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Other Questions: State Banking Sector Regulation (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: Come on. That is an old line now.

Other Questions: State Banking Sector Regulation (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: He did not say that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: Will the Minister consider retaining the 9% VAT rate for restaurants and the catering industry, as it will create another 1,800 jobs? I know from people working in that sector that they were delighted over the past year with the rate as it held them in there. There is potential to develop that aspect for further job creation.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: I welcome some of the measures the Minister has announced. He has said 70% of people are employed in the small business sector. That is very important and many are not aware of this fact. Despite some of the improvements and offers in respect of tax and PRSI and supports for small business, does the Minister accept that there are still huge problems in the small business sector,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the tax and PRSI support for small and medium enterprises on the northside of Dublin. [24480/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18. [23780/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties Yield (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be generated from imposing an extra 2 cents on a pint of alcohol or a packet of twenty cigarettes into the Exchequer. [24148/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Literacy and Numeracy Strategy (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will prioritise adult literacy in 2013; the reason it is excluded in the Further Education and Training Bill 2013, [24039/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 24 April 2013, if he will clarify the reasons a school (details supplied) in County Cavan went from Band 1 status in 2004 and to date has not progressed to building stage; the criteria and analysis that was undertaken when making the decision not to proceed with construction in the years since 2004;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a directive or legislation is needed to include Down's syndrome in the low incidence disorders; and if he will make this a priority issue. [24147/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 389. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will advise and meet with a group (details supplied). [24209/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 415. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding accommodation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6. [23802/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Numbers (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 431. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of taxi drivers who are claiming social welfare benefits due to the lack of work in this industry; if the figure of 8% is the correct number of taxi drivers on social welfare benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24144/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 450. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding progress of the national raised bog management plan; and the date for the plans publication. [24042/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 451. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the purpose of the peatland strategy plan which RPS have been commissioned to carry out; the role it will play in relation to the national raised bog management plan; and when the peatlands strategy plan is expected to be published. [24043/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 452. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of turf cutters that have applied for the compensation payment, the relocation option and the turf delivery scheme on each of the 53 raised bog special areas of conservation; the number of turf cutters that have availed of the three schemes; and the total number of turf cutters affected on each bog in tabular form. [24044/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Natural Gas Grid (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider applying for TENS funding for a Natural Gas Spur from Corrib to Sligo, on to Enniskillen and Derry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23995/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Natural Gas Grid (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 466. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider different funding options for the connection of towns to Corrib Gas whose connection has been appraised as having a negative NPV, such as a loan from the EIB or funding under European Regional Funding post 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23996/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the delay with the Private Residential Tenancies Board handling of the case in respect of a person (details supplied) [23730/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (21 May 2013)

Finian McGrath: 580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the single farm payment rates were calculated for the period 2007 to 2013; and the formulae that were used for each of the following sectors, dairy, beef, sheep and arable. [24040/13]