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Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (30 Nov 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the efforts he is making to promote water sports here and to encourage the holding of competitive water sports and international events at the National Aquatic Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40823/06]

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take following recent reports of an elderly woman being charged for private service after attending accident and emergency; if she will ensure that all hospitals are not charging private fees to patients attending accident and emergency in public hospitals; her Department's position and the IMO's position in...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioner only cards that have been issued; the number of GP cards waiting to be issued; the breakdown of GP cards per Health Service Executive area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41380/06]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the amount of excise duty that would need to be added to a litre of petrol if vehicle registration tax were removed; the equivalent income that would be derived for the Exchequer through additional excise duties on petrol and diesel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41075/06]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue accruing to the Exchequer from excise duties on bio-fuels for each of the years from 2000 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41076/06]

Written Answers — Oireachtas Members' Remuneration: Oireachtas Members' Remuneration (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of TDs and Minister's salary structures; the percentage increase of the recent raise in salaries; the arrangements in relation to payments made to TDs that lose their seat; when this measure was introduced; the rate of increase in this payment since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41091/06]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the estimated annual sum, in relation to the renewable energy feed in tariff programme, that will be paid to contracting suppliers from the PSO levy over the first year of the scheme; the percentage of their total costs this payment is estimated to represent on average; the estimated number of additional...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 352: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the annual cost of the house of tomorrow grant scheme, delivered through Sustainable Energy Ireland on an annual basis from the date the scheme started; the number of units of housing built under the scheme for each year for which figures are supplied; the smallest, the average and the largest individual...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 353: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the annual cost of the warmer homes scheme delivered through Sustainable Energy Ireland on an annual basis from the date the scheme started; the number of units of housing adapted under the scheme for each year for which figures are supplied; the smallest, the average and the largest individual payment made in...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 354: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the annual cost of the bioheat boiler deployment programme, delivered through Sustainable Energy Ireland on an annual basis from the date the scheme started; the number of boilers fitted under the scheme for each year for which figures are supplied; the smallest, the average and the largest individual payment...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 355: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the annual cost of the combined heat and power deployment programme delivered through Sustainable Energy Ireland on an annual basis from the date the scheme started; the number of CHP systems installed under the scheme for each year for which figures are supplied; the smallest, the average and the largest...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 356: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the annual cost of the public and commercial sector scheme, delivered through Sustainable Energy Ireland, on an annual basis from the date the scheme started; the number of public bodies assisted through the scheme for each year for which figures are provided; the smallest, the average and the largest...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the annual cost of the renewable energy research development and demonstration programme for each year from the dare the scheme started to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41250/06]

Written Answers — Schools Recognition: Schools Recognition (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 454: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the findings of the advisory committee to the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities who recently issued their second opinion on Ireland which included among other statements a strong recommendation to the authorities here to widen schooling options and...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (5 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Question 455: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way she proposes to address the urgent need for additional resources for foreign language teachers, in particular if she will be making specific allocations in this regard to schools in west Dublin who are under pressure in relation to the number of newcomer children and the shortage of language facilities; if she will be...

Budget Statement 2006 (6 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: Is the Tánaiste afraid to hear the Labour Party?

Budget Statement 2006 (6 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: When I saw the Fianna Fáil Deputies jumping up and down there — Deputy Tim O'Malley was a notable exception — I wondered if the Taoiseach had borrowed some of the meters used by the American on "The Week in Politics" to measure how well the Minister, Deputy Cowen, was doing. Perhaps the person who received the highest rating might have a chance at a junior Ministry. The Taoiseach...

Budget Statement 2006 (6 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: I see that the Minister knows it.

Budget Statement 2006 (6 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: It seems that she did not want to play, and so the Minister's flirtation with Ms Prudence has proven rather shortlived. He decided that he had an election to win, and so prudence was left on the shelf. When I hear Fianna Fáil Ministers assure us that they will be prudent in an election year, I inject a dose of scepticism. In my bones, I know the opposite to be true. One cannot get a...

Budget Statement 2006 (6 Dec 2006)

Joan Burton: This budget is not as crude as that for the election year of 2002, but when the sums are done, one sees that it is not that far out. This is the fifth budget from the Government since the last general election, and we are entitled to consider its overall record and not simply the measures announced today. The plain truth is that the tax justice agenda was stalled for the first three budgets...