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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Nov 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43070/08]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (27 Nov 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 15: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the home choice loan scheme operated by his Department could lead to negative equity problems for first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43157/08]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Nov 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a transfer of entitlement and payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43214/08]

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]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (2 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied); his views on the matters outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43869/08]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (2 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 377: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the process whereby he will enforce the legislation in respect of the energy performance of buildings S.I. No. 662 of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43409/08]

Written Answers — Farm Retirement Scheme: Farm Retirement Scheme (2 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 400: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the decision to refuse an application for early retirement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43505/08]

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?

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.

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]

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Phil Hogan: There is.

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...

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]