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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (18 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will allow a period of time for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, who are working or who have worked in the Civil Service and who have entered civil partnerships or who will marry, to change their single person pension to a spouse and children pension, on payment of equitable contributions, in view of the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the supports available to assist children who have impaired hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24224/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the way children with impaired hearing can receive cochlear implants; who sets out the rules and procedures for accessing this service; the amount of funding provided on an annual basis for this service; the location of hospitals where implants take place; if follow-up appointments are available in hospitals outside of Dublin;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance (18 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 229. To ask the Minister for Health regarding persons returning from overseas or moving to Ireland for the first time who seek to take out private health insurance, if he will introduce measures to require health insurers to recognise health insurance cover held outside of Ireland by providers not registered here; where such policies have been held, if he will provide for an exemption from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Workplace Safety (18 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that in certain school settings, particularly those where students have behavioural difficulties, sometimes teachers and other staff sustain injuries arising from work place assaults; if she will amend the regulation of sick leave to take this into account, ensuring that teachers and other staff do not experience reduced income...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (17 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he recognises that reducing passenger numbers at Cork Airport needs to be addressed by a change in aviation policy; the measures he plans to take in order to assist in facilitating an increase in passenger numbers at Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23239/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aer Lingus Sale (17 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way the proposed sale of Aer Lingus to the International Airlines Group will benefit Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23240/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 268. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the thresholds for capital acquisitions tax and to reduce the rate of tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23740/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Deposit Interest Rates (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the rate of deposit interest retention tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23741/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Motor Insurance Coverage (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 433. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the enforcement of the requirement for all drivers to have insurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23066/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 543. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the Health (General Practitioner Services) Bill 2015 to complete its passage through the Houses of the Oireachtas; when the roll-out of general practitioner visit cards to all those over 70 years of age will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23021/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Policy (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 844. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the context of a national energy policy, if consideration was given to energy conservation as an alternative to additional electricity generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23738/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Policy (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 845. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if consideration was given to the effects on employment and tourism when developing energy policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23739/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance Regulation (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 859. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to make legislative changes to encourage all drivers to take out motor insurance; his views that the current penalties for not having insurance are inadequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23066/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance Regulation (16 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 868. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures and supports in place to assist persons who are involved in traffic accidents, where the person who caused the damage is an uninsured driver; the circumstances under which a person may claim against the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland, pending finalisation of a claim against the Bureau; the facilities in place to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (10 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will amend legislative provisions in order that all current and former Civil Service employees who are now in civil partnerships can allocate pension entitlements to their civil partner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22578/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Professionals (10 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing for play therapists to be regulated by CORU – Health and Social Care Professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22630/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (10 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to recruit additional staff for organ transplantation; the way he proposes to address the shortage of transplant consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22651/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (10 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 190. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will introduce regulations to provide for a new tenant purchase scheme; when a new scheme will become operative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22587/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Levy (9 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if reductions in the Public Sector Pension Levy will apply equally to those who are working and those who are retired; when he anticipates that reductions in the Pension Levy will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21468/15]