withdrawal of special needs assistant services from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11995/11]

Written Answers — Waste Policy: Waste Policy (17 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 64: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which he will publish his new waste policy; if this policy will be free from incineration and thermal treatment projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11511/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (17 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 230: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plan to include or introduce a disregard for the new agri-environment options scheme payment for farmers applying for farm assist. [11182/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (17 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 361: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal has an application for naturalisation currently with his Department; the status of this application and the time frame for processing of same. [11169/11]

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (17 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 420: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give details of the number of ministerial cars; the number of drivers; the total personnel; the number of ministerial cars that are provided for past Members of the Oireachtas; the cost to the Exchequer of the provision of ministerial cars to past Members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9652/11]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment will be received for the grassland sheep scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [11673/11]

Proposed Legislation (17 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 42: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will introduce equality proofing of legislation and policy initiatives that come from him. [11512/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (11 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further progress has been made with an application for a school (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/11]

Official Engagements (11 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the plans he has submitted as part of the National Reform Plan to the European Commission; if he will publish these plans and present them before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9641/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (10 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects to complete the implementation plan regarding the recommendations of the review of the mortgage interest supplement, June 2010; and the likely time frame for the implementation of same. [10447/11]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (10 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees in each year from 2007 to date in 2011 whose earnings meant that their employers were liable for the low rate of employers PRSI of 8.5%; the steps she will take to ensure that the lowering of the rate of PRSI will not encourage employers to reduce wages to come within the qualifying criteria for this new measure;...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of civil and public servants who are in receipt of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9666/11]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (10 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 235: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change the regulation regarding the erection of mobile phone masts, including the placing of these masts close to public buildings such as schools; and the output levels from these structures. [10681/11]

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (10 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Listening to the Minister's speech I now fully understand why the Government downgraded today's announcement from being a jobs budget to a jobs fund to a jobs initiative and the reason is crystal clear. It gives me no pleasure to say that across the country, hundreds of thousands of people will be deeply disappointed by today's jobs initiative. There are 439,571 reasons the Minister and his...

Departmental Schemes (10 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that participation in Tús involves training; and if she will make funding available for same. [10448/11]

Emergency Services (5 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: We are all glad at this stage that the fires that have raged across many counties are now under control. However, we acknowledge the threat that many of them can re-ignite in the short term, as some of them are still smouldering in my own county of Donegal. There is also a threat in the weeks and months ahead that these fires could take place again. The community response to these fires has...

Emergency Services (5 May 2011)

Pearse Doherty: A sight of things to come.