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Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I see under the Order of Business that the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is to come before the House. In section 36 of the Bill the incremental tenant purchase scheme is mentioned. In particular, it is stated that residents of flats and apartments will be prohibited from availing of this scheme. Does this mean also that the long-standing issue of the sale of council flats under...

Order of Business (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: So it is not in the Bill.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Having listened to the Minister and Deputy Terence Flanagan speak about this Bill and considering the Dáil has been in recess for a number of months, I wondered what would I expect to hear debated in the Chamber today if I was a visitor in the Visitors Gallery. If I was a school boy leaving the Visitors Gallery today and I asked my teacher what Members were talking about, the response would...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I will summarise the point I made earlier, given the gravity of the debate which has concluded. One must ask about today's Order of Business. Why is the House discussing the Electoral (Amendment) Bill when people outside it are talking about the economy, job losses, the health service and other important matters? If a child in the Visitors Gallery heard the debate which just took place, he...

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she is satisfied that all appropriate retraining opportunities are available for workers who lose their jobs, especially in the construction sector; if she has plans to provide additional training opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30918/08]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the latest estimates available to her Department from FÁS regarding the potential number of job losses in the construction sector up to the end of 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30919/08]

Written Answers — Health Service Properties: Health Service Properties (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 467: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the state of repair of a centre (details supplied); the plans in place to enhance this service and to refurbish the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30066/08]

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 668: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the abuse of disabled parking permits; the plans he has to introduce legislation to control their use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30065/08]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 933: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a child born here to a person with UK residence is an Irish citizen by right and does not need to be naturalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30574/08]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1156: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the closing date for applications in respect of grants under the sports capital programme to be paid out in 2009; the likely date for the provisional allocation of grants in 2009; when these dates fell in each year since the inception of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30503/08]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (24 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 1440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to amend legislation governing the licensing of skip bags for the collection of rubble and other waste in order that bags may be traced back to the individual user; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30064/08]

National Development Plan. (25 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposes to publish a revised statement of the capital expenditure programme for the next five years; the proposals under consideration by his Department to cut, postpone or cancel elements of the national development plan; if so, the elements of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31322/08]

Written Answers — Local Government Elections: Local Government Elections (25 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 250: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations that apply to the eligibility of employees of local authorities to contest local elections; if different rules apply to administrative and non-administrative staff; if changes in regulation have been made since the last elections which will affect already-elected members; if further changes...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (30 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to publish the Health (Long-term Residential Care Services) Bill; if the legal difficulties encountered have substantially altered her original proposals for the so-called fair deal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32159/08]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (30 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has commenced the evaluation of the Health Service Executive's home care packages; when she expects the review to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32158/08]

Written Answers — Voluntary Housing Sector: Voluntary Housing Sector (30 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 4 March 2008, if the suggested pilot tenant purchase scheme for some new voluntary homes has been carried out; if a report has been prepared on the pilot scheme; and if it is intended to provide for tenant purchase of homes in the voluntary sector in the new...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (30 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will complete the consultation process in regard to election postering; when he expects to introduce new regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32347/08]

Written Answers — Development Levies: Development Levies (30 Sep 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, with reference to the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, he will provide a breakdown by each local authority of the funds collected by way of levies paid by developers which remain unspent; if he is satisfied that of the funds which were spent only approximately 15% was spent on community...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (1 Oct 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Transport the way his strategic review of Dublin Port and its future will operate with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's new task force on Dublin Bay; the objectives and responsibilities each new task force has; the Minister and the Department which has final jurisdiction over the future of Dublin Port; when a decision on...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (1 Oct 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recently published Harbours Bill 2008; the reason he has decided to decrease the employee director representation and the representation of local councillors on the boards of the national ports; when this legislation will come before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32538/08]