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Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 585: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a publication (details supplied) which seeks to raise awareness of countries in which Christian communities are suffering persecution; and if he monitors such situations and raises them in his interaction with the governments of the countries involved. [29689/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Review: Public Service Review (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 594: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he made submissions to the McCarthy group on potential savings in his Department; the contents of the submissions made; if the McCarthy group made proposals to him; the contents of the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28890/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Review: Public Service Review (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 605: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he made submissions to the McCarthy group on potential savings in his Department; the contents of the submissions made; if the McCarthy group made proposals to him; the contents of the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28892/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Review: Public Service Review (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 618: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her Department made submissions to the McCarthy group on potential savings in her Department; the contents of the submissions made; if the McCarthy group made proposals to her Department; the contents of the proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28901/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Review: Public Service Review (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 707: To ask the Minister for Defence if he made submissions to the McCarthy group on potential savings in his Department; the contents of the submissions made; if the McCarthy group made proposals to him; the contents of the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28893/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Review: Public Service Review (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 730: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he made submissions to the McCarthy group on potential savings in his Department; the contents of the submissions made; if the McCarthy group made proposals to him; the contents of the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28896/09]

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 731: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are regulations governing the use of security cameras when they have the capacity to invade the privacy of adjoining residences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28905/09]

Written Answers — Special Protection Orders: Special Protection Orders (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 732: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date an appeal was lodged by Dublin Port against an order for the introduction of a special protection order on part of Dublin Bay; the action he will take to deal with this appeal; the system for conducting the hearing and obtaining input from interested parties; the time frame within which appeals must...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 733: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people who have applied for housing aid for older people, mobility aids grants and housing adaption grants in Dublin and outside Dublin; the number whose applications were successful; the amount of money released under the schemes in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 778: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of people who have applied for grants in respect of energy savings in Dublin and outside Dublin; the number whose applications were successful; the amount of money released under the scheme to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28907/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Review: Public Service Review (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 783: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he made submissions to the McCarthy group on potential savings in his Department; the contents of the submissions made; if the McCarthy group made proposals to him; the contents of the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28891/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Review: Public Service Review (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 810: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he made submissions to the McCarthy Group on potential savings in his Department; the contents of the submissions made; if the McCarthy group made proposals to him; the contents of these proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28889/09]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 826: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if schools who were forced to merge junior infants with senior infants classes, with class sizes of 30 and more, have grounds for appealing for additional teaching resources under the terms of the teacher allocation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28874/09]

Written Answers — Public Service Review: Public Service Review (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 828: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he made submissions to the McCarthy group on potential savings in his Department; the contents of the submissions made; if the McCarthy group made proposals to him; the contents of the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28894/09]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 829: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average class sizes for primary and secondary schools in areas (details supplied) in County Dublin in 2006, 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009 broken down by school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28903/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Jul 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 830: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools in areas (details supplied) in County Dublin that require building work and their band rating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28904/09]

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: "Dáil Éireann declines to give the National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009 a Second Reading because: 1. The Government has published neither the Bacon report that underpins the NAMA proposal nor any proper analysis of this enormous initiative in terms of: a. The enormous risks for taxpayers of using a...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: The Minister is assuming, for this exercise, that not only have we reached the bottom but we are about to bounce back. Yet he has not offered supporting evidence for this. It is extremely worrying that we are being asked to make this decision without access to proper evidence. This goes to the core of the issue. One thing Irish people have learned over the last seven years is not to accept...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: They are the same people who were telling us there would be a soft landing. They turned around to the critics and said it was an act of national sabotage to criticise the wonderful policies the Government was pursuing. These people are now hatching up the idea that there is only one game in town. The new creed is the notion of long-term economic value, which has replaced the concept of...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Richard Bruton: We cannot risk public money on the back of an assurance by the Minister or anyone else. The Irish taxpayer is being asked to pay more than the value of these loans because the Minister or one of his advisers believes things will be rosy. There is no buyer who goes out and pays over the ante in the marketplace on the basis that things will get much better. There is no sound reason the Irish...