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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason benefit-in-kind is being charged on staff of local authorities, who drive company cars as part of their daily work, but who cannot drive them outside of work hours other than to and from work; his views on charging persons at the same rate as workers who drive vans under the same conditions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the vouched fuel allowance scheme which he promised to introduce in his budget 2010 speech to offset the impact of the carbon tax on low income groups. [12625/10]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the process involved in contacting women to remind them of their right to a free cervical cancer smear test; the numbers contacted each year; the way they are contacted; the effort that is made to ensure the database is up to date; the action that is taken when someone is uncontactable or has not taken up the offer or reminder of a...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 425: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the routes to citizenship open to persons whose great grandparents were Irish born emigrants; if there are plans to amend citizenship eligibility rules in the context of Irish diaspora; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12374/10]

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 451: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Síochána is in the process of procuring, or has recently procured, ammunition; and if so, if any Israeli companies submitted tenders for the contract. [12594/10]

Written Answers — Criminal Assets Seizures: Criminal Assets Seizures (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 456: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of money and the value of assets that have been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in the Limerick Garda division annually; and the amount that this has returned to the Exchequer annually since its inception. [12717/10]

Written Answers — Criminal Assets Seizures: Criminal Assets Seizures (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 457: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the value of assets and moneys emanating from the Limerick Garda division currently held by the Criminal Assets Bureau or awaiting court orders allowing disposal of properties; and the amount expected to be transferred to the Exchequer from CAB in the Limerick Garda division this year and into the near future. [12718/10]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 501: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the Irish embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria does not deal with visa applications from applicants from Macedonia who must travel to the embassy in Georgia instead. [12543/10]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 502: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a review has taken place of Irish Embassies to ensure that they cater for the countries nearest them for the purposes of visa applications which do not have an Irish Embassy; and if there is any relaxing of the rule that the applicants must present themselves at an embassy when applying and when collecting their visa, in the case where...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he will raise this case through diplomatic and European channels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12974/10].

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 536: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will use the Civil Partnership Bill 2009 as an opportunity to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow for the registration here of Irish citizens who have died abroad. [13064/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 580: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs from where the money necessary for the proposed once-off bonus payment relating to auto-enrolment pensions, as described by the recently launched national pensions framework, will come. [12624/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 594: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the impact of her proposal to remove the lone parent payment from parents and guardians of children over 13 years on the number of children living in poverty; and the size of the likely increase in the number of children in poverty which in 2008 figures stood at 17.4%. [12753/10]

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 612: To ask the Minister for Defence if joint training exercises have been undertaken by the Defence Forces with the other armies involved in the Nordic battle group since its inception; and if so the cost of same. [12339/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 614: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces are in the process of procuring, or recently procured, ammunition; and if so, if any Israeli companies submitted tenders for the contract.. [12593/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 616: To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he will take to exclude all Israeli based companies from tendering for Defence Force procurement contracts. [12738/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 617: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Defence Agency code of conduct on defence procurement is explicitly a voluntary non-binding agreement which involves no legal commitment and which leaves the member State the authority to award its own contracts; and if in view of this, he will intervene to prevent the Defence Forces...

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Education: Post-Leaving Certificate Education (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 718: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the success of the Ballyfermot College of Further Education, Dublin 10, in having past pupils nominated for three Oscar awards recently and the fact that one won the much coveted Best Visual Effects Oscar in 2010, he will acknowledge the value of post-leaving certificate courses at this college; if he will increase...

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Education: Post-Leaving Certificate Education (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 719: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post-leaving certificate places available in each college; and the number of applicants for each college term 2009/2010. [12274/10]

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Education: Post-Leaving Certificate Education (23 Mar 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 720: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps that he has taken to remove or change the cap of 13,000 on available post-leaving certificate places which is preventing thousands of young persons from gaining the education required to prepare for jobs as the recession abates. [12275/10]