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Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (28 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 247: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will address the continuing issue of poor sanitary standards in inner city private rented accommodation by increasing resources available to local authorities which are not adequately fulfilling this responsibility. [13842/05]

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: The substance of this Bill will be readily accepted by all Members of the House and by all members of society. Unfortunately the necessity of introducing this Bill is due to political failure on the part of the Government. The circumstances of the introduction of this Bill have been on foot of the damning resignation of the first Chair of the commission, Ms Justice Laffoy. Her resignation was...

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: What is the status of the Third Level Student Support Bill, No. 41 on the Government's legislative programme? Its publication is not listed and it is not possible to indicate a date at this stage. It is a Bill to place all student support schemes on a statutory footing. Given that it is unlikely that this Bill will be in place for the academic year starting in September 2005, can the Minister...

Order of Business. (28 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: So probably not.

Written Answers — International Bodies: International Bodies (27 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of representations made by the Government regarding the appointment of a person (details supplied) as the head of the World Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13370/05]

Written Answers — Stability and Growth Pact: Stability and Growth Pact (27 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the repayment of illegally taken pensions for care, and the cost of paying for court actions taken on foot of the pensions for care scandal, will bring Ireland to breaching the parameters of the Stability and Growth Pact in 2005, 2006 and 2007. [13371/05]

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: I have heard disappointment expressed by other speakers that the boundary commission has chosen not to suggest an increase in membership of the Dáil by a further two Members. The constitutional provision suggests there should be a Member of the Dáil for every 20,000 to 30,000 of the population. It could have been just as in order for the boundary commission to suggest the 30,000 figure be...

Public Private Partnerships. (27 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: The Minister seemed to indicate that the Comptroller and Auditor General's report is not independent. If one applies the 8% to 13% valuation to the whole schools building programme at the lower end of the scale, one school in every 12 will not be built and, at the higher end of the scale, one school in every eight will not be built. That is the trend in the Comptroller and Auditor General's...

Public Private Partnerships. (27 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: What is independent evaluation?

Public Private Partnerships. (27 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: At a higher cost.

Public Private Partnerships. (27 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: There is a trend.

Public Private Partnerships. (27 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: The Minister will say we do not want schools either.

Competition Authority Report. (27 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: Does the Minister agree the response of the main Irish banks to competition issues has not been about improving the quality of their services, having failed to inform their customers or having taken them for granted, but about examining their cost base in infrastructural terms, diminishing staff numbers and closing facilities, sub-branches, which are considered less cost effective and less...

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: Will the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government bring a Supplementary Estimate before the House given yesterday's European Court of Justice decision?

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: Will the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government bring a Supplementary Estimate before the House? Will another Supplementary Estimate be brought before the House by the same Department or by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism if additional State money is required by Cork which has been designated European City of Culture if private sector funding is not forthcoming?

Written Answers — Economic and Monetary Union: Economic and Monetary Union (26 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the planned new system of integrated guidelines and annual reports that would replace the broad economic policy guidelines, as proposed by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13383/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent assertion that the best way to ensure development aid increases is to encourage private donations through tax relief; if this approach is compatible with his failure to introduce reforms in the taxation of charities as proposed by the ICTRG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13384/05]

Written Answers — Oil Prices: Oil Prices (26 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of a report (details supplied) which predicts a super-spike in oil prices to $105 a barrel, his Department has simulated the economic and fiscal effects of oil prices rising to $70, $90, and $105 a barrel, respectively; if he will publish any such research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13385/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (26 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested officials to monitor closely the movement of those affected by the decentralisation process; the number of officials who transfer within or leave the public service during decentralisation; the reason for these transfers and departures; if he will quantify the effect of various parts of the public service in terms of efficiency...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (26 Apr 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Finance if he continues to maintain that there is absolutely no link between choosing to work in a decentralised location and the probability of being promoted in the civil or public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13387/05]