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Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (23 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application under the school building programme by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24450/09]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (23 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 498: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person can purchase a one way ticket for school transport in view of the fact that in many cases secondary school students are availing of after school facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24622/09]

Written Answers — Building Energy Regulation: Building Energy Regulation (24 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if building energy rating regulations apply in the social housing sector; if so, if a minimum BER standard has been set for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25067/09]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (24 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of private rented dwellings registered in each local authority area and the number of private rented dwellings in each area registered for the first time in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25066/09]

Order of Business (25 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: My questions relate to more pedestrian matters. When will Committee Stage of the Fines Bill be taken? Why has the animal health and welfare Bill not been published? If the Minister for Finance is not in a position to give me an answer, I ask for some written direction as to when it will be published. We have been waiting for more than two years for this Bill. It is turning into a farce.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I move amendment No. 66: In page 40, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "(6) Without prejudice to any power conferred by the Act of 1997 or otherwise, a housing authority may without notice terminate the tenancy of any tenant who has engaged in anti-social behaviour.".

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of her review of mortgage interest supplement. [23287/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25481/09]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (25 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a salmon counter has been purchased for the River Boyne; if so, the cost of same; the location on the River Boyne at which it will be located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25482/09]

Dairy Industry. (30 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 26: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the market supports which will be devised to ensure that milk production is guaranteed at a price to farmers that will ensure the viability of dairy farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26200/09]

Dairy Industry. (30 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Does the Minister of State accept that while some farmers made profits that could be described as super-normal in recent years, when historically high prices were being paid for milk, the vast majority of them reinvested those moneys in their farm holdings? Does he agree that the lowest price being garnered in the market at the moment — 20 cent per litre — is completely unsustainable for...

Dairy Industry. (30 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I respectfully suggest that this is not necessarily a short-term blip. This is potentially a structural change in the market. Nobody, up to the EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner herself, can foresee what will happen in the market in the future. Will the Government consider other means of ensuring that primary producers of all hues are guaranteed some kind of fair market...

Retail Sector Developments. (30 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Without meaning to sound facetious, the Minister of State could have dealt with this point when answering Question No. 28. However, this is a question of marketing negotiating power.

Retail Sector Developments. (30 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I am at pains to understand some of the arcane practices of this House at times.

Retail Sector Developments. (30 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I take your point, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Retail Sector Developments. (30 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: The Commissioner has outlined a number of points which are aspirational and laudable in their own way. For Irish agribusiness to flourish there needs to be a fundamental shift in the position vis-À-vis the retailer and the primary producer and processor. This has been already outlined in great detail. Rather than waiting for report after report, will the Government not grab the bull by...

Retail Sector Developments. (30 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: The model to which the Minister of State aspires is the French model whereby one goes to the Carrefour for one's larger cheaper products and to the boulangerie for one's baguette and so on. The problem with the Irish model is that there is absolutely no transparency vis-á-vis profits. A lack of transparency vis-á-vis the profits of the larger multiples affects the relationship between the...

Retail Sector Developments. (30 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: I beg the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's indulgence, but an ombudsman will not be enough to rectify the problem. This will require a legislative framework such as fair trade legislation. That is the only way we will be able to guarantee jobs and smaller producers some degree of livelihood.

Milk Quota. (30 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Some of the farming organisations in Macra na Feirme have expressed disappointment that a number of farmers who acquired quota after 1 April have been excluded from the scheme. Will the Minister of State set out the reason or logic for excluding these farmers who were new entrants having only acquired quota after 1 April and will he state whether it is possible the Minister will reconsider...

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (30 Jun 2009)

Seán Sherlock: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his proposals to the EU Commission with regard to the spend of unused Common Agricultural Policy funds estimated to be around €17 million; the persons who will be the main benefactors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26074/09]