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Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in 1998, 2003 and estimated for 2004, who were assessed for income tax; the number who had no liability; the number on marginal relief; the number paying tax at the standard rate and the numbers paying tax at the top rate. [23583/04]

Written Answers — Education Schemes: Education Schemes (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of remedial teachers in mathematics teaching at primary level and at secondary level; the way in which the number of these have increased over the past five years; the last occasion on which the remedial teaching scheme was evaluated; if it made recommendations in respect of remedial teaching in mathematics; and the extent...

Written Answers — Statistics on Reading Problems: Statistics on Reading Problems (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give details of the trend in the numbers of pupils with reading problems in primary school and secondary school in each year since 1998. [23234/04]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teaching staff in 1998 and in 2003 at second level, distinguishing by type of school and at third level, distinguishing universities and institutes of technology. [23584/04]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with medical card cover aged 70 and over in 1998 and in 2003; and the average cost of medical card cover for persons aged 70 and over compared to those aged under 70 in each of the respective years. [23232/04]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 391: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the fare levels on CIE services at the beginning of 1998 and at the end of 2003. [23233/04]

Written Answers — Travel Survey Data: Travel Survey Data (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 403: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate of the total number of morning peak journeys in the greater Dublin area in 1998 and in 2003; and his estimate of the number of these by public transport and by private car. [23587/04]

Written Answers — Waste Recycling: Waste Recycling (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the volume and share of recycling by sectoral source in 1998 and in 2003; and the way in which this compares with the Government's target. [23585/04]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses completed to date in 2004 under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and his forecast for the full year. [23586/04]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authority housing departments can inform private rented accommodation providers that a named person has or has not been either evicted or removed from a local authority housing estate, as a result of anti-social behaviour; if this power exists under the relevant legislation; and if this matter can be...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if powers exist to prevent health boards from giving rent subsidy to persons who are either evicted or excluded from local authority housing due to anti-social activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23589/04]

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: The Ceann Comhairle will recall that the Comptroller and Auditor General reported to the House on the roads programme and indicated that a €7 billion Estimate pertaining thereto escalated by €8.8 billion, an increase of over 100%. The Taoiseach stated breathlessly that the strategic national infrastructure Bill would tackle many such overruns in cost but it seems that it has fallen by the...

Order of Business. (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: What contribution will the Bill make to dealing with our national infrastructure?

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 49: To ask the Taoiseach the number of tourists in each of the years 1997 to 2004 (details supplied); the aggregate value of tourism in each of those years; and the estimated average spend per tourist in each of those years. [23971/04]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the changes in the terms under which students undertake study in clinical psychology whereby a previous arrangement by which students enjoyed an employment contract has been replaced by a grant; her estimate of the reduced cash value to students of this change; if her Department has...

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received an application for capital funding from the Eastern Regional Health Authority to provide a residential educational service for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she is in a position to provide funding for this project. [24351/04]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which the Garda has adopted bicycle mounted policing; if pilot schemes have been shown to reveal effective results; if he has plans to extend such methods of policing throughout the Dublin metropolitan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24352/04]

Written Answers — Juvenile Diversion Programme: Juvenile Diversion Programme (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself with the extent to which parents support efforts by the Garda under juvenile diversion programmes; his views on whether there is a need to strengthen the law to force parents to become more actively involved in juvenile diversion in cases in which parental support to deal with these issues is...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the aggregate volumes of material recycled from the different waste streams, household, industrial and so on; the progress that has been made; the percentage of material recycled in the past five years; the present level of recycling compared with the targets that have been set in the past by Governments for...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which packaging per unit of product has been reduced by manufacturers and retailers over the past five years; if he has new initiatives planned to encourage the reduction of packaging at source; and his plans to generate more accurate statistics in relation to packaging and packaging practices....