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Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a rule regarding private pensions that would allow a person who has not yet reached 65 years and who has in excess of €20,000 in a pension fund can only draw down the first quarter which is tax free but may not draw down the remainder if the total remaining figure is in excess of €20,000 but may drawn down...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason public sector pension levies are deducted from the salaries of a range of workers who will not benefit form a public sector pension, including part-time tutors with the vocational education committees and those working in State sponsored agencies; if these workers will be reimbursed the deducted money on reaching...

Written Answers — Forbairt na Gaeltachta: Forbairt na Gaeltachta (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 450: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cad é an plean atá ag an Rialtas le haghaidh Mheitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [21791/11]

Written Answers — Small Claims Procedures: Small Claims Procedures (21 Jul 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is provision for a service provider who has not been paid for a service to seek redress in the Small Claims Court; the measures of redress available to a small service provider where the amount sought is less than €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22084/11]

Written Answers — Local Authoring Staff: Local Authoring Staff (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 14: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reduce the number of local authority managers and the number of directors of services as part of his cost-cutting initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24093/11]

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 40: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he plans to use to modernise local government that are underway in parallel with the efficiency local government review group's recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24092/11]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (15 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that changes to the waste management regulations here do not result in increased costs to householders. [24275/11]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (20 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 304: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that community welfare officers are using their personal discretion to refuse persons rent supplement on the basis of their turning down a local authority housing offer; and her plans to put in place strict guidelines and criteria for this practice. [24107/11]

Written Answers — Family Resource Centres: Family Resource Centres (20 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 449: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide an update on the discussions regarding local authorities or local partnerships taking over the family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24099/11]

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (20 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 450: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the development of a youth homelessness strategy as part of the overall strategy for ending homelessness here. [24108/11]

Written Answers — Water Fluoridation: Water Fluoridation (20 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Health if he has read the recent report by the EU Committee on Environmental and Health Risks into the scientific evidence around water fluoridation; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this report has stated that water fluoridation poses some health risks for children; and his plans to end this practice. [24105/11]

Written Answers — Drugs Task Forces: Drugs Task Forces (20 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cuts to regional and local drugs task forces were over and above those to his Department; and if he will guarantee their current levels of funding in future in order that they may continue their valuable work in communities. [24101/11]

Written Answers — Drugs Task Forces: Drugs Task Forces (20 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 508: To ask the Minister for Health if he will protect funding for Ballymun Drugs Task Force, Dublin; if he will protect funding for Finglas Drugs Task Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24100/11]

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (21 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria that must be satisfied for an organisation to receive an exemption of paying the landfill levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25165/11]

Written Answers — Third-level Sector Staff: Third-level Sector Staff (22 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the controls imposed on universities and third-level colleges under the revised employment control framework that applies absolute limits to the numbers and grades of staff in teaching, research and administration that is impeding the development and search for knowledge in a modern and diverse society. [25113/11]

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (22 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention will be drawn to the problems being experienced by persons participating in the apprentice finishing scheme and who are being prevented from finishing their training in a trade. [25114/11]

Written Answers — Sports Funding: Sports Funding (29 Sep 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to secure adequate levels of funding for sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26504/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (4 Oct 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 605: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to retain the current level of services at Portlaoise Regional Hospital; and his plans regarding whether the hospital will be a model 2 or a model 3 hospital. [27181/11]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (4 Oct 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 606: To ask the Minister for Health the stage of development of his plans for a new maternity unit at Portlaoise Regional Hospital; if the funding is still in place for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27182/11]

Written Answers — Licensed Moneylenders: Licensed Moneylenders (5 Oct 2011)

Brian Stanley: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned with the reports that legal moneylenders are now going door to door seeking custom; and his plans to regulate this behaviour and to further reduce the interest rates that these legal moneylenders can apply to their customers. [27672/11]