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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an increase in rent allowance will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow, in view of the special circumstances of their case. [19590/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 80. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if payment is being made and if arrears have been approved. [19605/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the option of exempting all small and medium enterprises with turnover of less than €150,000 from regulatory requirements in order to lessen the administrative and financial burden; the estimated cost of this to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19256/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make changes to the capital acquisitions tax and capital gains tax rules in order to facilitate seamless business succession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19260/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has explored the possibility of offering a rebate on value added tax as paid by the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19265/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined exempting corporation tax due on small and medium enterprises; if he has explored exempting capital gains tax for all investors in small and medium enterprises; the effect of this on Exchequer revenue generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19266/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has explored applying a relief similar to the United Kingdom’s entrepreneurs' relief; the cost of implementing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19267/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the hourly rates being paid to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation liquidator, and to the staff of same; the number of staff involved, and their pay grades; the estimated cost of the liquidation; and the discounts sought or received by him. [19596/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 169. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation as the lead Minister for the Action Plan for Jobs, with regard to improving credit to small and medium enterprises, if he has examined the crowd-funding model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19257/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 170. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the concept of vouchers for new start-ups and entrepreneurs, which would provide financial assistance and business advice in the early start-up phase, has been explored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19259/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 171. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has considered treating micro-enterprises as distinct from the small and medium enterprise group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19261/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Regulations (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 172. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has considered ring-fencing moneys in his Department directly to procurements of innovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19262/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Quality Assurance (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 173. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to provide businesses which comply with the regulatory framework with a quality insurance and national and international branding for services and goods provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19263/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Applications (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois, whose appeal against his Department's decision failed as the medical evidence provided was deemed to be insufficient; if he will reopen the case, as it is clear that the person was treated badly and unfairly by his Department; and if he will expedite a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the issues being dealt with between his Department, the Health Service Executive and Camphill Communities of Ireland; if the funding issue will be resolved; and his plans in this regard. [19581/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an application for registration with An Bord Altranais, in respect of a person (details supplied) in Scotland who is a qualified nurse starting work in County Kilkenny on 15 June 2015, and who applied for registration on 24 December 2014; and the reason for the delay in processing this application, in view of the fact that all of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 355. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide long-term care in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, in view of the fact the person has been given 28 days notice of the termination of care, due to lack of funding; and if his Department and the Health Service Executive will resolve all of the issues, relative to the person's care at Camphill Community, County...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills as the lead Minister for the Action Plan for Jobs, if she will provide details of all Government agencies that have apprenticeship schemes in place; the number of persons currently enrolled on these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19264/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Calculations (19 May 2015)

John McGuinness: 469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has examined introducing one uniform mechanism for calculating commercial rates; if the exemption of crèches from rates has been examined; his views on allocating a proportion of rates for the mentoring of new local enterprise start-ups and entrepreneurs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19258/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 May 2015)

John McGuinness: Are the minutes of the meeting of 7 May 2015 agreed to? Agreed. There are no matters arising from the minutes. We will move to correspondence received since the meeting of 7 May 2015 from Accounting Officers. No. 3A.1 is correspondence, dated 5 May 2015, from Mr. Mark Griffin, Secretary General of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. It follows up on the...