Results 181-200 of 1,279 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Robert Dowds

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 192. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a vacant sites tax on land that is zoned but has yet to be built on; if so, the rate he will apply to such land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44797/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (25 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 304. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will include Westbank orphanage and other relevant protestant institutions in the proposed mother and baby homes inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44943/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Exemptions (25 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 562. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will put in place a system whereby persons with off-road vehicles are reminded on an annual basis to confirm whether those vehicles remain off the road in order to avoid incurring fines. [44923/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (11 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 305. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form for the past three years, the number of penalty points issued and fines collected for vehicles that did not comply with a prohibited traffic road sign; her views that this restriction is being implemented by gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43029/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 360. To ask the Minister for Health his views on funding concerns in relation to the meals on wheels service coming from Peamount Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42914/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (6 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she wil provide an update on JobBridge covering the number of people who have availed of JobBridge; the number of people who have moved from JobBridge to full-time employment; the number of people who have failed to get full-time employment from JobBridge; the approach of the Department where the scheme has been abused by employers; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons for his decision to scrap the 80% windfall tax on financial gains to persons arising from a change in the zoning of land in their possession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42340/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland Issues (5 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost to the State to date in the searches for the bodies of the disappeared, that is, the persons murdered by the IRA in the course of the conflict in the North and secretly buried by it at unknown locations in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42344/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (5 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 124. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding future funding for a child and family centre (details supplied) in County Dublin, in view of the fact that the funding from Atlantic Philanthropies is coming to an end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42345/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (4 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 268. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners treat income tax credits for male waiters and female waiters equally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40916/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (4 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 529. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports received by the Garda of bicycles stolen from the carpark at the Red Cow Luas stop in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014. [41907/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (4 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 530. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports received by the Garda of items stolen from parked cars in the carpark at the Red Cow Luas stop in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014. [41908/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (4 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 531. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of thefts reported at the Luas Red Cow carpark in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014. [41909/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Home Schooling (4 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 558. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps parents are required to take if they wish to home-school their children who are of primary school age. [42095/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (4 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 663. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home care packages in Lucan, County Dublin, have ceased since 5 June 2014; his plans to reinstate these home care packages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41386/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (4 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 1009. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the National Collective of Community Based Women's Network will receive interim funding until the end of March 2015 as the stage one of the procurement process will not be complete until then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41315/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (4 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 1050. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the number of vacant private housing units in the Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin local authority areas. [41865/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (4 Nov 2014)

Robert Dowds: 1051. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the number of vacant local authority housing units in the Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin local authority areas. [41866/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Oct 2014)

Robert Dowds: 429. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland has increased its annual retention fee for nurses and midwives from €100 to €150 per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40079/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (14 Oct 2014)

Robert Dowds: 30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on rent allowance in private dwellings for persons on the housing list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39107/14]