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Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the costs of redundancy rebates awarded to an airline (details supplied) for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18743/10]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the costs of redundancy rebates awarded to a company (details supplied) for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18747/10]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the costs of redundancy rebates awarded to a company (details supplied) for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18748/10]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the costs of redundancy rebates awarded to a company (details supplied) for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18749/10]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the cost of redundancy rebates in 2009; the breakdown per employer when the total payment exceeded €0.5 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18751/10]

Written Answers — General Government Deficits: General Government Deficits (11 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Questions Nos. 92, 103 and 116 of 28 April 2010, if the interim deficit reduction targets for 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 still apply; if they will be changed as a result of the EUROSTAT decision; if he expects they will make a similar determination regarding the money he plans to give to Anglo Irish Bank in 2010 and 2011; and if he will...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (11 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Freedom of Information legislation to include An Garda Síochána, the vocational educational committees, the National Treasury Management Agency and the newly established National Asset Management Agency; if not, the reason for the failure to include these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18730/10]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (11 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the Freedom of Information legislation to include the enforcement functions of the Health and Safety Authority; the road safety functions now carried out by the Road Safety Authority; the functions of the Land Registry and Registry of Deeds now performed by the Property Registration Authority and the proposed removal of the...

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (11 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason self-catering apartments rented to tourists and university and college accommodation rented to tourists between college terms are not subject to local authority rates in the same way as hotels and bed and breakfasts; his plans to review and amend the Valuation Act on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18733/10]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (11 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 303: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a small child care business with fewer than ten children based in a private home, which now intends to relocate into a planned extension of the house; the circumstances under which the local authority might grant a relaxation or dispensation in accordance with section 4 of the Building...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: What is the position of the other 51% of recommendations?

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: In that case, it appears 51% of them have been rejected or does it take nine years for the Government to take a decision?

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Does it take nine years for a Government decision?

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (6 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I extend my thanks to the Oireachtas Library & Research Service for preparing a very good debate pack on this Bill and also thank the civil servants from the competition section of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation for briefing me on the contents of the Bill. The Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010 amends section 35 of the Competition Act 2002 to permit the appointment of...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (5 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No 142 of 30 March 2010, if the €1million cost of maintaining the site includes maintenance of the part of the site currently used by the National Standards Authority of Ireland and National Meteorology Laboratory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17613/10]

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (5 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Finance if he received any representations from a Commissioner (details supplied) on the period of 20-30 September 2008, inclusive, regarding the bank guarantee on Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society; the details of those representations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17615/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (5 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he sanctioned a remuneration and pension package that allowed a person (details supplied) to retire at 55 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17616/10]

Written Answers — Non-Governmental Organisations: Non-Governmental Organisations (5 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the charity ICROSS has received funding from the State; if it was audited; if there are plans to recoup any of these funds in view of the allegations of misuse of funds by a charity boss in Kenya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18181/10]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (5 May 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 372: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to date in developing a sectoral plan for her Department under the terms of the National Disability Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17618/10]

Written Answers — General Government Deficits: General Government Deficits (28 Apr 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the implications of the EUROSTAT classification of the recapitalisation of Anglo Irish Bank in 2009 for the deficit reduction plans that have been agreed with the European Commission. [17274/10]