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Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: The previous Government signed an order which gave the go-ahead for the M3 and the Minister took over once the dirty work was done.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: We have a position on stag hunting. We improved the welfare of stags when in Government. That is something which can be built on in a thoughtful way. The main issue is that the Minister has not consulted the stakeholders. There are implications for people who work in this activity. Reports by MacMillan and Phillip have stated that 30 people could lose their jobs as a result of this ban...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: The Ward Union Hunt was established in 1854. It has been in existence for more than 100 years but the Minister is unilaterally getting rid of it. Prior to the renewed programme for Government, his approach was the same as the Labour Party's, that is, to try to make improvements through licensing conditions. At the very least, the Minister should have had stakeholder consultation and...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: ----and few of the promises it made in the original programme for Government. It needed a renewed programme for Government because it could not implement the original one. It had to come up with something a bit like the light bulbs. It decided to have a trophy to show it was making progress when it was really making no progress at all. That is cynical on the Minister's part and it is not...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (24 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: The Minister should have taken a more considered, thoughtful and conciliatory approach which did not divide communities and was not about achieving something for the Green Party and not for the rest of society.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in sanctioning rent allowance in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin. [27410/10]

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (24 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on negotiations being held at the European Council on the proposed legislation passed by the environment committee of the European Parliament seeking to stop the importation of illegally logged timber into the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27289/10]

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: This Bill repeals section 26(1) of the Wildlife Act 1976. When that legislation was discussed in this House in 1975, the then Minister for Lands, Mr. T. J. Fitzpatrick, made the case for that section as being very much about wildlife conservation. It meant the Minister and his Department had control over the hunting of stag and other wildlife covered by the section. Deputy Michael D....

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: It is not irrelevant. I would like to know why the Minister took this approach.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: The point relates to the Minister's approach to the Bill generally.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Giving up the power to licence an activity is a strange way to go about dealing with that activity. The original Act had the conservation of wildlife as its stated purpose. The Minister's approach is very divisive, with an all-out ban of an activity that has gone on for 150 years. The Minister has also failed to address ancillary activities, such as the fallen animals service provided by...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: On the Minister's comments, the Green Party promotes many things------

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: -----in Government that the Labour Party has supported. For example, we agree that third level tuition fees should not be reintroduced. We have strongly supported some the changes it has made regarding planning. We support the Government's initiatives on civil partnership. The problem with this Bill is that there are different views. For example, studies carried out on the Ward Union...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: It is keeping them alive.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No a1: In page 3, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: "(2) A permission may not be granted under section 42 of this Act to enable the hunting of female deer between 1 May and 30 September in any year.". This amendment provides that permission for culling female deer between 1 May and September will not be granted under section 42. We tabled this amendment...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: The Minister indicated that he will consider the Labour Party amendment on culling female deer between May and September in the context of the licensing regime. When the possibility that section 3 may prohibit deer stalking or culling was raised with the Minister and his officials, he stated that was not his intention. I understand that his officials were to revert to the Wild Deer...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to update guidelines regarding the habitual residency rule to ensure a consistent approach by all deciding officers; his plans to amend the habitual residency rule to provide greater weight to the length of previous residency by the applicant. [28005/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans, if any, to formalise the system of allocating financial support in the event of extreme weather conditions. [28006/10]

Written Answers — Emigration Statistics: Emigration Statistics (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 91: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the information available to his Department regarding the numbers of emigrants to Britain from Ireland in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 and in previous years; if his attention has been drawn to any changes in the numbers emigrating from Ireland to Britain since the economic downturn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Jun 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to proposals by the Health Service Executive to reduce services at an acute unit at Cherry Orchard Hospital, Ballyfermot, Dublin; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this unit cares for people with Alzheimer's disease; if she will reverse this decision; and if she will make a statement on...