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Written Answers — Waste Recycling: Waste Recycling (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the volume and share of recycling by sectoral source in 1998 and in 2003; and the way in which this compares with the Government's target. [23585/04]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses completed to date in 2004 under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and his forecast for the full year. [23586/04]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authority housing departments can inform private rented accommodation providers that a named person has or has not been either evicted or removed from a local authority housing estate, as a result of anti-social behaviour; if this power exists under the relevant legislation; and if this matter can be...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if powers exist to prevent health boards from giving rent subsidy to persons who are either evicted or excluded from local authority housing due to anti-social activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23589/04]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 49: To ask the Taoiseach the number of tourists in each of the years 1997 to 2004 (details supplied); the aggregate value of tourism in each of those years; and the estimated average spend per tourist in each of those years. [23971/04]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 199: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the changes in the terms under which students undertake study in clinical psychology whereby a previous arrangement by which students enjoyed an employment contract has been replaced by a grant; her estimate of the reduced cash value to students of this change; if her Department has...

Written Answers — Health Board Services: Health Board Services (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 244: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received an application for capital funding from the Eastern Regional Health Authority to provide a residential educational service for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she is in a position to provide funding for this project. [24351/04]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which the Garda has adopted bicycle mounted policing; if pilot schemes have been shown to reveal effective results; if he has plans to extend such methods of policing throughout the Dublin metropolitan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24352/04]

Written Answers — Juvenile Diversion Programme: Juvenile Diversion Programme (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself with the extent to which parents support efforts by the Garda under juvenile diversion programmes; his views on whether there is a need to strengthen the law to force parents to become more actively involved in juvenile diversion in cases in which parental support to deal with these issues is...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 345: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the aggregate volumes of material recycled from the different waste streams, household, industrial and so on; the progress that has been made; the percentage of material recycled in the past five years; the present level of recycling compared with the targets that have been set in the past by Governments for...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which packaging per unit of product has been reduced by manufacturers and retailers over the past five years; if he has new initiatives planned to encourage the reduction of packaging at source; and his plans to generate more accurate statistics in relation to packaging and packaging practices....

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (12 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 347: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the generalised levy imposed through the Repak arrangement is effective in encouraging individual firms to reduce, reuse and recycle; if he has reviewed the effectiveness of the Repak arrangement in this context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24083/04]

Written Answers — Health Levy: Health Levy (19 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 290: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total receipts from the health levy in each year since 1997, including her estimate for 2004 based on the returns for the year to date. [25281/04]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (19 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies paying corporation tax in each year since 1997 and the forecast for 2004; and the corporation tax paid and the distribution of companies and revenue between foreign-owned and domestic companies and between companies traditionally eligible for the 10% rate and the standard rate for tax paying companies. [25133/04]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total State expenditure on research and development and on science and technology in each year since 1997; the way in which it is distributed across the main economic sectors; and the main criteria of evaluation used for approving research programmes and the systems for ex post evaluation against critical performance...

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (19 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 399: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the total level of social insurance contributions and details of that paid by employers, by employees and by the self-employed in each year since 1997 including his estimate for 2004 based on the returns for the year to date. [25280/04]

Written Answers — Road Haulage: Road Haulage (19 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 413: To ask the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 467 of 15 June 2004, the response to the investigation he initiated; the reason an international road freight carriers licence continues to be held when the person is clearly in breach of the existing planning laws as regards the haulage business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25471/04]

Written Answers — Post-Leaving Certificate Courses: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (19 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 502: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the details of the system which she has in place for capping the number of post-leaving certificate places which colleges within the VEC system can fill; the way in which national needs and student preferences are given expression in the capping system; the reason she does not have a system such as that used by the Higher Education...

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (19 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 514: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the total State expenditure on research and development and on science and technology in each year since 1997; the way in which it is distributed across the main economic sectors; and the main criteria of evaluation used for approving research programmes and the systems for ex post evaluation against critical performance indicators....

Written Answers — Marine Conservation: Marine Conservation (19 Oct 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the proposal to establish a national marine conservation centre, as put forward by the Irish Seal Sanctuary; if there is a commitment to provide either once-off seed funding or ongoing funding to support this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25017/04]