Written answers
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
- Department of Finance
- Banking Regulation
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the apparent anomaly that Permanent TSB is charging new residential mortgage customers a standard variable mortgage rate...
- Tax Code
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the circumstances through which section 86 of the Finance Act 1989 which has been found by the High Court and Supreme Court to...
- National Assets Management Agency
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the operations of the National Asset Management Agency, including whether NAMA made a profit or loss in 2011 and his...
- European Treaty Agreements
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the progress of the ratification of the European Stability Mechanism treaty; if in the aftermath of the 9 December...
- EU-IMF Agreement
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he has taken to date and any future action he plans to take in relation to the renegotiation of the terms of the €30 billion promissory...
- Banking Regulation
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking, or requesting the Financial Regulator to take with respect to the high rates being charged by Permanent TSB on their...
- Insurance Industry
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will fund a house insurance scheme for those who cannot access flood insurance due to repeated flooding; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce legislation for non-recourse mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5524/12]
- Public Sector Staff
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the large numbers of public servants who will avail of early retirement in the coming weeks, he has considered any incentive package,...
- Tax Collection
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance the names of Irish citizens claiming non-resident status for tax purposes; the days they spent out of the State in each case during 2011; and the...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider easing the lending restrictions on credit unions imposed by the Registrar of Credit Unions; and if he will make a statement on...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a full return of the State to the international bond markets, including the interest rates he believes would be acceptable for a...
- State Banking Sector
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance, regarding the recent departure of the chief financial officer, the HR director and the director of retail business at the Educational Building...
- EU-IMF Agreement
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the views expressed last year by US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on the issue of repaying senior and junior bondholders...
- Economic Recovery
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he and his European colleagues can individually and collectively generate positive economic influence towards economic recovery...
- Personal Debt
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he has received any communications from the banking and lending sectors with a view to achieving a basis for addressing the...
- EU-IMF Agreement
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Finance, in view of the current deficit and the targets laid down in the EU-IMF programme, his views on whether the proposed 0.5% deficit ceiling outlined in...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce legislation to change the valuation date of 30 November 2009 that the National Asset Management Agency is still using to value...
- Ministerial Meetings
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi in Frankfurt last week; if he will report on discussions on the...
- State Banking Sector
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Finance, in respect of ongoing industrial disputes at the Educational Building Society, when the placing agreement will be furnished to the union, UNITE....
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to improve protection for customers of debt management companies in view of recently expressed concerns by the Central Bank concerning the...
- State Banking Sector
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he is unwilling or unable to name the unsecured unguaranteed bondholders at Anglo Irish Bank who are due to be paid in 2013. [5654/12]
- EU Summits
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Olli Rehn, in Brussels last week; if he will report on...
- Tax Code
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the logistics and revenue-raising potential of a levy on SMS and MMS messages; if his attention has been drawn to the figure of...
- Motor Fuel Costs
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the road haulage system is currently experiencing extreme financial difficulty because of the cost...
- Job Losses
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update in respect to staff employed at Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks and possible future staff redundancies; his...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Finance, following on from the intervention by the Registrar of Credit Unions at Newbridge credit union last month, if any future interventions will be part...
- State Banking Sector
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is engaging any external professional advice or services related to the ongoing negotiations on the Anglo Irish promissory note; the names of...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is currently using the services of Goldman Sachs for any aspect of Departmental business; and if so, if he will list the activity it is engaged...
- Job Losses
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give a commitment to staff currently employed at Permanent TSB that their jobs will be protected as part of any future sale or merger of...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce consumer legislation in the area of mortgage rate reductions; the options available to him; the obstacles that require...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance, in view of the State's current debt-to-GDP ratio and the ratios expected to be reached as part of the ECB-IMF programme, his views on whether the 5%...
- EU-IMF Agreement
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the moneys drawn down to date from the EU-IMF programme, including the dates on which the draw-downs took place, the...
- Economic Growth
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the recent downgrading of growth projections for the economy here and the wider European economy by the IMF and others; and if he...
- State Banking Sector
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on his discussions with the European Commission and members of ECOFIN on the issue of the promissory note, indicating...
- Financial Sector Regulation
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions that have approached the Registrar of Credit Unions seeking the easing or lifting of lending restrictions placed on them...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 52: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is engaging any external professional advice or services in respect of the sale of the life insurance unit of Irish Life & Permanent; the names...
- Job Security
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether there is any threat to the jobs of the 300 former AIB employees who were moved to Aviva in 2011; and the action he is taking to...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance the studies he has commissioned or reviewed regarding the likely impact of the fiscal control provisions in the proposed European treaty as part of...
- Banks Recapitalisation
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance if he agrees that the European Central Bank-driven blockages to burning bank bondholders should be removed and that new terms should be given for...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual cost of maintaining Irish embassies in Luxemburg, Sweden and Singapore for the years 2009 to 2012,...
- Overseas Development Aid
Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that he has honoured his commitment to provide aid in the aftermath of the Haitian crisis; and if...
- Human Rights Issues
Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has, individually or in tandem with European partners, carried out a recent review of the political situation...
