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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: Does the Minister of State accept the general point that there is not sufficient information held or collected by Revenue on the cost to the State in tax forgone?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: These are tax expenditures and should be viewed in that light, yet the detailed figures are not available because they are not compiled in that way by Revenue.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Party Allowances (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of funding allocated under the party leader's allowance in each of the past 10 years broken down by party; and the way in which the underlining rate per member applying to the party leader's allowance scheme has changed in each of these years. [12254/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Political Funding (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total funding allocated under the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2001 to the qualifying parties in each of the past 10 years broken down by party; and the way in which the underlining rate applying to allocations under this Act has changed in each of these years. [12255/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Applications (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the credit history of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason this person was told that they has been signed off; the way in which this error came in view of the fact that her Department were made aware of any changes to this persons circumstances; the way this matter will be resolved and the credits back dated and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Applications (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm receipt of documentation in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 in support of an application for back to education allowance; the reason a reply has not issued to date; and if she will expedite a decision on this application. [12241/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has finalised the allocations to local authorities for private housing grants for 2013; the grants schemes to be covered by these allocations; and if he will provide a breakdown of the 2011, 2012 and 2013 allocations by grants scheme and by local authority. [12257/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children waiting for social work services by LHO area or if unavailable by ISA with a breakdown for the reasons they require a social work service and length of time waiting; and if she will provide a comparison with the two previous years for which figures are available. [12258/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Strategies (7 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to producing an implementation plan for the national neurorehabilitation strategy; and if he will ensure that this is done in time for the upcoming European Brain month in May. [12120/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Staff (6 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to staff in the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, if he will honour the existing 2011 agreement on the strategic plan approved by him in respect of redundancy terms in the wind down of the bank; if he will confirm that these payments have already been budgeted for by the IBRC and if he will use the powers available to him under the IBRC Act 2013 to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education Facilities (6 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available through his Department to local clubs or local schools for the provision of new pitches and sports facilities in schools for use by pupils and the wider community. [11824/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education Facilities (6 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available through his Department to local clubs or local schools for the provision of new pitches and sports facilities in schools for use by pupils and the wider community. [11882/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Dental Services (6 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health the dental care provided under the medical card scheme for diabetes type 1 patients [11879/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services (6 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite the decision to allow treatment to commence in respect of a person (details supplied) [11883/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (5 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the discussions, if any, she has had with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to align the State pension age with the typical ages that workers are required to retire from their employment because of long standing contractual arrangements; her plans, if any, arising from these discussions; and the plans, if any, she has to address the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Remuneration (5 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to invoke the inability to pay clause 1.28 of the Croke Park Agreement for members of An Garda Síochána in view of the fact that they are not affiliated to the ICTU and not bound by any agreement between ICTU and the Government; the future role of the conciliation and arbitration scheme should legislation be implemented...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retirement Age (5 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the interaction, if any, he has had with employer groups regarding the alignment of compulsory retirement age with the new State pension age. [11620/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (5 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her estimate of the saving to the State that will arise in 2014 from the raising of the pension age to 66 years and the abolition of the State pension transition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11618/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (5 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension transition in each year for the past ten years. [11619/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (5 Mar 2013)

Róisín Shortall: To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the projected cumulative monthly savings in respect of each of the savings measures outlined in part C of his Department's chapter of the Budget 2013's Expenditure Report 2013. [11621/13]