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Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (21 Jun 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 365: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the operation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund; the recourse persons have who are on a public waiting list in excess of three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16267/11]

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

Michael Creed: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the incentives available under legislation sponsored by him to encourage land transfer to young qualified farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15954/11]

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (16 Jun 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the incentives available under legislation sponsored by him to encourage land transfer to young qualified farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15955/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (15 Jun 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the future of FÁS; the responsibility he has in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15794/11]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (15 Jun 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the future of FÁS and, in particular, community employment schemes; the role she has in this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15795/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (15 Jun 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider an amendment to the relevant legislation to facilitate a system of payment by instalments for persons liable for the non-principal private residence tax in view of the difficult financial circumstances many households now find themselves in and which are likely to be exacerbated by the...

School Transport (8 Jun 2011)

Michael Creed: I am primarily concerned about the disproportionate impact these proposals will have on smaller schools in rural areas. While I accept we have to live within the budget that has been prescribed for the school transport service, I believe that where there is a will, there is a way. We can minimise the harshest impact of these proposals if we can have a constructive approach to alternative...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (2 Jun 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of the 12 May 2011, if he will arrange speech therapy in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14073/11]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (1 Jun 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the Revenue Commissioners insist that private pension lump sums can only be cashed in when the lump sum total is less than €20,000; if this provision is a pension fund or Revenue regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13819/11]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (1 Jun 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason public construction contracts insist on participation in a pension scheme (details supplied); if this compulsion is in breach of competition law; the reason he will not accept evidence of pension provision as sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13820/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (1 Jun 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that the rules of a spousal swap pass the entitlements of a social welfare scheme in totality from one spouse to another in order to permit that spouse participate in a rural social scheme thus removing the eligibility to participate in such a scheme from the spouse who had the initial entitlement; and if she will...

Written Answers — EU Enlargement: EU Enlargement (31 May 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 91: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on European Union enlargement; his further views on the current state of negotiations regarding Turkey's membership of the European Union and the progress if any on the normalisation of bilateral relations between Turkey and the republic of Cyprus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13577/11]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (31 May 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a refund of income tax paid in respect of maternity benefit payment in 2006 and if the Revenue Commissioners will make arrangements for payment of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13668/11]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (31 May 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the planning regulations as they apply to wind turbines with vertical axis blades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13578/11]

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (31 May 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if the agreement which was entered into by his predecessors with representatives of a group (details supplied) who campaigned for access for additional milk quota has been honoured in full in terms of additional milk quota to these farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13575/11]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (25 May 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is on a FÁS community employment scheme may have the placement extended for 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12954/11]

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (24 May 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 330: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person who has participated in the early retirement scheme from farming is subsequently entitled to the farmer rate of premium for afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12762/11]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (24 May 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 507 of 17 May 2011, the impact on the ambulance service of the introduction of a universal health insurance market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12761/11]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (19 May 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 5 April 2011, if he will clarify the situation regarding the regulations as they apply to vertical axis blades on wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12186/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (18 May 2011)

Michael Creed: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is concerned at a trend emerging regarding claimants for domiciliary care allowance who are being refused in substantial numbers initially but are successful on appeal; if she will review the instructions and guidelines under which her Department's medical assessors are interpreting medical evidence in such applications; if she...