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Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (22 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 699: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends introducing new regulations this year that will prevent taxi drivers from selling on their taxi plates; if he will consider a scheme suggested by taxi drivers that the State buy back plates from drivers who want to retire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25441/12]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2012: First Stage (22 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 so as to provide for the payment of deposits to the Private Residential Tenancies Board in respect of tenancies required to be registered under Part 7 of that Act; to require further that payments of supplementary welfare allowance under the Social Welfare Acts in respect of rental...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2012: First Stage (22 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Order of Business (22 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: On May 8, I received a reply to a parliamentary question stating this country could not ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities because the legislative framework was not yet in place. One of the key aspects of the legislative framework is No. 25 in the legislative programme, namely, the mental capacity Bill. Although campaigners in the area were...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (17 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that since fighting has broken out between Sudan armed forces and the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement – North in the Nuba mountains in South Kordofan, Sudan, the UN estimates that up to 300,000 people have been severely affected or displaced by the fighting; his views...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (17 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of loans owed by a prominent property developer (details supplied) to the National Asset Management Agency; the values of assets held by the developer and available for their benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24681/12]

Written Answers — Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare: Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare (17 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the Report of the advisory group on tax and social welfare in relation to child income supports will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24700/12]

Written Answers — Homelessness Strategy: Homelessness Strategy (17 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding if any, he draws down from the European Union to tackle homelessness; his plans for applying for funding from the European Union for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24656/12]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (17 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure the banning of hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24689/12]

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (17 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the aftercare needs of young persons leaving care are been adequately met in view of the evidence that there is a severe shortage of aftercare services; her further views that the provisions contained in Section 45(4) of the child care Act 1991 are insufficient and a statutory right to aftercare is...

Written Answers — National Education Welfare Board: National Education Welfare Board (17 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is a chief executive/director currently in place in the National Education Welfare Board; if not, if she will ensure an appointment is made to this position as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24687/12]

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (17 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there has been cutbacks in funding for statutory voluntary and community groups for the provision of summer activities for children between the ages of six and ten years old in areas of disadvantage; if so, if she will ensure that funding is re-instated as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by the Irish Haemochromatosis Association that there is still no equality of access to venesection treatment for haemochromatosis patients; if he will provide an update on progress made in implementing the stated commitment by the Health Service Executive to open three walk-in clinics by 2012; the...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (17 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health when the new acute mental health admissions unit in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin will be operational; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24688/12]

Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. I commend the Minister for bringing forward this very positive legislation which represents a small step forward in our collective endeavours to restore economic growth and create jobs. On 3 May I submitted a parliamentary question on the progress of the Bill and I am very pleased to see it finally being brought forward....

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (16 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the situation regarding a person (details supplied) and the report published by the Pat Finucane Centre for Human Rights; if his attention has been drawn to the call that they be moved from Hydebank Women's Prison, Belfast, to an outside facility to receive medical treatment; if he has raised this...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (16 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding social welfare recipients who are currently receiving a double payment with respect to community employment schemes and who are on illness benefit or invalidity pension; if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised by persons who are in this situation and who are concerned about recent budgetary changes; the...

Written Answers — Constitutional Convention: Constitutional Convention (15 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach if he will ensure that the issue of same sex civil marriage is considered in the forthcoming constitutional convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23838/12]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (15 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding grants for postgraduate students in the coming academic year; if he will review the decision to end maintenance payment under the student grant scheme for students entering new postgraduate courses from the 2012/2013 academic year onwards with a view to re-instating the payment; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (15 May 2012)

Patrick Nulty: Question 364: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been prosecuted each year, in tabular form, pursuant to the offence of section 19D of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, as inserted by the Housing Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24184/12]