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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (18 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax relief, in tabular form, that has been claimed in total and per year for the years 1997 to 2007 for the building of private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41038/08]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (18 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to extend the period of planning permission fully granted from five to eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40741/08]

Order of Business (18 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: The Bill I want to raise is related to that raised by Deputy Stagg, although I am not sure if it is the same Bill spoken about by the Tánaiste. The National Property Services Regulatory Authority opened its office exactly a year ago in Meath. It will have cost €600,000 to rent the office, keep its staff heated and so on, yet the authority has no legal powers to mediate between apartment...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (13 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the cut of 43% in the allocation for the Equality Authority for 2009; if he will give an undertaking that adequate financial provision will be made to allow the authority to discharge all its statutory functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40166/08]

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (12 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated commencement of works and completion date for metro west; the estimated commencement of works and completion date for Lucan Luas line F; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39836/08]

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (12 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport the contacts he has had with Aer Lingus management and unions in view of the recent industrial relations issues at the airline; if he has been briefed recently by the Government appointed directors to the board of Aer Lingus; the directions he has given the Government appointed directors in terms of protecting our national strategic aviation...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 contains no provision to end the cohabitation ban for lone parents in receipt of one parent family payment. [39516/08]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (11 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken in relation to discoveries of excessive levels of lead in drinking water supplies in Galway, Louth, Cork and other counties; his views on whether the matter is being dealt with satisfactorily by the relevant authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39665/08]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (11 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 524: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans for or if his attention has been drawn to an analysis of the overall number of households here that are either linked up to lead pipes or have lead pipes that supply drinking water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39666/08]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (11 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contacts he has had with the Environmental Protection Agency and relevant local authorities to ensure that incidences of excessive levels of lead in drinking water at various locations is being dealt with to ensure public safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39667/08]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (11 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is liaising with the Environmental Protection Agency and local authorities to develop a national strategy for upgrading lead piping that supplies drinking water to homes in any part of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39668/08]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (11 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the legislation that governs the actions by local authorities and the Environmental Protection Agency is sufficiently stringent to ensure prompt action when excessive levels of lead are found in a drinking water supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39669/08]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (11 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that there is sufficient sampling of water supplies in each county and countrywide to ensure possible incidences of excessive levels of lead in water are promptly identified and dealt with to ensure public safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39670/08]

Schools Building Projects. (6 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: I want to raise the need for permanent accommodation for Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada in Leamhcán or Lucan in the Dublin Mid-West constituency. As the Minister of State and, I hope, the Minister for Education and Science, should be aware, the school opened and received formal recognition from the Department of Education and Science in 2005. It is currently located on a site owned by County...

Written Answers — Debt Levels: Debt Levels (6 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the private sector debt here is proportionately higher than any other country in the EU and that at the end of August 2008 Ireland collectively owed the banks €392,885,000,000, which breaks down to €95,000 for every person here; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that 63.4% of...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance the full details of the proposed €200 levy when an employer provides a car parking space for an employee; the urban areas to which the levy will be applied; the estimated number of parking spaces to which it will apply; if the levy will be payable by the employee or the employer; if the levy will apply in situations in which a person is employed...

Written Answers — Local Government Boundaries: Local Government Boundaries (6 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position with regard to an application for boundary extension from a council (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will respond to this application; if he consents to the application, if the changes will be enforced before the 2009 local elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (6 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that a new ceiling will be installed at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39042/08]

Order of Business (6 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: My question is related to Deputy Higgins's question about ratifying the Aarhus Convention. Do we have to pass legislation in this House in order to ratify that convention? We have to transpose a public participation directive from the European Union. We may need to amend other legislation, such as that relating to foreshores and planning. When will that happen?

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (5 Nov 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent developments in the House of Lords whereby former residents of the British Indian Ocean territory of Diego Garcia, exiled in the 1960's when the colony was leased to the US to build an air base, were denied the right to return; his view of this ongoing transgression of the islanders right of...