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Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (21 Feb 2006)

John Curran: Question 643: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the progress being made to secure a site for a new school (details supplied) in Dublin 22. [7088/06]

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (21 Feb 2006)

John Curran: Question 671: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding which was allocated to South Dublin County Council in the allocations for 2006 under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme. [6785/06]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (21 Feb 2006)

John Curran: Question 679: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to make a decision regarding an application by South Dublin County Council to have lands at Balgaddy in Clondalkin designated as a strategic development zone. [7089/06]

Rent Supplement: Motion (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

John Curran: I wish to share time with Deputies O'Connor, Fiona O'Malley, Michael Moynihan and Andrews.

Rent Supplement: Motion (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

John Curran: I support the Government amendment. I also thank the Labour Party for tabling this motion on the matter of housing, the content of which is broad and far-reaching. The first line of the Labour Party motion refers to high house prices. We recognise that prices are high, but it would be remiss of me to leave it at that and not refer to some of the initiatives and undertakings of the Government....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Feb 2006)

John Curran: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the statistical breakdown in respect of each Health Service Executive area on the outcome of appeals to the designated officer for appeals in each Health Service Executive area regarding applications for social welfare rent supplement allowance that have been refused by a superintendent community welfare officer. [4507/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (9 Feb 2006)

John Curran: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to the social welfare rent supplement allowance, the reason decisions on appeals are not made as quickly as the decisions being appealed against. [4508/06]

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

John Curran: I would like to share time with Deputies Moloney, Finneran and Peter Power.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

John Curran: Having listened to the last speaker's contribution, I can say that, if his points had all been accurate and valid, the country would not be in the situation in which it finds itself today, with 2 million people working and a little more than 4% unemployed.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

John Curran: It is one of the best economies in Europe, and I wonder what we would say today if the Deputy's policies had been followed by the Government.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

John Curran: We have changed this country radically, and the Deputy is living in the past. He referred to the Government as being short-sighted, exhibiting a lack of reform, and missing the big picture. It is his party that is failing to see the big picture.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

John Curran: He keeps saying we will see, yet he fails to see where we are today. The Deputy should not read what is in the newspaper but see what is happening all around him.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

John Curran: He should read about where real people are in employment today who were not in employment before. That is the reality, rather than the opinion or view of some so-called economic expert. My point is that the policies pursued for the last decade or so have changed this economy radically. That is why it is growing so rapidly.

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

John Curran: That is why we have a low rate of unemployment and 2 million people in work in the economy. Despite what the Deputy might say about people's purchasing power, most if not all surveys on it indicate that while our costs are higher our real purchasing power is greater than in most equivalent countries across Europe. The Deputy might not like to recognise that, but those are the facts. Often in...

Finance Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 Feb 2006)

John Curran: I do not believe it is always possible to cost a specific scheme in advance. For many on the Opposition benches, that is what they want us to do. I will refer specifically to the urban renewal scheme. I do so because I was a member of a local authority and witnessed its implementation. One could not cost the scheme's impact on Clondalkin, part of my constituency, in advance. When the scheme's...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (7 Feb 2006)

John Curran: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to the fact that under secondary legislation it is a condition of entitlement to social welfare allowance rent supplement that an applicant has not vacated local authority accommodation provided by a housing authority or, if they have vacated such accommodation, that the health board is satisfied that they had good...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2006)

John Curran: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the point at which a delay in deciding an appeal to a designated officer for appeals regarding social welfare allowance rent supplement application becomes an unreasonable delay; and the period of time which must elapse before the delay becomes an unreasonable delay in his estimation. [4050/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2006)

John Curran: Question 342: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the statistics for each Health Service Executive area on the length of delays in deciding appeals to designated officers for appeals relating to applications for the social welfare allowance rent supplement that have been refused by superintendent community welfare officers. [4051/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (7 Feb 2006)

John Curran: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which the superintendent community welfare officer decided that a person (details supplied) had not established a need to vacate local authority accommodation in view of the fact that the person had supplied letters from their doctor and the Garda Síochána to support their application for the social welfare allowance...

Written Answers — Provisional Driving Licences: Provisional Driving Licences (7 Feb 2006)

John Curran: Question 361: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to put an end to the ban on provisional licence holders driving on the motorways here. [3964/06]