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Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (7 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the total monthly pay bill and the total monthly pension bill for public sector workers each month from January 2011 to February 2012. [12990/12]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (7 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects to conclude discussions regarding LCR 19293 made on 22 July 2008 regarding the introduction of a pension scheme for community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors. [13056/12]

Care of the Elderly (7 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: This issue relates to the loss of 41 long-term care beds at St. Mary's Hospital in the Phoenix Park, which is located in my constituency. The closure of these beds follows on from a recommendation from the Health Information Quality Authority, HIQA. I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, can imagine the concern and stress to which this has given rise among the residents and...

Care of the Elderly (7 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Quality and safe care must be at the heart of service provision. The manner in which very many of the families discovered the news that beds were being lost and a second ward was to be closed was much less than satisfactory. It began as a sort of whisper and rumour and I should reiterate the level of anxiety that this caused. I appreciate entirely that budgetary considerations are real and...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff that left his Department and agencies operating under the aegis of his Department in the grace period; the contingency plans in place to ensure continuation of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12483/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 132 and 133 of 22 November 2011, he will consider revoking the ability of a member of the Government living outside of Dublin to claim a tax deduction on an amount of €3,500 per annum for maintenance costs associated with maintaining a second residence in a hotel, examples of which are laundry and so...

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full list of all payments and allowances paid to vocational education committee chief executive officers; the changes, if any, he plans to make to these payments and allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11212/12]

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if vocational education committee chief executive officers receive a payment or allowance for sitting on and attending their own VEC board meetings. [11213/12]

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if vocational education committee chief executive officers' annual remuneration is paid with moneys provided by him; and if so, if he will provide in a tabular format the remuneration received by each of the VECs' chief executive officers including a breakdown of his or her annual salary, allowances and expenses. [12676/12]

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 14 February 2012, if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown between salary and allowance for each vocational education committee CEO. [12808/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, following a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts on 8 November 2011 when members were told the Department of Finance advised Campus Stadium Ireland Development that it would have to issue proceedings to recover VAT from Dublin Waterworld Limited, if he will confirm the instructions that were issued by his Department...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following Ireland's application to become a member of the Human Rights Council and the Irish tripartite adoption of the United Nations' International Labour Organisation in June 2011, if it is his intention to ratify the ILO convention No. 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers 2012 and by doing so demonstrate his...

Written Answers — Electricity Transmission Network: Electricity Transmission Network (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who do not have land, planning permission or wind farms have applied and received grid application offers from EirGrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12668/12]

Written Answers — Electricity Transmission Network: Electricity Transmission Network (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of persons who have received grid application offers from EirGrid are selling these offers on the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12669/12]

Written Answers — Electricity Transmission Network: Electricity Transmission Network (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the length of time on average it will take a new grid application to obtain a grid offer connection. [12670/12]

Written Answers — Renewable Energy: Renewable Energy (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that he is satisfied that Ireland will meet its renewable energy targets set for 2020; and the targets for each year up to 2020. [12671/12]

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, following the response of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 1 February 2012 in which he states the remuneration of city and county managers is sanctioned by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and was reduced in January 2010 in...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to amend the pension entitlements or remuneration of existing city and county managers. [11209/12]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 341: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to amend the pension entitlements or remuneration of new entrant city and county managers. [11210/12]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 Mar 2012)

Mary Lou McDonald: Question 342: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of city and county managers that will avail of the Croke Park grace period retirement of February 2012; and if he will supply the retirement age of each manager availing of the grace period. [11211/12]