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Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (9 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he has established with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Finance to address the problem of car clocking which according to a recent investigation has increased by 400% since March 2009; if he is aware of the implications of car and vehicle clocking for road safety in view of the role of...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the International Energy Agency's report Transport, Energy and C02: Moving Toward Sustainability; his views on whether the report has implications for sustainable transport planning here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45890/09]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (9 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; the reason in the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46119/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the required 8% reduction in professional fees has been implemented by his Department for 2009; the estimated savings arising from that implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46165/09]

Written Answers — Tobacco Smuggling: Tobacco Smuggling (10 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a Garda file has been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions, arising from the seizure of 120 million cigarettes at Greenore, County Louth in October 2009; the estimated value of the cigarettes seized; if the vessel (details supplied), alleged to have been involved in the incident, is still detained; and if he will...

Written Answers — Local Government Elections: Local Government Elections (10 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to progress the commitment in the revised Programme for Government to examine the feasibility of extending the franchise for Local Elections to those aged 16 and over by 10 October 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46479/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (10 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 164: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the appeals process for those who wish to lodge an appeal against a demand for the Non-Principal Private Residence charge by a local authority; if they can appeal the charge to the relevant local authority or the Appeals Commissioners in view of the fact that the charge is a form of taxation; and if he will...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (10 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the low levels of inspections being carried out by some local authorities regarding the enforcement of standards in the private rented sector in 2008 in view of the fact that only 17 of the 34 local authorities inspected less than 5% of registered tenancies; if he will take measures to ensure...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (10 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the State agencies under the aegis of his Department to which the new Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46482/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (10 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 167: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all the boards of State agencies under the aegis of his Department, which are required to implement the new code of practice for the governance of State bodies, have formally adopted the Code at a Board meeting; if they have undertaken training to ensure proper implementation of this code; if they have in...

Carbon Budget: Statements (11 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to share my time with Deputy McManus.

Carbon Budget: Statements (11 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: There was a slight drop in emissions in 2008. Transport emissions are down by just under 1%, energy emissions have grown slightly and agricultural emissions have fallen due to lower cattle and sheep numbers. The other reduction relates to carbon sinks. Carbon sinks represent net afforestation since 1990 so that has allowed us to reduce our carbon emissions further. Nothing the Government...

Carbon Budget: Statements (11 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: I did not.

Carbon Budget: Statements (11 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: I never opposed the measure. I just pointed out that it would not be possible for the Minister to implement it and I was right. The Minister had to wait for action from Europe and 100-watt bulbs have only been phased out this year. It will take years to complete the measure. There was never a big figure amounting to hundreds of tonnes saved because of the banning of incandescent light...

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (15 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to share time with Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh.

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (15 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to talk about the influence of the Irish Business and Employers' Confederation, IBEC, and the Small Firms Association, SFA. Both of these groups, as well as other business lobby groups, appear to have had a considerable influence on the budget. The reason I am singling them out is that they were prominent in the pre-budget debate and they hold a particular ideology about how the...

Social Welfare Cuts: Motion (15 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: -----but much of this would have been put back into the economy by being spent in shops at Christmas. There is much credible thought, going back to the 1930s and 1940s, to the effect that the people who spend are those on lower and middle incomes, and if we want to stimulate the economy we must give social welfare recipients more, not less. It is one thing for the Government to be mistaken...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (16 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason there has been a 15% cut in funding for rural recreation and rural development schemes in his Department's Estimates for 2010; the way this cut will be applied; the areas affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47055/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (16 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason there has been a 49% cut in funding for economic and social disadvantage in his Estimates for 2010; the way this cut will be applied; the areas affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47054/09]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (16 Dec 2009)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 328: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications lodged to Cork County Vocational Education Committee for third level maintenance grants in respect of the 2009-10 academic year; the number of applications yet to be processed; if he is satisfied that the application process is working efficiently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47201/09]