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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a lower rate of excise duty on low alcohol beers to incentivise the production of such products and to encourage persons to consume products with lower alcohol contents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26821/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for assessment and registration of nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; the longest time it has taken a nurse to register with the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26810/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 175. To ask the Minister for Health how the average waiting time for assessment and registration of nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland compares to the aims of the board in respect of such processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26811/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if will meet with the chairperson of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland to discuss the steps that can be taken to reduce the backlog of applications for registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26812/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 177. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the backlog of applications for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26813/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Registration of Nurses (1 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I am glad she did not read out the written reply; she was quite right not to. I commend her on her engagement with this issue and the previous one. I will stray for one second. The Minister of State, to be fair, intervened in the cystic fibrosis issue in Cork University Hospital and I commend her on that intervention. She did not have to...

Topical Issue Debate: Registration of Nurses (1 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: As the Minister knows, there is an issue with recruitment and registration of nurses and this has to be changed quickly. The process should take just 90 days but it can, in some cases, now take up to a year. It is affecting all sectors of the health system, be it public or private, the voluntary sector, nursing homes or acute hospitals. As the Minister said earlier, there are vacancies...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will redress the imbalance of different tax treatment between commercial and residential property investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25716/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending similar tax treatment, as applies to the real estate investment trust scheme, to residential property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25717/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the proportion of mortgage interest on rented residential property that is tax deductible; if he considers that such a measure would help counteract the increase in rents for residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25718/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider making changes to ensure that the local property tax on rented properties is a tax deductible expense; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25982/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social Insurance (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding the pay related social insurance rate of 4% applied to rental income, if he will ensure that this payment is a contribution for all benefits arising under the social insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25983/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Levy (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 254. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the levy on private pension funds will be brought to an end; if he will consider implementing measures to return the funds taken from such pension funds over a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26133/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider extending the scope of Circular 51/1979, leave from State employment for members of the Reserve Defence Forces, to include all State bodies, including the Health Information and Quality Authority, which were established after the circular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25984/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 348. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will support an extension of circular 51/1979 leave from State employment for members of the Reserve Defence Forces to include all State bodies, including the Health Information and Quality Authority, which were established after the circular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25985/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 426. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support an extension of circular 51/1979, leave from State employment for members of the Reserve Defence Forces, to include all State bodies, including the Health Information and Quality Authority, which was established after the circular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25986/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 597. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to incentivise the increased supply of residential property available on the rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25719/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Business of Committee (25 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Apologies have been received from Deputies Seamus Healy, Sandra McLellan, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Dan Neville, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Robert Troy, and from Senator Imelda Henry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Business of Committee (25 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: On 2 July the Select Committee on Children will deal with the Children (Amendment) Bill 2015. I thank the members of the committee for visiting Oberstown on Tuesday morning and wish to put on record my appreciation of the staff in Oberstown for the work they do and the hospitality they gave us. It is important that the committee reviews that visit and I propose we do so at our next...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Pre-Pregnancy Folic Acid Supplementation: Discussion (25 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Professor Michael Turner, who is professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at University College, Dublin. He is joined by Mr. Bob McDonnell, Mr. Martin McNicholl, and Dr. Aoife McKeating. I thank them for coming here this morning. As members will know, we have been dealing with the issue of maternity over the course of our programme. Deputy Byrne has raised an issue which we will...