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Order of Business (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Will the Taoiseach answer the question?

Severe Weather Events (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 2: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the review of the severe weather events which was due to be completed by 1 November 2010; when he will attend a meeting of the Joint Committee on Environment, Heritage and Local Government to discuss the Committee's own report and recommendations on the severe weather events; and if he...

Severe Weather Events (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: I refer to the correspondence dated 27 October which was sent on the Minister's behalf to the joint committee. This correspondence stated that he was unavailable to meet the committee to discuss its report and recommendations because he was completing his report which was due on 1 November. The correspondence indicated that he expected to be in a position to respond to the committee's...

Severe Weather Events (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Given that the joint committee published its report in July, the Minister has had several months to come before it. He is putting the cart before horse in terms of its recommendations because they could inform him in completing his own review. He is following the wrong strategy by waiting until his report is completed before meeting the committee. As he has not indicated a timeline for...

Severe Weather Events (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: The Minister's agenda included the Aarhus Convention, which has not been ratified, and the ban on corporate donations, which has not been introduced. He has not published the promised White Paper on local government. The number of infringements of EU law has increased since he became Minister.

Severe Weather Events (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: The voting machines have not been dealt with and apparently we will now be left with major legacy issues which arose before he came into office. The report of the joint committee provides him with an opportunity to leave a positive legacy in regard to the events of 18 and 19 November 2009.

Severe Weather Events (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: I wish to ask the Minister about one recommendation in particular from the committee's report. Will he begin the process of establishing an independent inquiry into what led up to the events that caused €100 million worth of damage to Cork city on 18 and 19 November? Is he prepared to state this afternoon that he will take that recommendation on board?

Severe Weather Events (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: This is the man who introduced a €5,000 fine for detonating an atomic bomb.

Foreshore Licences (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: I would like to pursue another aspect of the foreshore licence issue and place it in context. Foreshore licences are granted where somebody is developing a marina, a docking bay or something else which would generate local employment and improve the general aspect and environment of a location. One of the difficulties people face relates to a specific clause in the licence. I am aware the...

Foreshore Licences (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: I would like to be of assistance to the Minister. He is correct about the revocation of licences. However, the difficulty relates to funding. People go through the planning process and acquire the foreshore licence but they cannot get a letter of comfort from the Department stating that the licence will not be revoked or stating the conditions on which it could be revoked. I will take the...

Local Government Efficiency (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: The Minister's response was so broad-ranging it brought me into a number of different zones.

Local Government Efficiency (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: I will not. Will the Minister restate the last comment, which I found interesting, that the reduction of the minimum wage came about on the insistence of Commissioner Ollie Rehn.

Local Government Efficiency (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: It is very relevant to people outside the House, given that employers I spoke to were not seeking it. They sought reform of the JLC.

Local Government Efficiency (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: I will give the Minister a certain degree of flexibility on the matter. When he announced the Green Paper a number of years ago, the McCarthy report and the local government efficiency review group followed. Ultimately, the position remains the same and question is where the structure of local government lies. As the Minister is well aware, the structure is laid out by the terms of funding...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when supplementary payment will be restored in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; when a determination will be made in regard to an application for lone parent payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44517/10]

Written Answers — Private Rental Accommodation: Private Rental Accommodation (25 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average length of time elapsed from when an application for dispute resolution is lodged with the Private Residential Tenancies Board to the case being heard by an adjudicator; the average cost per adjudication; if he will consider the introduction under the Residential Tenancies Act of a system whereby...

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (30 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the nature of any talks he has had with Eircom in relation to investment in a fibre network; ComReg's role in these talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44993/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (30 Nov 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the rural broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44995/10]

Written Answers — Compensation Payments: Compensation Payments (1 Dec 2010)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the scheme of compensation available to farmers who are forced to destock in the Twelve Bens area of Connemara and the Nephin range in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45198/10]