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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 386: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a single farm payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11087/10]

Order of Business (10 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: The following may not be silent in law. The Dublin Docklands Development Authority Bill is listed on the Order Paper. We have all read in recent times of the massive splurge of expenditure on travel and entertainment. There is precedence in this regard. The Ceann Comhairle's Office has been the subject of precedent in respect of this matter. The Director General of FÁS, an agency of the...

Order of Business (10 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: Does the Taoiseach not regard these matters as serious?

Order of Business (10 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: The Taoiseach's Green Party colleagues in government thought the matters relating to the former Ceann Comhairle and Mr. Molloy were serious. Is the Taoiseach suggesting these issues are not serious enough to be discussed or to warrant a change in the legislation?

Order of Business (10 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: Perhaps the Government will consider accepting the Fine Gael Bill which seeks to amend the Act to bring forward legislation to allow a proper investigation of these matters.

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (10 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the possibility of merging existing agencies or responsibilities of agencies into a single River Shannon organisation that would plan for flooding and related matters along the River Shannon catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9622/10]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (10 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the necessary funding to carry out drainage works at the River Duiske, Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, in order to alleviate future flooding in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11741/10]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (10 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide funding for work to be carried out to the River Pill at Pilltown, County Kilkenny to prevent future flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12004/10]

Written Answers — Tobacco Smuggling: Tobacco Smuggling (11 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement confirming reports in a newspaper (details supplied) on 22 February 2010 that the customs service is seriously concerned about a rise in detections of illegal and counterfeit cigarettes in mainstream shops; if there have been a significant rise in detections of illegal and counterfeit cigarettes in mainstream stores...

Written Answers — Tobacco Smuggling: Tobacco Smuggling (11 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of detections of illegal and counterfeit cigarettes in mainstream shops for 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12052/10]

Written Answers — Tobacco Smuggling: Tobacco Smuggling (11 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement regarding the figures on smuggled cigarettes as quoted in a newspaper (details supplied) on 22 February 2010 which claim that 25% of cigarettes are imported illegally into this country compared to 3% in France and 2% in Spain; if he will release statistics that compare the levels of cigarette smuggling into this country...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the position of an orthodontist is vacant in the Kilkenny area for the past three years; when this appointment is likely to be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12153/10]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (11 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 180: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that all measures relating to consumer protection regarding housing construction are appropriate to the current difficulties in the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12107/10]

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: For what?

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: The Minister should give an example.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: I sincerely congratulate Deputies Pat Carey and Killeen, people who are well fit to be in the Government, and their families on this great occasion of their elevation to the Cabinet. I also congratulate my constituency colleague, Deputy White of the Green Party, and Deputy Connick, who lives in County Kilkenny but represents County Wexford and to whom we refer as the sixth Deputy from...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: The Government parties will survive for as long as they can. Politically, they must hang together or else they will hang separately. Today's reshuffle is about politics, not the reconfiguration of Departments or the nonsense we heard from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Micheál Martin, on innovation and research. Those constitute parts of existing Departments and it is for those...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: We will all reach the same conclusion reached by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources concerning political accountability.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: Will the Ceann Comhairle protect me?

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2010)

Phil Hogan: Thank you.