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Employment Permits Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Last week, this House supplicated itself before the US Congress seeking the regularisation of the position of the undocumented Irish, and the House spoke with one voice on that issue. It is unfortunate that this Bill is the nearest we get to legislation that reflects the position of people entering this country under circumstances that need to be regularised because it appears to be far from...

Irish Ferries: Motion (Resumed). (12 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: My father, along with his many other roles in life, was a merchant seaman. The job gave him a sense of fulfilment and much satisfaction. The skills he had were being properly utilised. However, the job had some social costs in that it meant long absences from the family. Eventually he decided on an onshore career. While the comparison is not directly applicable with the ferry workers who work...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (12 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the role he has played in the investigation into the alleged malpractice in the reporting of mackerel catch quotas in Donegal ports; and his views on the matter. [27834/05]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (12 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his role in the introduction of co-firing of biomass material in existing peat power stations here; and the impediments to the immediate introduction of such an initiative. [27833/05]

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Section D of the legislation programme contains a number of Bills which seem to be in cold storage. When does the Government intend to introduce them? The Money Advice and Budgeting Service Bill, published in 2002, has yet to have a Second Stage debate. We have already passed the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act and the Disability Act but the Comhairle (Amendment)...

Order of Business. (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: I am the Whip and I am asking.

Written Answers — Legal Proceedings: Legal Proceedings (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if legal actions have been taken against the State by patients who have contracted MRSA; and if so, the damages which were awarded to patients who had contracted MRSA. [28433/05]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the names of relatives of deceased residents who receive repayments for illegal nursing home charges are automatically passed on to the Revenue Commissioners for scrutiny to see if any tax liability arises. [28434/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total cost to the health service for clean-up operations undertaken to bring MRSA infections under control in hospitals nationwide in 2004. [28435/05]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay until the middle of 2006 in the stocking of packs of anti-viral drugs. [28436/05]

Written Answers — Recreation Policy: Recreation Policy (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Government's national recreation policy currently under development by her Department will be launched. [28438/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of an aviation fuel tax in view of increased internal air travel on, for example, the Ryanair Cork to Dublin route. [28448/05]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the proposed establishment of an interdepartmental group to look at the effects on health of electromagnetic fields. [28441/05]

Written Answers — Migrant Workers Rights: Migrant Workers Rights (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it is envisaged that Ireland will ratify the international convention for migrant workers and their families in the near future. [28467/05]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Programme: Sports Capital Programme (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the level of grant support which has been made available by him to date in County Cork under the 2005 sports capital programme. [28442/05]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of the recent CSO figures on visitor numbers here in the first half of 2005 he will commission a study to determine which tourist regions benefitted the most and least from these visits compared to previous years. [28443/05]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport if all the estimated €936 million revenue gained by the State and its agencies between 2005 and 2020 from the West Link toll bridge will be used on the upgrade of the M50. [28445/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on his plans to establish an independent public transport procurement and regulatory body. [28446/05]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport if there will be a price increase in the cost of Cork-Dublin rail tickets once the new service commences; and the person, in the absence of an independent public transport regulator who will be sanctioning such a price review. [28447/05]

Written Answers — Animal Diseases: Animal Diseases (13 Oct 2005)

Dan Boyle: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the early warning system for the prevention of the arrival and spread of the avian flu H5NI which she has put in place and if this incorporates recommendations made to member states by the European Food Safety Authority on the matter. [28439/05]