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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (11 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected by the State in 2014 from the 7% band of the universal social charge. [6197/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Central Bank Interest Rates (10 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to compel the banks and financial institutions to pass on European Central Bank interest rate cuts to customers with standard variable rate mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5814/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Remuneration (10 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 335. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will re-introduce the rent allowance of €4,000 per annum for the new recruits to An Garda Síochána, and in particular to those who are stationed in Dublin, in view of the very high cost of rent in the capital and the importance to the criminal justice system of the welfare of members of An Garda Síochána. [5582/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: How long does the Comptroller and Auditor General reckon it will take him to complete his report on the HEA? May I follow that up with a further question after he answers this question?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: That is quite a long time to wait before talking to the HEA again, if it will take the Comptroller and Auditor General that long. However, I can understand why it would take a considerable length of time. In common with Deputy O'Donovan, I was very unhappy with some of the HEA replies when its representatives appeared before the committee. If the Comptroller and Auditor General finds...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: Is it the Comptroller and Auditor General's impression that in a way, the Department also is remiss in this regard?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: It will be interesting to see whether there is any sign of improvement within its procedures in terms of the report produced by the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: Okay. Thank you.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (4 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend the penalty point regulations to make the traffic offence of breach of weight restrictions traffic management an offence for which penalty points will be imposed, and if so, when he plans to make this amendment. [5052/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: I welcome Mr. Sheridan and his team. Like Senator Keane, I, too, regret the necessity for this Bill. I represent an area that was subject to more planning abuse than any other area in the whole country, namely, the Clondalkin, Lucan and Palmerstown area. We were deprived of our town centre because of the inappropriate behaviour on the old Dublin County Council in the late 1980s and early...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: Could I add to what Deputy O'Dowd has said?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: I agree absolutely with his last point. I have personal experience of it concerning a strategic development zone, or SDZ, in my own county. There needs to be a mechanism whereby people's reasonable concerns are properly addressed. It is not always done in the current system. Some of the so-called consultation can be a joke because it is just ticking a particular box. That issue needs to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: Of course it does and it should have been developed yonks ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: Yet it is the one area between Lucan and Clondalkin that has no housing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: May I get a response on the issue of disability?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: General Scheme of Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014: Discussion (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: In terms of any new housing, is Mr. Cussen saying there will definitely have to be good accessibility?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the currencies which the State's financial reserves, as managed by the National Treasury Management Agency, are denominated in; if the recent major currency fluctuations have had any positive or negative impact upon the State's financial situation. [4574/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Revenue (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the currencies the gross debt of the State is denominated in; and if the recent major currency fluctuations have had any positive or negative impact upon the State's financial situation. [4576/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 247. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide figures, in tabular form, the currencies the financial reserves of the Central Bank of Ireland are denominated in; and if the recent major currency fluctuations have had any impact upon the Central Bank of Ireland's financial reserves. [4575/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Robert Dowds: 259. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money collected by the State in 2014 through the universal social charge on the portion of income between €0 and €10,036 of all persons who pay the charge. [4753/15]