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Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I refer to two pieces of legislation. Is there an intention, through legislation, to bring forward a national waiver scheme for refuse charges? This follows from the Ombudsman's visit to the Oireachtas committee yesterday where she described the current system as a shambles.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The other matter refers exactly to the line Minister, who I have not seen in the Chamber in quite a while, or for Leaders' Questions for that matter. This is the issue of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 which is two and a half to three years waiting to come into this House. It came before the Seanad a number of weeks ago. Could the Tánaiste indicate when it will come...

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Indications have been given during the Order of Business on several occasions since I was elected to this House that the Bill would come before us in the term in which I raised this question.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: It now looks like we will not see it until 2009.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I wish to raise two matters with you. One is a correspondence I received from your office deputising for the Ceann Comhairle, stating that a parliamentary question of mine was out of order. Am I to understand——

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: On the Order of Business, where Members of this House submit questions——

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: It is to do with policy.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: But this seems to be a recurring theme. I am now to understand that a matter of policy on the provision of over capacity in waste management in this country and incinerators is not part of the job of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I will certainly take you up on that offer later today. Am I to understand, in going to that meeting, that policy on waste management is not a function of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government?

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The second matter relates to another parliamentary question. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, received the White Young Green report last week. The understanding was that when he would receive that report, it would be published. Can I ask the Tánaiste will that report be brought before the House? It has been sitting on the Minister's desk...

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: It was a full week before the Minister came into the House when the story broke the last time.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The document is on his desk for a week and no comment was made.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Is the report——

Health Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The first question that comes to mind in regard to this legislation is whether there is a deliberate strategy on the part of the Government to remove the medical card provision for every citizen in the State over 70 years of age. Some weeks ago, Members sat in this Chamber with certain expectations when the budget was announced. We expected it to be a tough budget, that action would be...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Will legislation relating to the imposition of spending limits in respect of next year's local elections be introduced in the House this week?

Housing: Motion (16 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: expressing its serious concern at: the huge increase in the numbers on social housing lists which have jumped from 43,700 to nearly 60,000, an increase of more than 30% in just three years; the continuing problem of homelessness, with an estimated 5,000 experiencing homelessness at any one time; the worrying increase in the number of repossession orders for...

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The quota is actually 20%, not 15%, if the Deputy had checked.

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: If the Minister of State would allow me make a point of information, I could correct those figures for him. The figures he has given are incorrect. If the Minister of State went to the departmental website, he would find the correct figures.

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government disputes them. If the Minister of State visits the departmental website he will get the correct figures.

Housing: Motion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The Minister of State should visit the Department website and get the proper figures.