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Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Perhaps it is a soundbite, but it is relevant. Maybe he has learned something that the Minister, who promotes an image of toughness on crime, should also learn. What about what has been going on? Sir Ken MacDonald stated: "In Britain, no one has any confidence that fraud in the banks will be prosecuted as crime". The same situation obtains in Ireland. The people on the street do not...

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: One cannot, but there is considerable wisdom in what they believe. The Minister reacts to much of it.

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Bill 2009: Second Stage (19 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Yes. As such, we need legislation to ensure that people do not get away with the types of activity that have been occurring in banks and financial institutions in recent years. This is the least that we should do. The Minister could play a significant role in this regard. In terms of aims and motivation, there is a strong relationship between the world of organised crime and the world in...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (18 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be reached in respect of a medical card application for a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42021/09]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (18 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken by gardaí to stop the recent escalation of thefts in a village (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42023/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if there will be changes in regard to the operation of scéim labhairt na gaeilge and scéim na bhfoghlaimeoirí gaeilge proposed for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41651/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the concern among those working in local and community development programmes arising from the recommendation contained in the report of the Special Group on Public Services Numbers and Expenditure Programmes that the allocation for such programmes should be cut by €44 million;...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (11 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is in a position to publish a White Paper on pensions. [40733/09]

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 10 March 2009, if the employer in this case has refunded her Department the employer's share of redundancy payment; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the employer still has not paid the holiday element of the Employment Appeals Tribunal...

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (10 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated to each of the frontline services for domestic violence here over the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40551/09]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (10 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding provided to voluntary groups to date in 2009 in each county under the scheme of support for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40549/09]

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (10 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 329: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of funding allocated to each of the front-line services for domestic violence here over the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40550/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (10 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will commit to maintaining the level of funding for the homeless at its current level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40553/09]

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (10 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 417: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason his Department has not, after 22 years, renewed the lease held by an organisation (details supplied) on a plot of ground on the West Pier, Howth, County Dublin; if his attention has been drawn to this situation; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the organisation fundraised locally and built their...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (5 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has decided to amalgamate the Commission for Aviation Regulation and the regulatory functions of the Irish Aviation Authority into the proposed new National Transport Authority; when the legislation to facilitate this move will be published; his views on the merging of different transport regulatory functions under one agency; if...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will address the increase in diseases related to lifestyle such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39307/09]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (4 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to reduce the number at management level in the Health Service Executive in accordance with recommendations in the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes Report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39306/09]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (4 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applicants who have been placed and commenced work under the FÁS work placement programme; the location of these placements by county; the FÁS areas at which work placements need to be filled; if this information will be provided in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (4 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 230: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take following the recent ruling of the European Court of Justice which has found Ireland in breach of the directive by failing to license private septic tanks as required by the Waste Framework Directive 1975; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39457/09]

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to cite two examples of the type of person who now needs assistance, who differs greatly from the type of person who needed assistance in the past. A story published in last Saturday's edition of the Irish Independent outlined the difficulties faced by a man and his wife who had taken out a mortgage. The man had a monthly salary of €4,700 and monthly mortgage repayments of...