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Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: ——by way of a moratorium or some sort of embargoed position until the fair deal scheme is in place because €60 per week is a considerable sum of money. If, in the absence of this legislation, people are obliged to wait until July, August or September before this measure is put in place, families will be obliged to pay out a significant sum of money.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: With respect, I have given the correspondence from the HSE to me to the Minister for Health and Children and can give it to the Tánaiste, who is the Minister for Finance. It clearly states that enhancement and subvention payments will not be dealt with until this legislation has been concluded. Has the Government told the HSE that this cannot be done or is this a case of the HSE...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (20 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans, to reduce the eligibility threshold age from 23 years or above on 1 January of the year commencing their course for independent assessment having regard to the fact that students are eligible to vote at 18 years and many can be married by the age of 21 and have dependent children; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — School Insurance: School Insurance (20 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the review of insurance arrangements for voluntary secondary schools which is part of the value for money and policy review initiative will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6045/08]

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (20 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I think it was George Bernard Shaw who said "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter". Unfortunately, there is an exception to every rule. In the case of this legislation, 30 minutes is not sufficient to cover every issue I would like to raise. Is this Bill a revenue-driven exercise, if Deputies will pardon the pun, or is it an environment-driven exercise? As Deputy Hogan...

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (20 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: As those who work in the sales industry tend to drive company cars, mileage and depreciation is not an issue for them. The Minister must address this issue in the context of the Bill. If the Bill is intended as a means to incentivise the Irish driving public to make environmentally friendly choices, the Labour Party welcomes it. However, it has revenue implications for every household in...

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (19 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Defence the proposals for official commemorations in 2008 for the anniversary of the Easter Rising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6334/08]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (19 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has received the report of the study group to examine the possible introduction of the use of roll-over protection systems in Irish troop carrying vehicles, which he was due to receive in early December 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6335/08]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (19 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 379: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funds made available by the Government and his Department to fund land banks, or receipts returned to his Department, and the policy issues that arise due to the changes, additions or reductions to the land banks available to State agencies charged with industrial and employment growth, in the major cities and by...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (19 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance and public interest, namely, the failure of the State to execute bench warrants on 36,000 suspected criminals, including nine suspected rapists, who are at large and pose a significant threat to people in communities throughout the country, and whose bench warrants go back as far as 1999.

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (14 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans or proposals to ensure a document (details supplied) or a document of a similar nature is given to every school and every relevant age group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5587/08]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (14 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position of the decentralisation of his departmental offices; the cost to date of such decentralisation; the cost of a transfer of his Department on a temporary basis or the cost of leasing buildings and so on to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5579/08]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (14 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funds allocated to the nursing home subvention scheme in 2007; the increase in funds allocated for 2008; the scope that exists to deal with cost increases charged by nursing homes in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5771/08]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (14 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that there is a moratorium on increases under the nursing home subvention scheme and enhanced subvention scheme pending the introduction of the fair deal scheme; if she will consider the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork faced with an increase of €60 per week; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (14 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the expenditure by the Health Service Executive on services for homeless people in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford and Dundalk in each of the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5803/08]

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (14 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a separate allocation is made by her Department to the Health Service Executive for services to the homeless or if the funds come from the general HSE budget; the funding made available by the HSE for the provision of services to the homeless in each of the past four years; the amount of that funding that was spent; the allocation...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 231: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the expenditure on services for homeless people, excluding capital support funding, by local authorities in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford and Dundalk in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5802/08]

Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: In the context of the Finance Bill and a reply to a parliamentary question which I received yesterday, it has been brought to my attention that tenants living in this country who are paying rent directly to a landlord living outside the State are liable for the taxation owed by that landlord. When I asked the Minister for Finance yesterday how much money was collected, how many tenants were...

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (13 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is satisfied that the methodology of measuring consistent poverty as used under EU-SILC provides a true measure of the level of consistent poverty here. [5241/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Feb 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way he will improve his Department's performance in relation to customer service targets particularly in relation to processing times for claims. [5245/08]