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Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (26 Jan 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 1148: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the State, semi-State, State-sponsored and statutory bodies under the aegis of her Department which are not subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 1997; the reason a body is not subject to the requirements of the Act; and if she envisages proposals to bring any such body within the scope of the Act in the...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (26 Jan 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 1278: To ask the Minister for Defence the State, semi-State, State-sponsored and statutory bodies under the aegis of his Department which are not subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 1997; the reason a body is not subject to the requirements of the Act; and if he envisages proposals to bring any such body within the scope of the Act in the foreseeable future....

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (26 Jan 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 1307: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he first signalled his intention to review the terms on which grants are made available to persons with a disability to adapt their home; if his Department has undertaken research into the average cost of adaptations needed to accommodate a person with a disability; the details of the range of costs...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (26 Jan 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 1387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the maximum value of the disabled persons grants was last adjusted by his Department; the move in the index of housebuilding costs since the grant was last changed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many required modifications in the homes of persons with a disability cost far more than...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (26 Jan 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 1312: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has examined the housing options for lone parents engaged in part-time work who seek to acquire an affordable home; if his Department has done any working examples of the way in which a person on one-parent family allowance doing part-time work and paying for child care would be able to afford to...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (26 Jan 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 1313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the income thresholds and the level of subsidy towards repayments available to persons on shared ownership or affordable housing; the date on which these thresholds and subvention levels were last changed; the value that the thresholds would now have reached if the income threshold had been indexed to the...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (26 Jan 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 1368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the State, semi-State, State-sponsored and statutory bodies under the aegis of his Department which are not subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 1997; the reason a body is not subject to the requirements of the Act; and if he envisages proposals to bring any such body within the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (26 Jan 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 1386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the initiatives undertaken in the pilot areas in which local authorities are developing housing options for persons who have been in receipt of rent supplement for a sustained period from a health board; when it is intended to extend these options to the Dublin area; and the eligibility...

Order of Business. (27 Jan 2005)

Richard Bruton: The dormant financial assets Bill had been quite prominent on the Government's legislative programme. This appears to have disappeared from the programme. This Bill is important as, for example, customers due refunds by some of the banks, which have been found to have overcharged, might not be traceable resulting in funds to be dealt with. It would be appropriate that the Dáil should...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (27 Jan 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the implications of her agreement at the December 2004 Council of Ministers to introduce regulations regarding the transport of animals over 40 miles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1790/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (27 Jan 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the discussions she has had with the Department of Finance regarding section 605 roll-over relief; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1792/05]

Expenditure Review Initiative. (1 Feb 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself with the progress under the expenditure review initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2791/05]

Expenditure Review Initiative. (1 Feb 2005)

Richard Bruton: Was the Minister as shocked as I was to discover that the follow-up on the expenditure review process was so poor? Is he aware that, of 143 studies to be completed over the period, only 20 were completed? Less than one in seven was completed and more than 30% of them were totally abandoned. In some of these cases, they were abandoned with the clear acquiescence of the Minister's Department....

Expenditure Review Initiative. (1 Feb 2005)

Richard Bruton: May I correct the Minister?

Expenditure Review Initiative. (1 Feb 2005)

Richard Bruton: Much of the hopeless decision making we have seen on spending has its roots in the cavalier attitude that the Minister's Department and other Ministers have to expenditure review. They do not care what the projections or impacts are. That cavalier attitude is the reason for the debacles of electronic voting and Punchestown. The Minister is giving distorted information to the Dáil. There are...

Expenditure Review Initiative. (1 Feb 2005)

Richard Bruton: The Minister should correct this. He is adding reviews that were conducted six years ago into his total to try to improve the numbers. He has completed only 14% of those in the programme. Does the Minister not agree that the issue of value for money must be taken seriously in the health service, environmental services and road programmes? This arises from the cavalier attitude outlined in the...

Expenditure Review Initiative. (1 Feb 2005)

Richard Bruton: What is it delivering?

Proposed Legislation. (1 Feb 2005)

Richard Bruton: Is the question of evidence the real problem? In the NIB case, substantial tax evasion schemes were identified. While the taxpayers paid, the bank suffered no financial penalty for the tax evaded. Is there a problem with evidence requirements or penalties? Will the Minister inform us where the problem lies with this issue? People feel this is a serious source of scandal.

Budgetary Process. (1 Feb 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which he would like to see the budgetary cycle change to provide a more meaningful process for debating options and for delivering results. [2540/05]

Budgetary Process. (1 Feb 2005)

Richard Bruton: The Minister did not say what he has in mind. Would he consider, for example, that the spending Estimates and the broad based tax proposals should be introduced much earlier in the cycle, perhaps in October, and that they identify new programmes, the multi-annual implication of new programmes and their capacity to staff projects like hospitals they are committing to build, and sometimes are...