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Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (23 Mar 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance when the Strategic Investment Bank will be set up; the staff requirements needed in the new bank; the branch structure envisioned for the new bank; the way this bank will be established; the way this bank will be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5399/11]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 Mar 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has not facilitated a panel of teachers for Gaelscoileanna while facilitating panels for all other patronages in view of redundancies in the primary sector and the prohibition on permanent appointments in the primary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5502/11]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (29 Mar 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when the 2011 jobs programme and the jobs fund will become operational; when businesses will be expected to be able to access the measures contained within the jobs fund as per the programme for Government; the way the many jobs envisioned will be created out of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the cut to child benefit introduced in budget 2011 and if so, when. [6005/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Mar 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse the cut of 4% to the so-called working age social welfare rates introduced by the previous Government in budget 2011 and if so, when. [6006/11]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (30 Mar 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the action being taken by her to address the serious problem in which 51.5% of all those unemployed are long-term unemployed; the initiatives being planned to prevent this number increasing and to help those who are structurally unemployed to get back into the labour market; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5878/11]

Written Answers — Tourism, Culture and Sport Sectors: Tourism, Culture and Sport Sectors (31 Mar 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport if he has had any discussions with tourism, sport and recreational groups coming within the aegis of his Department with a view to promoting their respective sectors and maximising employment opportunities. [6200/11]

Written Answers — Tourism, Culture and Sport Sectors: Tourism, Culture and Sport Sectors (31 Mar 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport the extent to which he has evaluated economic potential and job creation throughout the various sectors under the aegis of his Department; his plans for the future in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6199/11]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children his timetable for the development of a regional hospital for the north-east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7536/11]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (19 Apr 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when politics will become examinable in the secondary school curriculum; when will the intake for teachers in the relevant training colleges be opened for this new subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8519/11]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (20 Apr 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the role of the taxi regulator; his further plans to reform the taxi industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8625/11]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (20 Apr 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the urgent matter of persons tailgating to avoid paying tolls; the amount of money outstanding in eFlow payments on the M50. [8624/11]

Written Answers — Programmes for Government: Programmes for Government (21 Apr 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 23: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, while the imperative of restoring economic growth and hence the foreign policy focus in the programme for Government on actions to achieve growth in exports trade and the development of new markets abroad is understandable, the reason there is no mention in the programme for Government of the United Nations, including its...

Written Answers — Oireachtas Members' Remuneration: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (3 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of payments to former TDs and Ministers excluding pension costs; if he will provide this data in tabular form in terms of cost per month and per person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9653/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will, in conjunction with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, conduct the cost-benefit analysis into the amendment of the research and development tax credit regime; the timeframe for the completion of this analysis; if this analysis will incorporate the reform of R&D supports available to the digital game industry; the...

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (3 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Finance if European Commission approval has been received for the new business investments targeting the employment scheme that is replacing the business expansion scheme; the way the two schemes differ; when the new scheme will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5877/11]

Written Answers — Credit Availability: Credit Availability (3 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance when business will be able to access funds from the Strategic Investment Bank; the capital and funds that will be made available by the bank for small medium enterprise; the rates that will be attached to the funds; the persons that will oversee the operations and the bank; if the credit review office will have a remit to review appeals of...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (3 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will establish the taskforce on the future of the financial services sector to maximise employment opportunities in financial services as per the Programme for Government; the time scale for the establishment and reporting of this taskforce; the persons who will be on this taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5879/11]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a VAT refund scheme for charities. [7975/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (4 May 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to prioritise school building projects; the number of school building projects that will be started during each of the next five years; and the locations of same. [9847/11]