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- Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (20 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Defence the legislative programme for his Department for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1986/10]
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: Can she repeat the answer?
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: A statutory instrument providing for levies on the broadcasting industry was laid before the House this morning. As we are all aware, that industry is in severe difficulty at present. Under legislation, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has to publish a budget plan for these levies because they fund its operations. However, the budget for 2010 has not been published. Given that the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (21 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: Question 29: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authorities that sought additional funding as a result of the recent flooding and adverse weather conditions; the amount sought by individual local authorities; the amount granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2460/10]
- Census of Population. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: The number of unoccupied dwellings will be a significant feature of the next census. We will need to know precisely the number of unoccupied dwellings in the State. Having had a quick look at the form, I note it states that it will be a census of people and households. Will a count be taken of every dwelling that is unoccupied? Anyone canvassing in the last election knows that the one...
- Census of Population. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: That would be helpful. However, I believe the Government needs to take a more structured proactive approach to this. We need to know how many empty dwellings there are in the country. Clearly, we have a surfeit and it would be immensely valuable if we knew the extent of that surfeit. For the Minister of State to simply say that he will try to establish the number of non-returnable forms...
- Census of Population. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: I am sorry to labour the point but I do not believe the Minister of State is accepting the argument as it is made. I have no problem with the questions chosen for the 2011 census or with whether they are set down by the EU or chosen by member states. All of that information is helpful. However, at some point an enumerator gives up. It would be immensely useful for local authorities,...
- Census of Population. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: I have no difficulty with that.
- Census of Population. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: That is not the question.
- Census of Population. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: Great, I thank the Minister of State.
- Broadcasting Services. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the budget set for 2010 to fund the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland; the budget for the period of its establishment in 2009; the cost to the authority of outsourcing work in 2010, 2011 and 2012; the way he will address the lack of public scrutiny in view of the scrutiny measures in the Broadcasting Act 2009;...
- Broadcasting Services. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: I hope the Minister gives me the information on the additional cost of outsourcing work by the Broadcasting Authority. This is a central issue. Does the Minister not accept that it is absolutely outrageous for him to tell us now that the budget for 2010 will be â¬7.6 million, even though throughout the debate on the legislation he tried to dampen our concerns about increased costs? In the...
- Broadcasting Services. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: They have exploded.
- Broadcasting Services. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: The Minister is still in denial; he has been in denial from the beginning of the debate on this issue. The Minister knows that the way to organise efficiencies is to have one regulator to replace ComReg and the Broadcasting Authority. We now have a broadcasting authority with a budget of â¬7.6 million. That is the reality. Nothing else matters and nothing the Minister says in honeyed...
- Broadcasting Services. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: I do not know what that means. The Minister must explain it because it does not make any sense. Money comes in from the Exchequer. The budget was â¬6.238 million. There is now a â¬1.5 million shortfall and the Exchequer is not paying for it. The BAI is in existence and has costs. It is only a new body so how can it have cash flow?
- Broadcasting Services. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: Who is paying for it then?
- Broadcasting Services. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: It is for last year. I see.
- Broadcasting Services. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: The final figure, therefore, is â¬7.6 million plus â¬1.5 million.
- Electricity Generation. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: A long-term approach has certainly been adopted up to now, particularly in view of the fact that it has taken two years to transfer responsibility for this matter from one Department to another. Does the Minister not accept that the type of goodwill to which he refers already exists? I do not imagine that any Member would oppose the possibility of his again coming before the committee. The...
- Alternative Energy Projects. (26 Jan 2010)
Liz McManus: I am surprised that this question was not answered by the Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan; perhaps he is away on other business. The Minister of State has made the introduction of geothermal legislation a priority. He certainly talked the talk when he attended a meeting of the Oireachtas committee. There is considerable disappointment now because developers who want to engage in...