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Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (7 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position in regard to the investigation by the labour inspectorate into allegations of serious irregularities in regard to the treatment of employees of a Turkish company, Gama, which has been operating here; if all the workers have been given access to money held in accounts in a bank in Holland; if he has considered...

Written Answers — Enterprise Development Programme: Enterprise Development Programme (7 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 321: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to extending the enterprise development programme to the south-east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4081/06]

Written Answers — Community Enterprise Schemes: Community Enterprise Schemes (7 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 322: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the allocation of funding under the recently announced extension of the Enterprise Ireland community enterprise centre scheme on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4082/06]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (7 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 446: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4151/06]

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (8 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if an allocation of €500 million was especially earmarked for Ireland at the December 2005 European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4442/06]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the planned decentralisation of his Department to Knock; if all staff are ready to decentralise; if suitable accommodation has been found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4444/06]

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Procedures: Garda Vetting Procedures (8 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 1 February 2006 if the information requested is being compiled by his Department; if so, when same will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4695/06]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (8 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a secondary school pupil (details supplied) in County Wexford, whose application for school transport is the subject of an appeal, is entitled to school transport; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the private bus transport arranged for this pupil pending a decision on their appeal to her Department has been...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (9 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is intended to discontinue the current one-parent family payment in its present form; his proposals to replace same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4711/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (9 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the situation with regard to his proposals for the reform of the one-parent family payment system, particularly with a view to making it easier for lone parents to enter or re-enter the workforce; when he intends to bring forward formal proposals in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4710/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (14 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities which have already begun to participate in the rental accommodation scheme; the number of people in each of these local authority areas who have already been accommodated under the rental accommodation scheme. [5302/06]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (14 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the level of social housing completions between January and September 2005, accounted for just 5.8% of the total houses built within that timeframe; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that just 6.7% of the 76,954 houses built in 2004 were for...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (14 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 365: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is equitable that overpayments of PAYE tax may only be recovered from the Revenue Commissioners within a four-year period whereas taxpayers remain liable in perpetuity for underpayments of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5535/06]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (14 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the application of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford for permission to remain here will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4997/06]

Written Answers — Litter Pollution: Litter Pollution (14 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 633: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to maintain the national routes and motorway free of litter; if he has raised this matter with the National Roads Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5407/06]

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Courses: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (15 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a timeframe for the implementation of the McIver report will be drawn up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5733/06]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (15 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a review of catchment boundaries for school transport will be carried out in view of the huge demographic changes that have occurred since the boundaries were originally drafted and the confusion caused by some of the maps used to determine eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5732/06]

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Production: Sugar Beet Production (16 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on prevailing upon Greencore to convert its sugar beet processing facility into a bio-ethanol fuel from sugar beet factory; her further views on using the 2006 sugar beet crop for the production of bio-ethanol; the steps she is prepared to take to see that this occurs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5934/06]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (16 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Question No. 302 of 15 December 2005, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that correspondence including a copy of the appeal letter to the visa appeals officer, which was forwarded to him by this Deputy on 2 December 2005, was acknowledged on 5 December 2005; if, in view of same, the reason his reply...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (16 Feb 2006)

Brendan Howlin: Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Wexford Borough Council for funding in respect of a refurbishment of flats (details supplied) in County Wexford; when this programme of improvements will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6226/06]