McCreevy, Charlie

Wednesday, 11 April 2001

Dáil Eireann Debate
Vol. 534 No. 4

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Written Answers - Irish Language Texts.

Was asked: the measures he will put in place immediately to ensure the availability of official Irish language texts of Acts of the Oireachtas, following the Supreme Court judgment of 4 April 2001 on this issue;...More Button

In May 2000 my Department sanctioned the provision of additional staffing and financial resources to the Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas in order to clear arrears in the translation into Irish ...More Button

Written Answers - Consultancy Contracts.

Was asked: the total amount of money paid by his Department, including payment in respect of Ministers of State, in respect of public relations consultancy work undertaken by private sector public relations cons...More Button

The following is a list of the amounts of money paid to private public relations consultancy firms in respect of PR work for the years 1998, 1999 and 2000. The figures quoted include payments, in resp...More Button

Written Answers - Civil Service Staff.

Was asked: if he has any plans to allow civil servants who had to retire on marrying before 1973, and who now wish to return to work, to rejoin the Civil Service.More Button

All Civil Service competitions are open to former civil servants, including those who had to retire on marrying before 1973, provided they are eligible for the competitions. In addition, competitions ...More Button

Was asked: the number of positions within the Civil Service which are vacant; and if there are any problems with recruiting staff.More Button

Departments and Offices have a workforce of over 30,000 persons and so can always be expected to have some vacant posts, reflecting natural gaps between the occurrence of vacancies through retirements...More Button

Was asked: the number of civil servants who had to retire on marriage grounds before 1973.More Button

The information requested by the Deputy is not available. However, I do have some information on marriage gratuities which were normally paid to women who had to retire on marriage grounds provided th...More Button

Written Answers - State Laboratories.

Was asked: if he will provide a progress report on the proposals to relocate the State laboratories to a site at Backweston Farm outside Lucan, County Dublin; if there has been an upward revision of the estimate...More Button

Written Answers - Tax Code.

Was asked: his views on the small increase in the health levy exemption limit in 2001; if his attention has been drawn to the way this affects those on private occupational pensions, particularly those near the ...More Button

The position is that the low income threshold for the health contribution, below which the levy is not payable, is currently £14,560 per annum or £280 per week, as amended by the Social Welfare Act, 2...More Button

Written Answers - Departmental Publications.

Was asked: the cost of producing and printing the eight page newspaper, Budget 2001 - Update; the number of copies printed; the persons or groups to who it will be distributed; the means by which it will be dist...More Button

There were 20,000 copies of the Budget 2001 newspaper printed. The total cost of the publication is £6,412.50. The articles in Budget 2001 were produced by the press office in the Department of Financ...More Button

Written Answers - Tax Code.

Was asked: if any stamp duty exemptions can be made in relation to the purchase of an existing used house by a couple, one of whom was previously a house owner in a previous relationship, and the second person b...More Button

As the Deputy is aware, in the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2000, I introduced a three tiered stamp duty structure for first time buyers, owner-occupiers other than first time buyers and investors of second h...More Button


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