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Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (16 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure any of the external advisers he has engaged to advise him on the bank guarantee scheme and related matters are not also involved in advising financial institutions covered by the scheme or consortia seeking to invest in such institutions in view of the highly confidential nature of the instructions that he will...

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (16 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance if the engagement of advisers by him to advise on the bank guarantee scheme was made in accordance with his Department's public procurement rules; the nature of the public procurement exercise undertaken; the date it was awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46034/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (16 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether a person who, a court has noted, as a director of a limited company failed to ensure that audited accounts were prepared and filed, as required by the Companies Act 1990, is suitable to act as chairman of a State company under the auspices of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46035/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (16 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Transport the circumstances in which he would be prepared to seek the removal or resignation of a chairman or non-executive director of a State or semi-State company that comes within his Department's remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46036/08]

Written Answers — Animal Feedstuffs: Animal Feedstuffs (16 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 435: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the dates of all inspections carried out at a company (details supplied) in County Carlow in respect of feedstuffs under the licensing regulations operated by his Department. [46121/08]

Written Answers — Vehicle Imports: Vehicle Imports (10 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of motor vehicle imports in 2007 and to date in 2008; his views on the damage to employment in the motor trade arising from the inferior quality of some of those vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45472/08]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (10 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45393/08]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (10 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 193: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy relating to the use of local authority vehicles by employees of those authorities outside of working hours; the cost to the authorities in these instances including fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45473/08]

Consumer Issues: Motion (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: I am sure the Minister of State will be able to get some other speaker to make the same comments. That is what usually happens. I commend Deputy Varadkar for putting down this important motion on consumer issues and the cost of shopping, an issue that affects people day in, day out. You, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, and I were members of the committee on enterprise in the 29th Dáil.

Consumer Issues: Motion (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: It was an excellent committee.

Consumer Issues: Motion (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: I remember that committee fondly, which is why I am referring to it. It did good work on grocery prices through an exhaustive examination of what contributes to grocery costs. The then Government promised, following a report from the then chairman of the Competition Authority, that it could reduce the cost of a typical basket of household goods by €500 million per annum if the groceries...

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: There is.

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (3 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason there is a proposed cut in quotas for prawns in view of the acknowledged positive position in stocks; if he will resist this proposal at the December 2008 Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44060/08]

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: I thank Deputy Creed, and my colleagues for sharing time on this important agricultural motion. We are living in a different economic era. We know there is very little money in the country. In view of Deputy Cowen's recession, as Minister for Finance for four years and as Taoiseach, we are brought to the point where we must look at savings to be made. We in Fine Gael are not immune to...

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Start there in order to find the money necessary to ensure that we eliminate bureaucracy and put viability back into farm incomes. The Minister picked the wrong priorities in terms of stopping young people getting into farming and in cutting the incomes in disadvantaged areas by 25%. He has no priority for agriculture and that is why I commend the Fine Gael motion to the House.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Will the Tánaiste amend company law in order to facilitate people in semi-State companies, particularly Dublin Port, where a decision has been made regarding restricting directors from participating in semi-State companies? Will she bring forward legislation?

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Will the Government take action regarding the chairman of Dublin Port, who has not filed accounts since 2004 or 2005 and who is a restricted director? Is it Government policy to allow a person who is restricted as a director or who has not filed accounts with the Revenue to continue as chairman of a semi-State company?

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Will no action be taken?

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (2 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to ensure that the guarantee scheme for credit institutions is not operated by covered institutions in a way that will cause competitive distortions in the banking market here or lead to abusive trading practices by such institutions; the mechanisms and commitments he has in place to ensure such behaviour does not...

Written Answers — Building Energy Ratings: Building Energy Ratings (2 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress or otherwise being made in respect of the building energy rating programme; the person who is responsible; the way the process will operate; when enforcement will be implemented to ensure compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43410/08]