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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sectoral Plan (2012 Edition): Motion (18 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I welcome the Minister of State and his team and I support all the good work that is being done in this area. Does an issue arise, particularly in Dublin, in respect of private coach operators in Dublin, to which lesser requirements than those which obtain in the case of Dublin Bus seem to apply? As has been stated, Dublin Bus vehicles are expected to be 100% wheelchair accessible. Will...

Credit Reporting Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: I welcome the Bill. It is a vitally important step in creating a more responsible banking system in this country. Any legislation that will addresses the historic bad practices, bad lending and bad banking should be welcomed. I trust that these new measures will go some way towards making the system clearer and more transparent in terms of borrowers. It is clear that reckless lending...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (18 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on housing building standards and in particular the current insulation and energy standards applicable to new housing here; if he will advise as to the most modern and sustainable standards currently available; when the current standards were last reviewed; his plans to upgrade or recalibrate those standards...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (17 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a resource teacher in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17805/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Expenditure (17 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the background to the decision to cut grants for religious ceremonies such as first communion and confirmation costs; if these grants will be reinstated in the future to help the poorest in society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17996/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Programme (17 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Health the role of the Junior Ministers in his Department in constructing abortion legislation; the number of meetings he has had with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17774/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Yield (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Finance the way the money collected from the pension levy is being spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17125/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Finance when the pension levy will cease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17126/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy Yield (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been collected to date by the pension levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17127/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Agencies (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the rationalisation of State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16380/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider renaming the Wellington Monument in the Phoenix Park (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16518/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the actuarial assessments of public service pension costs will commence; or if it has commenced, when it will be completed and made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16763/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of pension schemes that have applied to PIPS to date; the number of those applications that have been approved by him; the rates quoted by the National Treasury Management Agency for each of the applicants; the date of the NTMA quotation; the way those rates compared to the long term borrowing costs of the Irish State on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when public sector pay scales will be restored; if time served on existing pay scale points will be taken into account when increments resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17106/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way the new pay scales in the public sector will be determined, taking into account shift allowances and bank holiday payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17107/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a limit on the amount of work permits issued each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17095/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Cost (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any plans to introduce fingerprint technology in her Department to assist with investigating fraudulent claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16379/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of onshore windfarms and the number of offshore windfarms currently being constructed here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16372/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he recognises the benefits of developing offshore windfarms as opposed to onshore windfarms, which risk causing noise pollution and blighting the countryside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16376/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Apr 2013)

Terence Flanagan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if regulations are in place regarding the construction of onshore windfarms here that are financed by foreign companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16378/13]