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Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 846: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria applied in assessing whether an estate qualifies as an unfinished housing estate for the purposes of the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18423/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 845: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the basis of the decision to exclude persons in local authority housing from the liability for the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18421/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 868: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason only one PPS number is required to register a property with multiple owners for the household charge; the safeguards in place to ensure that the rights of the other owners of the property to pay the charge in coming years will also be recognised; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 917: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has been empowered to access the bank accounts of those households who have registered their households with direct debit details for the payment of the household charge for any additional payments which may be required in future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19234/12]

Written Answers — Prison Service: Prison Service (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 942: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a practice (details supplied) taking place at Wheatfield Prison, Dublin; if this policy is replicated in any other Irish prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17702/12]

Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 1095: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 1,500 acre Millennium Forest will be exempt from any potential sale of Coillite to private investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18308/12]

Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 1108: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aid available to farmers involved in poultry egg production here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18412/12]

Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 1109: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives and supports available for poultry farmers here looking to increase their egg production capacity. [18413/12]

Written Answers — Poultry Industry: Poultry Industry (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 1110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strategy in place to promote poultry egg production here; the value of exports from this industry for each of the years 2009 to 2011; if he intends to review the current supports and promotion measures in place in view of the exceptional demand and high prices for eggs throughout Europe; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Treatment Abroad Scheme: Treatment Abroad Scheme (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 1215: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the current funding situation for the selective dorsal rhizotomy operation; and if orthopaedic consultants working for the Health Service Executive are authorised to refer children for this operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17874/12]

Written Answers — Treatment Abroad Scheme: Treatment Abroad Scheme (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 1216: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if procedures have been put in place to ensure young children who have travelled to either the United Kingdom or the USA for the selective dorsal rhizotomy operation will be able to avail of the physiotherapy services necessary to ensure the success of the operation on their return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Treatment Abroad Scheme: Treatment Abroad Scheme (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 1217: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the discrepancy between the number of young children with cerebral palsy who have been recommended for the selective dorsal rhizotomy operation by Enable Ireland's specialist service, and subsequently approved by the surgical teams carrying out the operation, and the number who have been able to secure a formal...

Written Answers — Treatment Abroad Scheme: Treatment Abroad Scheme (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 1218: To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have been referred by the Health Service Executive for the selective dorsal rhizotomy operation to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17877/12]

Written Answers — Drugs Payment Scheme: Drugs Payment Scheme (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 1294: To ask the Minister for Health if he will account for a charge on prescriptions being levied on an individual (details supplied), in addition to a dispensing charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18507/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Apr 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 1385: To ask the Minister for Health the reason a young child with cerebral palsy is being denied access to a local hydrotherapy pool (details supplied) and required to travel to a different pool; his views on whether this represents the best use of Health Service Executive resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19459/12]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (28 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the potential sources of funding available from his Department for a volunteer sports organisation (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17060/12]

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: I would like to share time with Deputies Jim Daly, Twomey, Neville and McNamara.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: I welcome the opportunity to comment on the Bill. I thank and commend Deputy Michael McGrath for proposing it. As he acknowledged last night, the introduction of legislation of this nature has been discussed and mooted for some time. It is fair to say there is widespread political agreement on this issue. The Bill attempts to give the Office of the Financial Services Ombudsman a basic and...

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (27 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the policy of a university (details supplied) to charge non-EU resident fees for persons who are Irish and EU citizens who have resided in the United States of America but are classified as non-resident by the American authorities; his views that this situation is fair given that the relevant...

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (27 Mar 2012)

Simon Harris: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the directives he has issued to third level institutions as regards Irish and EU citizens who apply for postgraduate courses of study who have lived abroad in non-EU/EEA states but who are classified as non-residents by the immigration authorities of their current countries; if he will direct that these Irish citizens should be...