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Tax Code. (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Is it the case that the Cabinet has already approved the emissions trading aspect of the carbon tax? Is it the case that under the approved system of emissions trading, those responsible for large amounts of carbon emissions will not need to alter their operations significantly over the coming years? Will it be the case, therefore, that small business will be obliged to pay the carbon tax...

Tax Code. (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Precisely.

Tax Code. (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Let us be honest: this is not a race at Cheltenham. We are not trying to forecast what might happen by considering percentages one way or the other.

Tax Code. (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: These decisions will intimately affect people's lives, whether one is poor or is in a business that will be affected. The Minister is saying he will effectively give large companies free trades. They will have coupons which cover 97% of their prospective uses. They will make virtually no adaptation to reduce energy emissions. Is he not proposing a carbon tax that will hit small business and...

Tax Code. (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: The percentages are the Minister's.

Tax Code. (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: I have seen it.

Tax Code. (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Is the Minister opposed to the tax?

Offshore Accounts. (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Has the Minister seen any prima facie evidence that financial institutions were facilitating tax evasion and that there was an element of collusion in respect of the use of some of these offshore accounts or does he believe that the institutions had legitimate grounds for believing that all this money was for legitimate purposes and that they were only providing a service which they believed...

Departmental Investigations. (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: They are part of Parlon country.

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: On that matter, I am disappointed that the report on tax relief for persons with disabilities who require cars to get around has not been released by the Minister. That means that the Government has taken seven years to consider the needs of persons with disabilities regarding mobility, whereas it was seven days in the case of the Punchestown project.

Order of Business. (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: It makes a nonsense of examining serious issues.

Written Answers — Disabled Drivers: Disabled Drivers (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Finance when the report of the review group concerning disabled drivers and passengers will be published; the reason for the long delay in its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4399/04]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the different tax treatment of separated, cohabiting and married parents; and the rationale for this structure. [4689/04]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has activated the early warning response system in her Department with regard to the proposed sale of a company, details supplied, to new owners and the possible impact of restructuring on the operations at Dublin Airport; and the steps she is taking to strengthen the position of the Irish operator in...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used within his Department to prioritise building proposals which have been approved as necessary; if he plans to publish a ranking of school projects in order that schools know exactly where they stand in relation to the flow of building proposals; and the extent to which he is consulted in relation to the priority...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 299: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria which his Department uses for deciding whether home tuition will be made available to children in the autistic spectrum in the pre-school years; and if provision will be made for home tuition in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [4783/04]

Written Answers — Health Board Services. : Health Board Services. (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the widespread top-up billing to medical card holders by chiropodists; if he is negotiating a new agreement with chiropodists which would bring an end to this practice; if his attention has further been drawn to the shortage of chiropodists who are within the medical card scheme which is resulting in...

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider extending the long-term illness card cover to include Wegners disease, which is debilitating and responds well to medication, making it particularly appropriate for inclusion in long-term medication cover. [4511/04]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has carried out an assessment of the number of long-term public care beds capable of caring for patients with Alzheimer's disease; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many patients with medical card cover are forced to seek care in the private sector because of the lack of suitable facilities funded by the...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (17 Feb 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the lack of publicly funded convalescent beds for persons who have completed a period of acute care in the hospital system; if he has carried out an assessment of the number of convalescent beds required per acute bed in the system to provide an effective step-down care facility; the findings of this...