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Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (19 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the assistance which is available to persons who experience difficulties with funeral expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11947/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (19 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the National Safety Authority of Ireland to relocate to Arklow, County Wicklow; the number of members of this body who have expressed a wish to relocate to Arklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12024/05]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (19 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 302: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if funding was granted for the establishment of an enterprise centre at Bray, County Wicklow; if so, when the allocation was made; the amount allocated; the status of the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12253/05]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (19 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the sports hall at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this will be included in the further buildings projects to be announced shortly by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11949/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (19 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the situation in respect of funding for accommodation improvements at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the pupil-teacher ratio; if there are plans to improve the pupil-teacher at this school by providing extra staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12122/05]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (19 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding available for the disabled persons grant; the way in which this funding is allocated; the criteria and process required to obtain this money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12019/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (19 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recent guidelines he has issued to the EPA with respect to dumping and remedial issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12020/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (19 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he made a submission to the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to a waste licence application for a company (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the details of the submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12025/05]

Social and Affordable Housing: Motion. (19 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: I was enjoying Deputy Hayes's animated contribution. I proposed the abolition of the first-time buyer's grant during previous debates in the House. I suggested that it would be appropriate in the context of a front-loaded mortgage system, at a time when most first-time buyers were buying second-hand homes. Such people were not benefiting from the grant. If the grant had been index-linked at...

Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (19 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: I am delighted to speak on this important Bill, which has been on Second Stage since November 2004. Since then the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Fahey, has heard constant cries from this side of the House that the Bill needs to be amended. The Fine Gael Party considered opposing the Second Stage reading of the Bill, but it was decided that...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (19 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: I have a vague memory of the late Michael O'Higgins in my own home, standing in front of a fire. He wore a light beige Crombie and had a smile that was very embracing and friendly to a young person. He served in Wicklow from 1961 to 1969, and I am reliably informed that he was the first politician to hold clinics in the county. I am unsure whether we should thank him for that, but he...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he intends to extend the CLÁR area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11281/05]

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Earlier, the Tánaiste asserted that what was emerging about the treatment of the workers in Gama Construction was disgraceful and I agree with her. Does she also agree that the treatment of the unsecured creditors of IFI who are owed €26 million by this Government, which is a major shareholder, is also disgraceful?

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: What plans does the Tánaiste have to facilitate payment to those creditors who have recently been told after two years that they will only receive €74,000?

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: I would like to ask the Tánaiste when we can expect to see the introduction of the Company Law Consolidation and Reform Bill?

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (13 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has read a report (details supplied); if this report will have an impact on the guidelines for one-off houses in the countryside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11162/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (13 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to the case of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if their case will be examined with a view to allowing them the full tax credits and the homecaring spouse credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11309/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (13 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 235: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the plans she has to improve the staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11284/05]

Written Answers — Nuclear Safety: Nuclear Safety (13 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has a role in the protection of nuclear materials that may be transported in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6732/05]

Local Authority Housing. (13 Apr 2005)

Billy Timmins: I compliment the Minister of State on introducing a scheme to install central heating in public housing. Has he considered the possibility of front-loading the funding — my understanding is that it will be carried out on a phased basis up to 2008 — for local authorities that are able to get the work done? Will the Minister of State consider introducing a standard housing application form,...