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Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 464: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is proposed to exempt the lump sum payments to non-contributory pensioners who had their pension withheld by the health boards, if a pensioner may deposit this money at different times in different accounts; and the way in which it is possible to determine the source of those savings in assessing means under the proposed...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 465: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the discrimination in a case of pensioner A and pensioner B, where A is in a nursing home and gets €29,000 in back payments from the HSE which payment will be exempted by his Department from means testing, whereas B lives at home and has been saving a pension over many years accumulating €29,000, which under...

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (14 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 642: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason behind the delay of 14 months in reaching decisions on the resident status of foreign nationals married to Irish citizens. [19591/05]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (14 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 876: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department conducts any analysis of local authority housing waiting lists; if his attention has been drawn to the longest length of time an individual or family have been placed on such a list; and if his Department has any mechanism with which to intervene should people be on such lists for excessive...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (14 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 877: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet with persons (details supplied) in County Offaly who have been in regular correspondence with his office; and if so, when such a meeting will be possible. [19574/05]

Written Answers — Hazardous Substances: Hazardous Substances (14 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 878: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will name the 78 dangerous substances mentioned in the EPA report issued in the 6 April 2001 in relation to item 24 of the European Court of Justice judgement C-282/02; the locations of where these dangerous substances were located within the State; and if a copy of the report will be made available....

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (14 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 879: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the directive 2004/35/EC of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage has been transposed into national law as yet; if the environmental damage such as that caused at a company (details supplied) in Offaly falls within the remit of this...

Written Answers — Water Pollution: Water Pollution (14 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 880: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs expended by Ireland in defending a case in the Courts of Justice in view of the recent case taken against Ireland C-282/02, which Ireland lost on 2 June 2005; the costs expended by the European Court of Justice, that Ireland has been ordered to pay; the individual payments awarded to Ireland's legal...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (14 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 887: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the capital expenditure which has been expended by his Department on waste disposal technologiesother than landfill or incineration since 1997; and the amount expended on each technology. [20026/05]

Order of Business. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Does the Government plan to introduce legislation to bring into force a European Union directive on strategic environmental assessments, which are supposed to supersede environmental impact assessments?

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: I am conscious in seeking clarification and debating amendments that we are discussing an office the Minister of State holds outside the Chamber on behalf of the House which will be held ex officio by his successors. Having said that, perhaps the Minister of State can answer the question Deputy Howlin posed on the reasoning behind many of the changes under discussion. In his original...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: I too have further questions, first about the consultation that has taken place. The Technical Group and my party are not directly represented on the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. Am I to take it from what the Minister of State said today that——

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Not directly.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: He has to, as he is our only conduit. No one in this House represents us. The Minister of State has indicated that the consultation in regard to these provisions has taken place with a member of the commission who has a representational role on behalf of the Government parties. Can he confirm if direct and wide ranging consultation has taken place with the commission itself? If it has not,...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: I asked two specific questions neither of which were answered. One related to the degree of consultation that took place with the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, and what is meant by direct consultation with the Ceann Comhairle and the Cathaoirleach, especially in regard to the position of the Captain of the Guard and the Superintendent. Does consultation mean that a decision is reached...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: I support that proposal. The Minister of State has answered one of my questions by revealing he does not know whether consultation has taken place, but he has still not answered my second question regarding his understanding of what the Bill means by consultation with the Office of the Ceann Comhairle and the Cathaoirleach regarding specified positions under these amendments. Is the process...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: The crux is that we are not sure whether that agreement exists. We are not sure whether consultation took place.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Why is the Minister of State reluctant to accept Deputy Bruton's proposal to refer the matter to the Seanad? It seems eminently sensible. We are prepared to facilitate re-examining these issues once we obtain further information in respect of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: I, too, accept the thrust of the Minister of State's argument regarding amendment No. 14. The renegotiation and restructuring of the Civil Service-wide code of practice provides a good opportunity to explain the position with regard to civil servants who have been suspended or temporarily removed from the payroll. Are they subject to the same conditions as those who leave or retire from the...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Dan Boyle: Perhaps I should submit my questions in writing because I am not getting any answers. I will rephrase my last question for the Minister of State. Has any consideration been given in the review of the Civil Service code to extending from two years to five years the period after retirement, and now after dismissal from the Civil Service, after which people can enter employment in the private...