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Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to provide a policy document to inform and assist local authorities in dealing with vacant and incomplete housing estates; his plans to establish a legislative framework to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44400/10]

Introduction of New Member (30 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Will we get the auld technical group before the budget?

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: There is further change to the schedule of business. The Multi-Unit Development Bill was scheduled for Report and Final Stages. That is the Bill to do with management companies and it has fallen off the schedule to be replaced by the Dublin mayor Bill. There are literally tens of thousands of people waiting six or seven years and we are within an ace of completing the Bill. It looks like...

Order of Business (30 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Taoiseach is replacing it with this Dublin mayor Bill.

Written Answers — Disconnection of Utilities: Disconnection of Utilities (30 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of disconnections of gas and electricity customers to date in 2010; his plans to deal with this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45007/10]

Written Answers — Fuel Poverty: Fuel Poverty (30 Nov 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the energy affordability strategy; if it will require legislation; the way he intends to address the urgent problem of fuel poverty here; the number of homes that were part of the warmer homes scheme for 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44984/10]

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy is getting into complex territory this morning.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I drew attention yesterday to the dropping of the Multi-Unit Developments Bill by the Taoiseach in order to placate the Green Party on the folly of another chain in Dublin for a mayor.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I ask the Taoiseach to give a commitment to instruct his Whip to make sure that the first available slot will be used to take Report and Final Stages of the Bill so that it may be passed before Christmas. Tens of thousands of people are affected by management company issues and have been waiting six or seven years for legislation-----

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: -----but the Taoiseach has given a sweet to the Green Party in the form of another chain in Dublin, which will delay this legislation.

Order of Business (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy should watch his language.

Animal Carcase Classification (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food the measures he has taken to improve farmer confidence in the beef carcase classification system; his views on whether these machines are being operated correctly at all times; the deficiencies that have been found by his inspectors in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45186/10]

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It is a pathetic fallacy.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Will the Deputy take a point of information?

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: Did anyone tell the Deputy that a property tax is provided for in the document we are discussing?

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: It includes a provision to increase the property tax in each successive year.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I sat in Cabinet with the Attorney General.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: This document, which we received a couple of hours ago at the beginning of the debate, is a hospital pass. At the moment we are fortunate to have an exceptionally gifted generation of rugby players. However, this document is a hospital pass by this discredited Government to the next Government. Let us consider the document. It is remarkable that the Ministers can come in here, one after...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: I would feel more at home with it.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Pat Rabbitte: This document is a straitjacket. I doubt whether the Ministers of State, Deputies Roche and Mansergh, knew about it. Certainly Deputy Fahey did not know about it. He came in here and asked what would happen the middle class of Ireland if the Labour Party came into government and introduced a property tax, without knowing that the property tax is contained in the document and signed up to...