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- Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18922/06]
- Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18923/06]
- Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18924/06]
- Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18925/06]
- Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18927/06]
- Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18928/06]
- Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at her Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18929/06]
- Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (18 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the purchase of the site at Thornton Hall and the associated contracts awarded on the site, surveys, archaeology and engineering works fall within the scope of the capital expenditure review specification, for which invitations to tender were recently invited on the e-tenders website by the Irish Prison Service; and if...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18930/06]
- Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at her Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18931/06]
- Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 229: To ask the Minister for Defence the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18932/06]
- Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 230: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the functions which have been delegated to each Minister of State at his Department; the date on which the relevant order was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18933/06]
- Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (17 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports indicating that migrant workers, from within the European Union, working in the mushroom industry have been paid â¬2.50 a hour; the steps he proposes to take to ensure that existing employment laws are not abused in view of the fact that these workers appear to be regarded as self...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (17 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department will take in view of the consensus between the European Commission, Council and Parliament on the Services Directive in order to ensure that the provisions of the draft directive are transposed into law here with the minimum delay; the timetable for the enactment of such legislation; and if he will...
- Institutes of Technology Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 May 2006)
Joan Burton: In general, the Labour Party welcomes this Bill. Institutes of technology, including the Dublin Institute of Technology of which I was a member of staff for a long time, have played an important role in contributing to access to third level education, to the production of very high calibre graduates and, increasingly, to research and the various Government-sponsored initiatives in scientific...
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (16 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent launch of the first ever non-Garda telephone line aimed at tackling drug dealing by the Blanchardstown local drugs taskforce; his views on the development of such telephone services elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18116/06]
- Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (16 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the board of the Health Service Executive has invited expressions of interest from private health companies to develop a private hospital on the site of Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; the size of the proposed private site; the location of the proposed private hospital within the current hospital grounds; the...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to introduce a tax exemption for the 150,000 pensioners due to pay a total of â¬75 million in tax on their SSIA accounts due to the fact that they will not receive the normal tax exemption on savings by the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17839/06]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the findings of a report (details supplied) which shows that households here in the lower decile spend almost 21 per cent of their income on indirect taxes while the households in the top decile spend under 10 per cent of their income on indirect taxes; the measures he intends to take to address this inequity...
- Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (16 May 2006)
Joan Burton: Question 464: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a significant number of children have been refused places in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that the cut-off date for enrolment in the school is to be four years of age on or before the 31 of December 2005; if her attention...