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- Order of Business (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: The Minister will not come in for the Adjournment either. Anyway, I have another question on promised legislation.
- Order of Business (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: It could be 2014. The national vetting bureau Bill is another urgently required piece of legislation. It has been promised in the House on several occasions. It is a matter that requires immediate attention. I wonder where it is now. What is happening?
- Order of Business (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I was looking up some figures recently and I discovered that there were more drug offences within the prisons, approximately 900 offences in a single year. It is probably worse inside than it is outside. In that regard, the bail (amendment) Bill was deemed to be important from the point of view of ensuring that people did not get into the business of reoffending while on bail. The...
- Order of Business (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: It is coming up.
- Order of Business (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: I am aware of the fact that it is a consolidation Bill but it would give the Members of the House an opportunity to vent their frustration when they cannot get answers to anything. At least, we could talk about it.
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he plans to develop and extend the schemes operated by his Department aimed at addressing the issue of urban or rural renewal with particular reference to the need to combat the situation arising from the current economic climate; the degree to which he further plans to increase expenditure in...
- Written Answers — Drugs Task Forces: Drugs Task Forces (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to offer support to communities involved in combating drugs; the extent to which the programme was successful in 2009; the degree to which expenditure is likely to be specifically or particular targeted in 2010; the degree to which he has on hand requests for funding in respect of such purposes; his further...
- Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the total receipts to date from carbon tax; the projects on which these moneys were spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19328/10]
- Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Finance the special tax designation for urban renewal throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19330/10]
- Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current or expected residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19204/10]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and nature of applications for grant aid from his Department by the various voluntary or community based groups throughout County Kildare in 2010; the extent to which this compares with previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19333/10]
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied that all funding awarded by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2010 has been drawn down and spent in accordance with the heading or sub-head under which it was awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19334/10]
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent of funding accruing to his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2010; the schemes on which such funding was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19335/10]
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the quantified direct benefit accruing to the community through the various schemes operated by his Department in the past two years to date in 2010; the extent to which it is intended to extend or expand the most effective elements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19336/10]
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent of new schemes contemplated by his Department in 2010 to address issues arising from the current economic climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19339/10]
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number, category and nature of applications for various forms of grant aid through schemes operated by his Department in each of the past four years to date in 2010; the extent to which all such payments and related activities have been drawn down, are pending or inconclusive in any way; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the precise extent and nature of expenditure by his Department under each heading directly or through bodies under his aegis in each of the past three years to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19341/10]
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of programmes and schemes currently operated by his Department; the extent to which such schemes are curtailed in comparison to previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19342/10]
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans for the operation and development of the CLÃR programme for the remainder of 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19337/10]
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)
Bernard Durkan: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans for the operation and development of the RAPID programme for the remainder of 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19338/10]