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Written Answers — Benchmarking Awards: Benchmarking Awards (25 May 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has made provision in the budgets being granted to health boards to pay benchmarking awards in respect of persons providing home help; if he has received reports from the health boards on the extent to which benchmarking awards have been paid to home help providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15297/04]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (25 May 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 337: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps which he plans to take to introduce proper standards into the taxi business to ensure that only suitable persons obtain a licence to operate and to ensure that a proper standard of service is available from those who are licensed; and that best practice standards are applied to the delivery of the service in Dublin. [15674/04]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (25 May 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of passengers carried by mainline rail, by suburban rail and DART, by Dublin Bus and by Provincial bus in each year since 1998. [15704/04]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (25 May 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the same test mark requirement is required of non national drivers as for Irish drivers in respect of the driver competence test to obtain a public service vehicle licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15308/04]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (25 May 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of checking of compliance with building regulations which is undertaken by local authorities; and the extent to which a local authority can retrospectively inspect the level of compliance with the regulations where faults are detected by householders in the years after occupation. [15295/04]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (25 May 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the system for identifying the source of structural faults by homeowners in houses is satisfactory; if he has further satisfied himself that there is an adequate documentary record retained of the building and structural aspects of construction which are not open to inspection...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Jun 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has drawn to the fact that persons who were in receipt of bereavement credit during the nine month tax year 2001, received credit only in respect of four years and nine months; and if arrangements will be made in order that credit for the three months which was lost be credited against the income of a subsequent year. [16257/04]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (1 Jun 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has given consideration to a proposal to require his Department appointing special needs assistants to various schools in the country, as against the current situation which requires his Department to appoint special needs assistants to designated children in the primary school sector; if he has given further consideration to...

Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (1 Jun 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has satisfied himself that his Department supports the cost of expensive medical appliances for persons with a serious disability only in circumstances in which their income is below medical card guidelines (details supplied); the extent to which Ireland is out of line with other EU countries in failing to provide substantial...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (1 Jun 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 296: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of notifications he has received from Dublin Bus concerning a proposed new service or proposed change to an existing service in the greater Dublin area since 10 January 2001; if he can confirm that Dublin Bus does not require the authority of his Department before making a decision to operate a new bus route; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (17 Jun 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of industrial jobs her Department expects will be lost here in 2004; the reasons for the losses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17942/04]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the work which is being done by drug task forces to make contact with new communities of non-nationals in relation to the issue of drug use; and if he will recommend that the national drugs strategy include actions and initiatives in this area of concern. [22743/04]

Written Answers — Voluntary Activity: Voluntary Activity (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount which was allocated under the training and support services grant scheme for 2004; the amount allocated to date and to the projects to which it was allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22676/04]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in 1998, 2003 and estimated for 2004, who were assessed for income tax; the number who had no liability; the number on marginal relief; the number paying tax at the standard rate and the numbers paying tax at the top rate. [23583/04]

Written Answers — Education Schemes: Education Schemes (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of remedial teachers in mathematics teaching at primary level and at secondary level; the way in which the number of these have increased over the past five years; the last occasion on which the remedial teaching scheme was evaluated; if it made recommendations in respect of remedial teaching in mathematics; and the extent...

Written Answers — Statistics on Reading Problems: Statistics on Reading Problems (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give details of the trend in the numbers of pupils with reading problems in primary school and secondary school in each year since 1998. [23234/04]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teaching staff in 1998 and in 2003 at second level, distinguishing by type of school and at third level, distinguishing universities and institutes of technology. [23584/04]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons with medical card cover aged 70 and over in 1998 and in 2003; and the average cost of medical card cover for persons aged 70 and over compared to those aged under 70 in each of the respective years. [23232/04]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 391: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the fare levels on CIE services at the beginning of 1998 and at the end of 2003. [23233/04]

Written Answers — Travel Survey Data: Travel Survey Data (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 403: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate of the total number of morning peak journeys in the greater Dublin area in 1998 and in 2003; and his estimate of the number of these by public transport and by private car. [23587/04]