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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of Kerry farmers who have received direct farm payments and the amount provided in total to them; the number of outstanding payments to Kerry farmers still to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46218/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of visits made by the Industrial Development Agency and potential investors they are working with to Kerry this year; the number of IDA related jobs created in Kerry this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46215/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: Question 358: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of visits made by Enterprise Ireland and potential investors they are working with to Kerry this year; the number of Enterprise Ireland related jobs created in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46216/10]

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: Question 369: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of calls to the Dial to stop drug dealing hotline in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46217/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Operations: Defence Forces Operations (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times the army bomb disposal experts were called out during 2010; if he will list the incidents on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46220/10]

Financial Resolution No. 18: Capital Acquisitions Tax (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: It is the €1 million question.

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: Every Member of the House will agree that the perception of today should never be utilised for formulating the policy of tomorrow, but that reality should. In that context, it is extremely important that in dealing with the Financial Resolutions, we remind ourselves that behind every collapsed developer and building company are thousands of workers, including plumbers, carpenters,...

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: -----find themselves unemployed and who have little prospect of working in the construction industry in this country in the foreseeable future. I fully understand why the Government has brought forward the provisions it has introduced this evening. As implied by Deputy Rabbitte, the market was over-fuelled. There are more than 2,000 ghost estates, not just in urban centres but in other...

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: With regard to the artists' exemption, it would be remiss of me and of Members of the House, and I compliment Deputy Ó Snodaigh on doing so, not to remember the contribution the artists' exemption has made to Ireland and its people. It was the brainchild of the great Irish poet, Anthony Cronin, who happily is still with us, who inspired Charles Haughey, the then Taoiseach, to bring forward...

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: And in ones to which the Deputy is not referring.

Financial Resolution No. 23: Income Tax - Artists' Exemption (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: I would say there were not too many votes on the Commission on Taxation.

Financial Resolution No. 18: Capital Acquisitions Tax (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: I very much welcome the Government's decision to introduce the new flat rates of 1% and 2% for stamp duty, as it is a progressive move. Unfortunately, over the years successive Governments began to recognise stamp duty as a revenue gathering exercise but historically it was never meant to be so; it was originally introduced in order to keep a record of the housing stock and sale and purchase...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Excise (Vehicle Registration Tax) (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: I greatly welcome the Government's decision to reduce the travel tax for international flights to €3. While there is no hard evidence to show this measure will result in an increase in the number of visitors to the country, there is, nevertheless, a perception that this is the case. The air travel tax, allied to airport charges, has been advocated by the chief executive of Ryanair as one...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Excise (Vehicle Registration Tax) (7 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: The world, as we are probably all aware, does not work like that. I wish we could go to utopia and have a utopian time. Unfortunately, the Deputy Ó Caoláin appears to be stranded at a crossroads somewhere between paradise lost and utopia, from which he has not returned. With regard to Deputy Coveney's response to Deputy Flynn's legitimate intervention to the effect that she should read...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (1 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be issued with their medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45579/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (1 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will receive their REP scheme payments for 2009 and 2010. [45470/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (1 Dec 2010)

John O'Donoghue: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if financial approval will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45491/10]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (30 Nov 2010)

John O'Donoghue: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an estimate of the amount of tax retained by airline companies on foot of cancelled plane tickets and or unfilled seats and if he will have the matter investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45111/10]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (23 Nov 2010)

John O'Donoghue: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the funding that can be made available in order to carry out urgent repairs to a home (details supplied) in County Kerry which is home to 12 patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44233/10]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (23 Nov 2010)

John O'Donoghue: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if funding will be made available to carry out essential repairs to bathrooms and accommodation for 12 patients at a premises (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43715/10]