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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Policies (30 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 212. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if individual incentivised regime policies have been introduced in each prison; if he will details these individual policies; the number of prisoners involved in these policies in each prison; if he will make a statement on the matter. [26436/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (30 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 211. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of officers that have been made available to integrated sentence management in each prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26435/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs in Prisons (30 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 213. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the review carried out in 2012 by the Irish Prison Service of the Irish Prison Service Clinical Drug Treatment Policy; the policies it produced; the extent to which those policies have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26437/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (29 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Each of the main spokespersons will have ten minutes and there will be five minutes for others, as there are many members who would like to contribute.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (29 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resolution that will be offered to the pension difficulties of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26075/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (29 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will be made on a grant application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26276/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (29 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a determination will be made on an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26194/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (29 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 237. To ask the Minister for Health when a mobility aid will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26045/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (28 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a determination will be made regarding a Student Universal Support Ireland grant application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25084/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (23 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in county Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24896/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (23 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: 197. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of applicant adoptive parents at present undertaking research with a view to adoption from Russia and the other countries where inter-country adoption is possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24839/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Is that because of a cyclical decline at this time of the year or does it reflect an actual decrease in comparison with last year?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: The reason I am asking is that if the VAT intake is more or less in line with where the Minister thinks it should be, given that the budget is being brought forward to October, is there an expectation that the VAT return for the fourth quarter might be up as a consequence of consumer sentiment in the retail sector around the time of the budget?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Deputy McGrath should take it that it is too early to say.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: We must conclude at this point as we are already a half an hour over schedule. In regard to Vote 9, subhead A2, administration - pay, are there are any comments or questions? No. Any questions or comments on the key outputs, context and impact indicators and appropriations-in-aid? No. Vote 10 relates to the Office of the Appeal Commissioners and is detailed on pages 38 to 40 in the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Message to Dáil (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Sub-Committee on Finance has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2013: Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance; Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General; Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: In that explanation I ask if the Minister might clarify that the current international debate has no connection whatsoever with the 12.5% corporation tax rate in this country. Even if we had a corporation tax rate of 51% it would not have any connection with the current debate about international taxation measures.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: Deputy, we have a ten-minute schedule for this discussion. I will ask the Deputy to conclude. I note that the UK has Jersey, the Isle of Man and Guernsey so there are more tax havens in the United Kingdom than I can count.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: For the sake of propriety and good parliamentary practice, I ask members to desist from making random value judgments based on speculation. I will desist from using the term, "uninformed speculation". People in employment in this country are very concerned about the current debate and speculation is not positive. This committee has taken on the task of examining this issue. I ask that...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (22 May 2013)

Ciarán Lynch: I want to finish this section and Deputy McGrath wishes to speak. We are going around in circles.