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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the introduction of a carbon tax on solid fuels should be deferred due to the sourcing of coal and peat from Northern Ireland where lower environmental standards apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53051/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Submissions (27 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the pre-budget submission by the solid fuel trade group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53050/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Aid (27 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding Ireland's regional aid discussions and the new 2014-2020 regional aid map with the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53045/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (27 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits the Industrial Development Agency has arranged and undertaken in County Kerry in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53046/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (27 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the percentage of County Kerry jobs that have come from Industrial Development Agency companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53047/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (27 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on an introduction of a vouched scheme or smart card for redemption of the winter fuel allowance to ensure the purchase of legitimate and tax compliant coal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53052/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation (27 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the proposed property tax will be collected and spent locally by local authorities, or if it will be collected by the central Exchequer and then redistributed to local authorities. [52949/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation (27 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he plans to deal with the inequalities in revenues that will accrue to local authorities from the proposed property tax, in view of large differences in average home values in different local authority areas. [52950/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation (27 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of the proposed property tax which will be the primary source of revenue for local authorities, the extent to which central Government will provide supplementary funding for local authorities whose budgets are in a deficit situation. [52959/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabled Drivers (27 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health if the qualifying criteria for the motorised transport grant should be amended to include persons with disabilities who need to buy suitable transport in order to permit them to return to full time education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52587/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (27 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health if there is an overall policy for car parking charges in public hospitals here [52944/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (27 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list in tabular form of hourly and weekly car parking charges, in descending order, in public hospitals here [52945/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes (29 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when authority will be transferred to North and East Kerry Partnership and South Kerry Partnership in order that applications for LEADER funding by Kerry companies located in areas in Kerry, which were previously covered by Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta, can be accepted and administered; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (29 Nov 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Health if a full assessment of a person's (details provided) in County Kerry case has been carried out and if all medical evidence has been taken into consideration prior to the reduction in their home help hours; the review process is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53512/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pre-Budget Submissions (4 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance the process by which his Department costs pre-budget submissions produced by pressure groups and political parties; and if a submission can be declared to have been costed even when it has only received a brief general opinion from his Department. [53992/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has investigated the use of a smart phone app to be used by Gardaí in order to scan barcodes on cigarettes to determine if tax has been paid and identify illegal cigarettes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54752/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered reducing the VAT on newspapers to a similar level as seen in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54753/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on difficulties facing students who are unable to provide social welfare offices with proof of being enrolled in full-time education when applying for social welfare payments, as they are unable to pay registration fee while waiting for Student Universal Support Ireland to approve their grant applications and are designated as temporarily...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plans in place when awarding the Student Universal Support Ireland grant application processing contract to Dublin Vocational Education Committee should a delay in the processing of grants arise; if a contingency plan for dealing with delays was submitted by each entity that tendered for the contract; if a condition of the contract...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Supplementary Welfare Allowance Applications (5 Dec 2012)

Arthur Spring: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry was awarded supplementary welfare allowance when residing in Ireland in 1998; if they met all conditions necessary for the entitlement to supplementary welfare allowance in that year, the reason they are not entitled to SWA at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54669/12]