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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Feb 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 366: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 353 of 31 January 2012 referring to rent supplement recipients who are forced to secure alternative accommodation, the period of time that they will be given to do so; if they will continue to receive their rent allowance at the existing rate while they do so; if she will release the analysis...

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: I would like to address three specific areas in the Bill. First, the approach to Government is taking. Second, the impact it will have. Third, some alternatives which would be better to some of the decisions made. In terms of the approach, the budget is technically unsound and incompetent. It has had inadequate parliamentary oversight and mangles basic economics in arriving at its...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (15 Feb 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 11 January 2012, if he will release the analysis and recommendations provided to him on this issue; if directors of limited companies paying Class S PRSI, whose income exceeds €100,000 in a year, and who may have additional income as landlords or from self-employment, pay the 3% USC surcharge on any or...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (15 Feb 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will set out the total tax and charges burden that will follow the Finance Bill for three case studies, as follows, assuming all are single, and any other variables are standardised between them, a PAYE employee earning €200,000 per year; a company director earning €200,000 per year from that directorship; and a company director earning...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work to encourage school book rental schemes; if he will consider implementing a national scheme, or in some way making participation in a scheme obligatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8642/12]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (15 Feb 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of pupils and schools currently being accommodated in prefabricated buildings in the country and in County Wicklow; the annual spend on rental and purchase of prefabricated buildings for each of the past ten years, broken down by school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8643/12]

International Debt Relief (21 Feb 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the joint review of Ireland's international debt policy by his Department and the Department of Finance; and if he will provide a statement of current policy on international debt, including the issues of debt cancellation, conditionality and governance reform of the World Bank and IMF. [9940/12]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (21 Feb 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the review of Ireland's international debt policy and the ongoing review of the White Paper on Irish aid will take into account the following matter (details supplied). [9941/12]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (23 Feb 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when it is next envisaged that the Oireachtas will receive a formal report about Ireland's contribution to achieving the millennium development goals, MDGs, as was previously done in 2004; if he will provide the metrics by which Ireland's contribution to achieving the MDGs is being measured; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (23 Feb 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that there is opportunity for Ireland to expand its role in non-aid areas of development co-operation, such as ending harmful fisheries agreements, advocating for fairer trade rules and ending tax avoidance by European companies. [10451/12]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (23 Feb 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with regard to Ireland's adherence to the OECD Convention Combating Bribery of Foreign Officials, and the UN Convention Against Corruption, if these conventions have been fully implemented here; if not, the remaining steps to fulfil implementation; and if he will provide a timetable for the taking of these steps....

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (28 Feb 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the exact calculations used to determine that a two percentage point increase in VAT will yield approximately €670 million in increased VAT take in 2012, including all second order effects, including the impacts on VAT and other Departments due to the projected fall in consumption, the projected loss of jobs, the projected...

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (6 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria under which DEIS schools are classified as either DEIS rural or DEIS urban; the procedure for seeking a reclassification for a formerly rural school which has become urbanised due to urban sprawl; and the time taken for this process to be complete. [12611/12]

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: I wish to share my time with Deputy Thomas Pringle.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: It is welcome that there has been a move towards a significant write-down of the debts the Greek people are being asked to repay. It is true that serious structural reforms are needed in Greece and that the Greek Government needs to modernise several of its national institutions, particularly its tax collection service. It is also true that Greece has unsustainable practices in some...

Written Answers — EU Treaties: EU Treaties (7 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance with regard to Article 5 of the treaty establishing the European Stability Mechanism, which makes the granting of financial assistance in the framework of new programmes under the ESM conditional upon ratification of the Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union, if Irish representatives at the...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: We need another suspension.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: As I have only four minutes, I wish to speak specifically about Coillte. I listened to the Minister's statement with great interest. While I accept no decision has yet been made, it seems the ground is being set for a sale of the logging and timber rights. I understand the reason for the sale of State assets in these difficult times and how the money raised from their sale could...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: I grew up walking in the forests of County Wicklow and still walk in them with my two sons most weekends. People in the county have an emotional attachment to its forests and mountains. It is an attachment with which I empathised last night when I listened to the debate on turf cutting. Not only does access to the forests matter to people in County Wicklow, so too does the fact that we own...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (13 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of measures included in the Finance Bill 2012 that were not announced in budget 2012; the cost or revenue implications of each of these measures; the details of any public announcement that had been made of these measures prior to the publication of the Finance Bill 2012; and, for each measure, details of any...