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Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 517: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if in respect of items 25 and 26 of annex D of budget 2009, if these actions have been completed; if not, the date by which they are expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12478/10]

Written Answers — Social Insurance Fund: Social Insurance Fund (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 533: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated yield from abolishing the employee's PRSI ceiling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12346/10]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 549: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who applied for jobseeker's benefit in 2007, 2008 and 2009 who were refused in view of the fact that they had not made sufficient PRSI contributions; the number of these persons who were class S contributors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12333/10]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 550: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who applied for jobseeker's allowance in 2007, 2008 and 2009 who were refused as they failed the means test; the number of these persons who were class S contributors; the number who failed the means test in view of the fact that they had an income earning spouse; the number who failed as they had assets....

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 635: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if persons cutting hedgerows are required by law to remove the debris and cuttings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12343/10]

Written Answers — Residential Developments: Residential Developments (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 636: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation or guidelines in place for local authorities when calculating the bond that must be lodged by developers until an estate is taken in charge; if he is satisfied with the level or amount being sought by local authorities; his plans to make changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Residential Developments: Residential Developments (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 637: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the circumstances a developer of a management company development may redeem bonds paid when developments are not taken in charge by a local authority; the person responsible for ensuring that the development is completed in accordance with plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12345/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 645: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the merger of the Local Government Management Services Board and the Local Government Computer Services Board into the Local Government Services Board has been completed; if not, the date by which it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12473/10]

Written Answers — Private Residential Tenancies Board: Private Residential Tenancies Board (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 646: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 602 of 22 April 2009, the position regarding same. [12474/10]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 647: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department prepared and made available to the National Asset Management Agency the data and analysis referred to in SI 88 of 2010; if so, if he has or will make this information publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12481/10]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 648: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a landowner may make a claim for compensation from the local authority if land is zoned from development zoning such as residential or industrial to a zoning of less value, greenbelt or agriculture when that rezoning occurs as part of the development plan process; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 666: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the merger of the central and regional fisheries boards into a single national fisheries board announced in annex D of budget 2009 has been completed; if not, when he expects to have it completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12475/10]

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 667: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department prepared and made available to the National Asset Management Agency the data and analysis referred to in SI 88 of 2010; if so, if he has or will make this information publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12483/10]

Written Answers — Noxious Weeds Legislation: Noxious Weeds Legislation (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: Question 679: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to increase the fines under the Noxious Weeds Act 1936; when they were last increased; the amount collected in fines in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12342/10]

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I congratulate the new Ministers, Deputies Carey and Killeen, and the new Government Whip, Deputy Curran, on their appointments. I share a border with Deputies Carey and Curran and I have much respect for their work on the ground. I congratulate the Tánaiste on her appointment as Minister responsible for education and I sincerely hope she gets on as well with Deputy Brian Hayes as she did...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: This country does not need a new Cabinet but it needs a new Government with a five-year term, a clear and safe majority and a mandate to govern. The Minister for Health and Children is right in that no party put forward a manifesto at the last election reflecting our current position. Neither the Government nor the Opposition has a mandate to do what needs to be done. The Minister gave a...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: The restructuring of the Cabinet is a botched job. It is the worst reshuffle since Garrett FitzGerald's botched reshuffle of 1986. FÁS, which is the most troubled agency in this country and needs a Minister to fix it, is divided among three Departments - the Department responsible for social protection, the Department responsible for education and skills and the Department responsible for...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: That Act does not cover it. If the agency is not broken up, there will be a problem. The Taoiseach's announcement today is contradictory to the Labour Services Act in that case.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: The Taoiseach should split the agency or I do not see how one Minister could be in charge of it in its entirety. It will be a real mess and a big mistake.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Leo Varadkar: I am shocked that during the worst jobs and unemployment crisis in a generation, there will no longer be a Department responsible for employment, jobs or labour.