Results 141-160 of 3,438 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Joe Higgins

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (10 Jun 2014)

Joe Higgins: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the use of administrative detention by the Israeli state in the occupied Palestinian territories and the reported abuse of human rights such as torture, solitary confinement, denial of visits from family and legal representatives, allegations of deliberate medical negligence, transportation of detainees...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Review (5 Jun 2014)

Joe Higgins: 67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on her Department's review of the free travel scheme; her proposals to alter the current scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24002/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Repossession Rate (27 May 2014)

Joe Higgins: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has a projection from the principal banks in the State on the number of homes they will attempt to repossess in 2014to 2015 due to mortgage distress by owner-occupied mortgage holders. [23243/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Homeless Accommodation Provision (27 May 2014)

Joe Higgins: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has been required to take any urgent, special steps to make suitable accommodation available to deal with the crisis of homelessness. [23244/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Joe Higgins: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of interest payments on the national debt for 2012, 2013 and projected for 2014; if he will break down the major entities in receipt of the interest by amount per entity. [23245/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Joe Higgins: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of interest on the national debt that is accounted for by the bailout of the banks in 2012, 2013 and projected for 2014. [23246/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Joe Higgins: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance the total of the national debt; and the amount of the total debt accounted for by loans from the troika agencies. [23247/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (1 May 2014)

Joe Higgins: 73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons this year to date who have had their jobseeker's benefit or allowance reduced or suspended for refusing to engage with labour activation schemes. [19740/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (1 May 2014)

Joe Higgins: 74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had their jobseeker's benefit or allowance reduced or suspended for refusing to engage with labour activation schemes in the first half of 2013; and the number in the second half of 2013. [19741/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (1 May 2014)

Joe Higgins: 75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had their jobseeker's benefit or allowance reduced or suspended this year to date for refusing to take part in JobBridge under the youth guarantee. [19742/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (1 May 2014)

Joe Higgins: 76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have had their jobseeker's benefit or allowance reduced or suspended for refusing to take part in the gateway scheme. [19743/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (1 May 2014)

Joe Higgins: 77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers taking part in the JobBridge scheme that have been given a warning for giving participants in the scheme allowances for travel or food or any other expenses. [19744/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount income tax relief on pensions cost the Exchequer in 2013; and the percentage of that total of relief benefit to each decile of earners from the highest to the lowest. [18762/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of National Asset Management Agency owned houses and apartments that exist in the four Dublin local authority areas. [18763/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unfair Dismissals (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 255. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average current waiting time for a person to have his or her case for unfair dismissal heard by the Employment Appeals Tribunal or the rights commissioner. [18765/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unfair Dismissals (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in instances where findings are made by the Employment Appeal Tribunal or rights commissioner against employers resulting in compensation for unfair dismissal or orders to pay unpaid wages the rate of employer compliance with those findings and how often are subsequent enforcement measures required. [18766/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 257. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of pension-related disputes involving employer attempts to close or alter defined benefit schemes currently before the Labour Relations Commission. [18767/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 279. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes currently in deficit and the amount. [18761/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount her Department spent on the State pension in 2013. [18764/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Application Numbers (30 Apr 2014)

Joe Higgins: 453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons or families currently on the social housing waiting lists in the four Dublin local authorities and the number among them that have been on those waiting lists for five years or more. [18768/14]