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Written Answers — Social Finance Foundation: Social Finance Foundation (16 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Question 117: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the social finance fund announced in budget 2006 will start to issue loans to voluntary projects; the person who will be in charge of the fund; the number of staff members it will have; the responsibilities of same; the salaries of same; the criteria they will use for assessing loan applications; the penalties that will be...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (16 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Question 139: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants located in Dublin who wish to transfer to new locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme; the way this compares with the Government target of 10,300; and...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (17 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of consultants in microbiology and infection control in the health service; if there are plans to extend that number to assist in controlling infections such as MRSA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24024/07]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting lists for children between the ages of five to 12 and 12 to 16 for orthodontic treatment in each of the Health Service Executive regions; the average waiting time in each region for each age group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24025/07]

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Not agreed.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: The Whips meet every Tuesday and deal with requests from Departments and the Opposition from matters that arise in the House and put together, as best they can, a programme for the week. The practice has developed now where, during the week, Ministers who are not keeping their eye on the ball are putting down motions for debate which they expect to be rubber-stamped in the Chamber without...

Order of Business (18 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: I am not suggesting we can but perhaps you could convey to Departments or Ministers that this practice should not become the norm.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (18 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the comments made by the Courts Service to find an alternative method for the collection of fines for motoring offences; if he has made a submission to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform or had discussions with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in this regard; his views on further comments by...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (18 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport the stage the proposed consolidation of the 32 Merchant Shipping Acts 1894 to 2005 is at; when he will bring the consolidated Act before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24279/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (23 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Nothing can be raised under the Standing Order.

Order of Business (23 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: I accept the point on terms of reference. The usual difficulty with committees, however, is that their members do not attend very well — never mind Members who are not members of the respective committees. I therefore do not foresee that as a difficulty. Essentially, we are dealing today with the principle of establishing the committees and agreeing their terms of reference. The next...

Written Answers — Freedom of Expression: Freedom of Expression (23 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of the Government in relation to the reported crackdown in Egypt on journalists and dissidents in the exercise of freedom of expression and the recent dissolution of a human rights organisation. [24989/07]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (23 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Question 607: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that the sewage treatment plant at Osberstown in County Kildare is at full capacity, he will intervene to prevent the proposed further zoning of land for residential use at Prosperous, County Kildare as the waste water from any development there would have to be pumped to and treated...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (23 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Question 617: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Osberstown sewage treatment plant in County Kildare is at full capacity and that the water supply in the county is at near maximum capacity; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that there are 2000 acres of land zoned for development in the...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (24 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the correspondence or contacts that have been entered into between the EU Commission and his Department in relation to the transposition of the EU Posting of Workers Directive into Irish law; when it is proposed to transpose the Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25400/07]

Order of Business (Resumed) (25 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: The benefit of the doubt.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2007: First Stage (25 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to delimit the application of the Competition Act 2002 to trade unions and trade union members and to certain agreements negotiated with public bodies, and to provide for related matters.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2007: First Stage (25 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (25 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there has been a successful conclusion to the discussions on the purchase of a site for a permanent school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [25860/07]

Pension Provisions. (31 Oct 2007)

Emmet Stagg: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his intentions on the awarding of credits to home-makers and other carers for years spent on caring duties in circumstances that are not covered by legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26290/07]