- Department of Finance
- Illicit Trade in Tobacco
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures in place to tackle the illegal tobacco trade and its benefactors; his views on the success or failure of said measures; and if he will...
- Tax Code
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether recent proposals from France and Germany in relation to accelerating implementation of a common consolidated tax base within the...
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide this Deputy with and publish a copy of the licences and memorandum of associations under which all banks operate here. [5684/12]
- Price Inflation
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if the cost of living and general living standards have declined further since March 2011; if he will estimate the contribution the plethora of...
- Betting Legislation
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the proposed new gambling legislation does not allow for any tax to be collected on moneys earned by...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 24 January 2012, if he or any of his officials have had contact with KBC bank since 14 December 2011 on...
- National Debt
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Finance the full extent of savings achieved to date in the context of debt repayment since the formation of the current Government, with particular reference...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken, together with his EU colleagues, with a view to stabilising and synchronising the recovery of the various EU member states...
- Budgetary Forecasts
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the targets identified in the contexts of the budget 2012 can be reached notwithstanding less than anticipated economic...
- Budgetary Submissions
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he has sought or received comments from the various banking and commercial sectors relating to the current budget, with...
- Tax Collection
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the return in respect of the various forms of taxation, direct or indirect, over the past 12 months are likely to be affected by...
- Economic Forecasts
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent, if any, to which economic performance over the next 12 months is likely to be affected by lack of confidence throughout the eurozone; the...
- Economic Competitiveness
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent, if any, to which this country's economic competitiveness has improved or otherwise fluctuated over the past 12 months; if there are...
- Fiscal Policy
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which economic and fiscal issues occurring over the past five years and deemed to have been a serious obstacle to economic independence...
- Financial Services Regulation
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to correspondence regarding payments to EBS staff (details supplied). [5874/12]
- Banking Sector Regulation
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the advice and management of bad loans and the potential for a conflict of interest to arise (details supplied); and if he...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Second Level Fees
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the charges for the enrolment of non-EU students in post primary school settings for the purpose of English language...
- School Accommodation
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 25 January 2012, if he will provide a timeframe in which it is likely a decision will be...
- Departmental Applications
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cavan, in view of the fact that a commitment was given that an...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance available to low-income students wishing to pursue postgraduate studies; if students who received maintenance...
- Departmental Programmes
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is proposed to renew the licensing arrangements in respect of Scoilnet maps in view of the fact that this is an important facility...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills, with regard to section 4(c)(ii) of the Education Amendment Act 2012, the services currently provided that are considered to be health...
- Higher Education Grants
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [5885/12]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Service Staff
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of jobs that have been eliminated in the public service and semi-state sectors in 2011; the likely outcome in terms...
- Departmental Bodies
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 24 January 2012, the funding allocation and expenditure of the valuation tribunal...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation
- Performance Fees
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he or his officials have had any discussions with such bodies as IMRO and PPI regarding reducing their fixed charges for...
- Jobs Initiative
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the statistical evidence that can be produced to indicate the number of new jobs that have been created so far by the jobs...
- Job Creation
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the inducements that exist in terms of grants to Irish business from the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will clarify the following with regard to the proposed law similar to the stop online piracy Act; the stage the...
- Department of Social Protection
- Social Welfare Code (1 comment)
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the plans under review by her regarding proposed changes to the State contributory pension; the impact that these changes would have on...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [5682/12]
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for rent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; when a decision will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will introduce an Oireachtas members enquiry line for rent allowance queries in view of the fact that no such facility currently...
- Community Employment
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a value for money audit will be carried out on each community employment scheme as part of the independent assessment on CE schemes;...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for occurrence of an alleged overpayment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5747/12]
- Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Departmental Staff
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht he number of persons employed by Foras na Gaeilge who have a qualification at masters level or equivalent in language...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Alternative Energy Projects
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland grant payment was cancelled and the expiry date not...
- Broadcasting Services
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to encourage the State broadcaster, RTE, to provide one or more television and radio channels to...
- Offshore Exploration
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he envisages Corrib gas flowing into Irish homes and businesses; the measures he will undertake to...
- Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Rural Development
Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on rural development programmes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Local Authority Charges
Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) is liable for the full rate of the household charge; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 145 and 147 of 25 January 2012, the individual projects to which...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be any concession on the household charge made for those paying management fees on residential...
- Housing Grants
Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will approve funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Emergency Services
Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government about the new institutional arrangements he is considering in respect of the fire and ambulance services;...
- Waste Water Treatment
Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the standards by which waste water treatment facilities will be inspected under the...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to launch the buy-to-rent scheme for private home owners in which owners can surrender their...
- Fire Stations
Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a timeframe has been established for the new fire station for Tallaght, Dublin. [5741/12]
- Waste Management
Question 125: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a private contracting company (details supplied) has...
- Professional Bodies
Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Building Control Bill 2007; and if he will make a...
- Local Authority Charges
Question 130: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make it a requirement of local authorities to send reminders in respect of the non principal...
- Pyrite Heave
Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the counties in which heave inducing pyrite has been found in housing developments, public and commercial...
