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Written Answers — Ports Sector: Ports Sector (19 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 717: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any chief executive officer of a semi-State port company has been awarded a permanent contract by the relevant board of that company; if any such contracts were awarded; if he will clarify if this was in accordance with departmental guidelines in relation to the awarding of such contracts; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (14 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the monthly yield of VAT from each tax district and tax region for each month from January 2010 to May 2012 inclusive. [28845/12]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (14 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance the likely yield from additional capital acquisitions tax, if the following changes were made, drop the Category A threshold to €200,000, to reduce the level of business and agricultural relief to 75%, and to cap the level of business and agricultural relief at €2,500,000. [28846/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (14 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance the likely cost of the following changes to VAT rates, reducing the VAT rate on services currently charged at 9% to 5%; reducing the VAT rate on certain business services currently charged at 23% to 15%, that is accounting and legal services and reducing the standard VAT rate from 23% to 20%. [28847/12]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (14 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe in which the assessment of the implications of the International Labour Organisation's Convention 189 will be completed by his Department; and when this information will be reported to the Houses of the Oireachtas. [28836/12]

Written Answers — Job Initiatives: Job Initiatives (14 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a detailed progress report on the implementation of the pathways to work initiative; if she will also provide an update on the issue of appointment to the initiative's advisory board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28740/12]

Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: I propose to share time with Deputy Dara Murphy. No one did more to destroy confidence in politics and planning in this country than the Fianna Fáil Party. This motion has nothing to do with restoring confidence and trust in planning and politics. As Fianna Fáil seeks to leave its tarnished past behind, it sees the shortest route back to respectability as attempting to tarnish the entire...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 608: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has developed contingency plans to deal with the extra demand anticipated at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and the Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, County Louth, in view of the continuing plans to downgrade services at Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry as a direct result of cutbacks introduced by the Northern...

Written Answers — International Conventions: International Conventions (6 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he intends, in view of the requirement under the International Labour Organisation's constitution to submit adopted conventions to national parliaments within one year of their adoption by the organisation, to submit convention 189 on the rights of domestic workers to Dáil Éireann before 16 June; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (6 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored site visits to locations in Drogheda, County Louth, including the IDA Business Park, Drogheda, County Meath in 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26640/12]

Written Answers — National Spatial Strategy: National Spatial Strategy (6 Jun 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to initiate a detailed review of the national spatial strategy taking account of changing demographics and socio-economic trends since the adoption of the strategy in 2002; his views on the timeframe for any such review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26717/12]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 May 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if in view of the fact that Uruguay has ratified the ILO convention 189, if he will consider ensuring that Ireland ratifies said convention in relation to domestic workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25409/12]

Foreign Conflicts (22 May 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 160: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the measures Ireland and the EU are taking to ensure that the Government's of Sudan and South Sudan comply with their binding obligations under international law to allow safe and unhindered access for international humanitarian actors to all civilians and to provide prompt humanitarian...

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (16 May 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, statistics of those who have paid the household charge by the number of housing units owned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24391/12]

Written Answers — Insolvency Payments Scheme: Insolvency Payments Scheme (15 May 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 298: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an insolvency payment will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23936/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (15 May 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 472: To ask the Minister for Health when the review into the practice of symphysiotomy will be made available to survivors of the procedure and their representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23844/12]

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2012)

Gerald Nash: It is €100 in Dundalk and £1,500 in Belfast.

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (26 Apr 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the training employment support grant or an equivalent will be restored to Local Employment Services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20981/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Apr 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will release a detailed analysis of the report commissioned by her Department in 2011 on the rental sector as it pertains to County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20982/12]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Apr 2012)

Gerald Nash: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the rent limit for Drogheda, County Louth, in view of its proximity to Dublin as was done recently with Bray, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20983/12]