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Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when and the way he proposes to amend the qualifying rules and benefits under mortgage interest supplement. [22003/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (25 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 318: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of occupational pension scheme contributors who make contributions on a compulsory basis with a breakdown by public and private sector. [21924/10]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (20 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the present human rights situation in Zimbabwe. [20944/10]

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (20 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is concerned with the slow progress towards establishing equality for women, and in particular, their ability to own land in Zambia. [20945/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (20 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 29 April 2010, if he will clarify whether he did review the specific pension arrangements of top management within the covered institutions as recommended by the Covered Institution Remuneration Oversight Committee; and if so the outcome of that review. [21263/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (20 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance his policy in respect of the practice of paying pension cash allowances to senior management in the covered institutions as identified by the Covered Institution Remuneration Oversight Committee; if he will confirm that this practice is continuing in respect of individuals in two banks (details supplied); the steps he will take to address this...

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Remuneration: Financial Institutions Remuneration (20 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if all senior management in Anglo Irish Bank are in compliance with the €500,000 salary cap; if none of these individuals are in receipt of pension cash allowances or bonus payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21265/10]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (20 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Finance the person who is the accounting officer for Anglo Irish Bank in respect of accountability to Dáil Éireann and the expenditure of public money. [21266/10]

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (20 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to end expenditure on corporate entertainment within Anglo Irish Bank. [21267/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (20 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances under which a person is allowed to retain a social welfare payment pending an appeal of the decision to deny them that payment by a deciding officer and specific statutory provision, if any, allowing the retention of such payments; if operational guidelines apply to these circumstances. [21256/10]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (20 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the specific training services geared specifically to the needs of lone parents seeking work. [21261/10]

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (19 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans to support at European Union level the European Olympic Committee's proposal for a future sports funding programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20691/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (18 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with a full medical card and a doctor only medical card at the end of April 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20213/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has carried out a review or made any changes following the finding of the Department of Finance which indicated inefficiencies in her Department including the fact that some staff have too much work to do and others have very little; if this report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20212/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (18 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of capital allowances provided to landlords of private residential property and commercial property in each of the past seven years; and the cost to the Exchequer arising from these allowances. [20100/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (18 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the savings to the Exchequer in a full year if rent relief provided to tenants was allowed only in proportion to the duration of the year spent in rented accommodation rather than as a single tax relief regardless of the number of months spent in such accommodation. [20101/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans regarding the way in which retirement increases for existing public service pensioners are awarded. [20489/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients awaiting cancer treatment services, including pre-operative, surgery and post-operative services, in the greater Dublin area; if waiting times are compatible with targets as set out under the National Cancer Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20116/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 421: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to confusion among persons in their early 60s on the way the proposed changes to pension age will affect them, the confusing way in which the proposal is set out in the National Pensions Framework document and the conflicting reports in the media about persons aged 61 years and 62 years of age; and the...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (18 May 2010)

Róisín Shortall: Question 441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines or statutory requirements in place in relation to the recruitment, training and remuneration of polling and count staff for elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20106/10]