- Regional Development
Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the Western Development Commission report Creative West; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Environmental Education
Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the Greenflag initiative; and the support he gives to schools to encourage greater...
- Local Authority Services
Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the importance of keeping open public libraries. [2975/12]
- Planning Issues
Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the health concerns associated with telecommunication masts, his position regarding the erection...
- Local Authority Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail the local authorities which do not have arts officers; if he will outline the plans to...
- Pension Provisions
Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he intends to take to end the pay, pension and abatement arrangements for current county...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Investor Visa Programme
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether his new immigrant investor visa scheme will allow persons to enter the State and remain here as a result of...
- Citizenship Applications
Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the current...
- Residency Permits
Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the length of time taken to reach a decision in respect of residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
- Court Accommodation
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the courthouse in Tipperary town; if moneys secured in recent years for essential repairs for the courthouse have been...
- Garda Transport
Question 144: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, in view of the closure of the Garda station in Rush, County Dublin, if he will detail the number of squad cars currently available to...
- Garda Deployment
Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the number of gardaí attached to the Garda traffic corps will not be reduced, in view of the fact that media reports indicated that...
- Garda Vetting Service
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Garda clearance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on...
- Garda Stations
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when will he advance the extension for the Garda station in Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Proposed Legislation
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, following his statement in December 2011 that he intends to introduce a system of attachment orders allowing money to be taken from...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost of the Garda drug squad in 2010 and 2011 separately; if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the various...
- Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is legislation that permits nightclubs to serve alcohol in glasses; and if this legislation also applies to sporting events...
- Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to allegations involving members of the Garda in Schull, County Cork, in regard to a case (details...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Landlord and Tenant (Business Leases Review) Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5888/12]
- Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
- Departmental Investigations
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the concern at the manner in which his Department's special investigations unit has...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set out the annual spending by him on education, information and prevention with regard to animal health and...
- Appointments to State Boards
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether it is appropriate to appoint a person (details supplied) who had previously outsourced jobs to the...
- Inland Fisheries
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if regulations and restrictions operated by him with regard to salmon fishing on rivers can be or are applied to private...
- Departmental Schemes
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of installation aid and early retirement scheme applications received by his offices at Johnstown Castle, County...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed breakdown by programme and scheme of certain subheadings (details supplied) under budget and...
- Department of Health
- Health Service Staff
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of whole-time equivalent social workers in employment at the end of 2010 and 2011; if she intends to reach the target...
- Home Help Services
Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health when home help will be awarded to a person (details supplied). [5860/12]
- Health Service Staff
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the total number of health service personnel based at Cork University Hospital who have applied for retirement before the end of...
- Medical Cards
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement...
- Health Services
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost which would be entailed by providing free health care for infants up to one year of age; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Staff (1 comment)
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health the implications of the further reductions in staffing levels due to take place between now and the end of February 2012 on the provision of services...
- Ambulance Service
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish a report investigating the incidence of ambulance side doors opening unexpectedly; the cost to the Health Service Executive of...
- Health Service Staff
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Health if he is responsible for centralised co-ordination of contingency plans to address the severe shortfall in Health Service Executive staff, especially...
- Medical Cards
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health if a policy decision was made by him to reduce the number of medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5733/12]
- Hospital Charges
Question 182: To ask the Minister for Health the private and semi-private accommodation charges for private in-patients for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5736/12]
- Ambulance Service
Question 183: To ask the Minister for Health the current plans to establish an ambulance base in west Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5746/12]
- Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health if special provision will be made with great urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [5748/12]
- Medical Cards
Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on an application for a medical card will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Health Service Staff
Question 187: To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the Health Service Executive who have been given a HSE vehicle as part of their work duties; the grades of these staff; the...
- Medical Cards
Question 188: To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be issued on an appeal for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a...
- Ministerial Staff
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Health, in the context of his special advisor's reducing their work commitment from full time to one-third, that special advisor's outgoing full time...
- Medical Cards
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a medical card entitlement for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford reviewed based on medical evidence submitted....
- Control of Drugs
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health his position on the designation of cannabis within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5844/12]
- Human Rights Issues
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health when he will be appointing an expert group to consider the implications of last year's ECHR ruling in the ACB [i]v [/i]Ireland case on Ireland's...
- Health Service Staff
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Health if the figure of 500 general practitioners in primary care teams cited by the CEO of the Health Service Executive includes the 116 GPs who resigned...
- Medical Cards
Question 196: To ask the Minister for Health when an application for a medical card will be decided in respect of a person (details supplied). [5862/12]
- Health Service Reform
Question 197: To ask the Minister for Health when the extension of free general practitioner care to all claimants of medicines under the long-term illness scheme will be introduced; and if he...
- Medical Cards
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will be issued with their medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5870/12]
- Departmental Schemes
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health if he will add Crohn's disease to the long-term illness scheme in view of the chronic nature of the condition; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Clamping Industry
Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current guidelines governing the regulation of private clampers; if he intends to reform this area during his tenure; and...
- Driving Licences
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any proposals to revert to the former system whereby, when a full driving licence was issued, Class EB was...
