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Dáil Question on Service Level Agreements issued to budget service companies

To ask the Minister for Social Protection the contents of the new service level agreement that has been issued to the money advice and budgeting service companies and in particularly the concerns raised by MABS officials in relation to the restrictive nature of the agreements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

McGuinness must clarify whether he signed off on son’s €71k expenses bill

Fine Gael TD for Dublin North, Alan Farrell, has called on Fianna Fáil TD and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, John McGuinness, to clarify whether he signed off on the €71,353 in overtime, mileage and subsistence claimed by his son, Cllr Andrew McGuinness, when he worked in his father's Ministerial office at the Department of Enterprise from 2007 to 2009. This included €30,000 in overtime payments in 2008 alone, as reported in today's Irish Independent.

Dáil Question on the Credit Gaurantee Scheme

To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for funding received to the credit guarantee scheme since it has been established; the number of approved loans; the amount that has been paid out to date; the feedback that has been received on job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Dáil Question on the inspection of rental properties in Fingal

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will be carrying out reviews under the intensified inspection programme on rental properties in Fingal, County Dublin; the areas that will be inspected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Dáil Question on the Credit Gaurantee Scheme

To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for funding received to the credit guarantee scheme since it has been established; the number of approved loans; the amount that has been paid out to date; the feedback that has been received on job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Dáil Question on the inspection of rental properties in Fingal

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will be carrying out reviews under the intensified inspection programme on rental properties in Fingal, County Dublin; the areas that will be inspected; and if he will make a statement on the matter.