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Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: What has happened to the Offshore Renewable Energy Development Bill produced by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security? At a time when there is urgent need for investment and jobs, it is surprising that this legislation has gone missing. There is no encouragement to other committees to engage in positive work when this committee has not even been given the...

Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Perhaps the Taoiseach is unaware, but the planning Bill concerns on-land issues. The Bill in question concerns offshore issues. They are two distinctly separate issues.

Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: The Minister promised he would come back to the joint committee but we have heard nothing further.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: The by-elections were not about local issues. The by-election results clearly show what the people think.

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she plans to take to deal with the sale of potentially dangerous stimulant substitutes for a drug substance (details supplied) banned under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1984; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22490/09]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to the application by a group (details supplied) for a licence to operate bus passenger services between Dalkey and Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22081/09]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (9 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 412: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the post-conflict humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka in which thousands of innocent civilians remain trapped in the battle zone with the International Committee of the Red Cross humanitarian workers refused entry to assist them; if he will call on the international community to prepare a package of measures to help Sri Lanka...

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: If the Taoiseach would speak with respect.

Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: What about the accounts in September 2008? They were totally false and the Taoiseach should know that.

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (16 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason potential adoptive parents who have completed the Health Service Executive preparatory adoption courses are compelled to wait for in excess of six months without a social worker being assigned to their cases to assess their applications and written homework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23501/09]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (16 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport if, arising from his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 9 June 2009, he will explain the terms on which a licence could be granted to a company (details supplied) to operate bus passenger services between Dalkey and Dublin Airport; the reason the company appealed such terms; the company's submission to his Department and its proposed...

Electric Vehicle Programme. (18 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress that has been made on securing a further memorandum of understanding with electric car manufacturers following the agreement with companies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24100/09]

Written Answers — Penalty Points System: Penalty Points System (18 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on whether it is feasible to impose five point penalties on motorists in respect of national car tests when there is no valid notification system in place to afford them a reasonable opportunity to comply with the law; his further views on whether it is satisfactory that NCT centres here should have a three month backlog of NCT test...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: My question relates to the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security. Does the Taoiseach receive reports or a copy of the minutes from the committee I chair, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security? This committee has met 37 times since it was established in November 2007, but we have received very little feedback from the Cabinet...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: The problem with this issue is that it crosses numerous Departments, not just one. The question asked by Deputy Ó Caoláin earlier about the decision of our transport company to cut back on public transport also has an impact on the area of climate change. In one breath we lecture people and tell them to use public transport, but in the next breath we tell them we are taking buses off the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (23 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: It is very important.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (23 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on introducing a tax deferred incentivised disability savings plan similar to the plan introduced in Canada in 2008 to enable families with disabled children to provide financially for their children's futures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24583/09]

Written Answers — Consular Services: Consular Services (23 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the experience of a person (details supplied); if he will advise how they will remove the refusal stamp from their passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24517/09]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (23 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 343: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to control the activities of so-called headshops, in which mind altering drugs (details supplied) are sold as substitutes for banned drug substances; the place of headshops in the national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24557/09]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (23 Jun 2009)

Seán Barrett: Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the provisions of the telecommunications antennae and monopole support structures guidelines for planning authorities prepared by his Department in July 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24528/09]