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Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (3 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the responsibilities he has in consultation with the State Examinations Board in making changes in the leaving certificate timetable; if he was consulted on and approved the changed schedule which this year placed chemistry on the same day as English paper two; if he will evaluate the impact of this change upon those pupils who sat...

Written Answers — School Attendance: School Attendance (3 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the relationship between his Department and its various agencies, including the National Education Welfare Board, the Garda National Immigration Bureau and the Reception and Integration Agency, in order to ensure that young adults attending secondary school are not arbitrarily removed from one area to another causing them to leave...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the national property services regulatory authority Bill. The authority is already open, staff are employed and €600,000 will be spent by November on the running costs of the office. However it has no powers and people in apartments have nowhere to turn to for advice on high management fees and poor services from management companies.

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (8 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on reports that a bumper poppy crop in Afghanistan in 2008 could lead to an intensified flow of heroin into Ireland; the intelligence available to the gardaí on this prospect; the steps taken to counter any such possibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27027/08]

Written Answers — Drug Seizures: Drug Seizures (8 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity and values of seizures of heroin, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs within the State during 2007 and to date in 2008; the proportion of the overall flow of drugs into Ireland that is believed to be represented by these seizures; the new initiatives he is planning to control the flow of illegal drugs into...

Written Answers — Live Register: Live Register (8 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 489: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of persons on the live register in Dublin Mid-West has increased by more than a quarter in the past 12 months and now stands at approximately 4,500; if she will take steps to address the severe problem of unemployment in the constituency; and if she...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (8 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 505: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Haulbowline site is affected by the provisions of the Seveso Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27760/08]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (8 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 662: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken to acquire a site for a permanent building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27002/08]

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (8 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 661: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in replying to the written request, made in May, 2008 from the manager of South Dublin County Council, seeking information on steps taken by his Department to acquire a new site for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; his plans to address the accommodation needs of the school; and if he will make a...

Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest information available to him regarding any threat to human health or life, animal or marine health or life, or the environment arising from contaminated waste at the Haulbowline site in County Cork; the steps he is proposing to take to deal with any such threat; the plans for the safe disposal of...

Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank the Minister for his reply. My question raises issues concerning the threat to public health and that of the people who worked on the site, those who live nearby and to the marine environment, air quality and water quality. Approaching this issue from a slightly different angle, I have raised with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment a number of times the fact we have...

Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: ——to ascertain if the Seveso directive would apply to the management of this site. That is not clear because the Minister said it is not listed as an establishment under the directive. I tabled that question because it is the type of directive that should apply to the management of this site. I want the Minister to examine this further. The directive requires the putting in place of...

Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Will the Minister set out a planned approach for dealing with the site? A plan should be put in place setting out the steps to be taken over a period of time and it should be made public. Such a plan should cover emergency planning, day to day activity in the area, who carries out work and who visits the site. All those arrangements need to be planned. It is not enough to have a report....

Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Will the Minister specifically indicate whether the Seveso directive applies to this site? I would like people to be told the answer to that question. The directive provides that residents must be protected in terms of the threat posed by dangerous substances on sites. All such considerations must be taken into account in residential planning. The directive covers the protection of human...

Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Yes, but what about the directive and the legal position?

Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: That is not a plan; that is a report.

Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: That is not good enough.

Environmental Policy. (9 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 40: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding proposals for carbon credits on flights by Government Ministers and officials; the way the amount to be spent on carbon credits for each flight will be calculated; the flights for which they will be purchased; the person from whom they will be purchased; the environmental purposes the...

Environmental Policy. (9 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Those are the first proper details I have had of the scheme. I was very interested in what the Minister said. The money will be given to a company called REEEP which will invest it in renewable energy in the least developed countries——

Environmental Policy. (9 Jul 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: That is the problem with this type of scheme and has been identified by a number of people including Friends of the Earth. The Minister says we will keep doing what we are doing, putting out our emissions, and let the least developed countries take the brunt of reducing emissions. They can have renewable energy but they cannot have the technology we have. It is all to make the Green Party...