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Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (29 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting period by county, to access free legal aid services in 2009 and 2010; the waiting times by county; his plans to address these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17715/11]

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (29 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons by county currently waiting to access free legal aid services: if he will provide a breakdown of the nature of the applications that is family law and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17716/11]

Written Answers — Consular Services: Consular Services (28 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 74: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with the Russian authorities regarding the security arrangements for Irish fans attending the Ireland/Russia match on 6 September in Moscow; if, in view of incidents in September 2002, when a number of Irish fans were attacked in the city, if he will be issuing travel advice to fans who...

Written Answers — Professional Fees: Professional Fees (28 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the issue of excessive professional fees in sheltered sectors of the economy; the timeline he envisages for addressing these charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17325/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (28 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 334: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to allow for the payment of the planned household charge in quarterly instalments or through some other easy pay methods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17221/11]

Written Answers — Garda Remuneration: Garda Remuneration (28 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 370: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount he has spent on Garda payslips in 2010 and to date in 2011; his plans to change the system of payment whereby payslips are distributed electronically as in other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17414/11]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (28 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 389: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the 109 asylum seekers asked by the Reception and Integration Agency to transfer from the Mosney direct provision centre in July 2010 have had a final decision made by him on their claims for asylum, subsidiary protection or leave to remain; the number of these asylum seekers granted their claims for protection; the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 396: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount he has spent on Defence Forces payslips in 2010 and to date in 2011; his plans to change the system of payment whereby payslips are distributed electronically as in other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17415/11]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (28 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 571: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if any public transport price increases are planned or under consideration; when decisions on any price increases are likely; the impact he envisages these increased costs having on passenger numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17585/11]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (23 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the instructions that have been given to a board of management (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in relation to the recruitment of teachers; and if he would outline the reason for same. [16886/11]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (22 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that participation in a FÁS course has the effect of making persons ineligible to apply for the new initiative, Springboard; his views on whether this penalises persons who have been long-term unemployed and are making every effort to re-enter the labour force, including retraining and...

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (22 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding in respect of a 116000 helpline for missing children is under consideration in the forthcoming budget; and if this helpline will be operational in 2011. [16885/11]

Finance (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: I will be brief, but my points will be succinct and important. I have only chosen to contribute to this debate because I am one of two openly gay Deputies - I thank the Sun and so on - and could be criticised either way, that is, I could be criticised if I do not say anything or even if I do. The progress made in respect of civil partnership reflects the profound social changes in our...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (21 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who had a significant amount of money confiscated by the Tunisian Government upon leaving the country during their recent conflict; if his attention has been drawn to this happening to other Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (16 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the measures announced in last month's jobs initiative regarding the introduction of a second reduced rate of VAT, primarily introduced to boost confidence in the high value and labour intensive tourism industry, in view of the fact that services such as hairdressing have been included within the banner of the tourism sector, if he...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (16 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Permanent TSB whereby the company is attempting to pass on the shortfall in its defined benefit pension schemes to staff by way of reductions in benefits and higher contributions despite undertakings in 2006 to staff and to the Labour Court that the Irish Life and Permanent group would provide a...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (16 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Irish Life and Permanent group to carry out a new actuarial valuation on the assets of the Permanent TSB bank defined benefit pension schemes as the last valuation was completed in January 2009 and the shortfall in the pension schemes of €118 million would have reduced significantly (details supplied); and if he will make...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (16 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Irish Life and Permanent group to use the funds arising from the proceeds of the sale of Irish Life to reduce the current shortfall in the bank's defined benefit pension schemes and thereby honour the group's original agreement with its workers and the Labour Court in 2006. [16038/11]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (16 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider changing the long-standing practice of issuing certificates of naturalisation only in Irish and provide a dual language version in Irish and English, as is the practice with most other official State documents including birth, marriage and death certificates and which would be a cost saving measure, as well as...

Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)

John Lyons: If there is any time left when I have finished, I would like to pass it on to Deputy Dowds. Before all these young people in the Visitors' Gallery leave, I will point out that they probably know more about conserving water than most of us in the House through the green flag system. I was recently at a school that received a green flag for water conservation. It is appropriate that there...