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Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister undertook to come back to me on the issue of Poolbeg. Let the House record that he evaded the question.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Who sent him? Was it Frank Dunlop?

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: They are different countries with larger populations.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated figure as to the number of absent parents who are not paying required levels of child maintenance for their children; the action he intends to take to address this trend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22989/06]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (20 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby many companies with defined benefit pension schemes are unilaterally changing the terms and conditions of those schemes to defined payment schemes; the number of companies who have informed his Department regarding these changes; if he has undertaken to ensure that employees...

Decentralisation Programme. (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: That is a political stroke. The Minister is completely misrepresenting what Deputy Bruton said.

Employment Rights. (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he intends to take regarding the black economy; the actions which have been taken by his Department or by agencies under his control to date in 2006 to crack down on companies, organisations or persons operating in the black market; the reassurances he can give to consumers at risk of exploitation and legitimate...

Employment Rights. (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister for his reply, although I note his Department's reluctance to take this question in the first instance. On the basis of his reply, the Department does not wish to have anything to do with attempting to bring the black economy into the white or grey economy. Does the Minister accept ISME's assertion that departmental agencies, including its inspectorate, should assist the...

Employment Rights. (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Will the new working group be chaired by the Revenue Commissioners rather than the Minister's Department?

Employment Rights. (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: If the group is driven by the Revenue, it will miss much of the action. It is estimated the value of the black economy could be as high as €15 billion a year. While it is difficult to measure, the OECD and Jim Power of Friends First say it is enormous. Does the Minister agree that many activities in the hidden economy other than tax evasion fall within the statutory remit of his Department...

Employment Rights. (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister should show some leadership in this regard.

Departmental Offices. (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: It kind of makes my point about the black economy.

Departmental Offices. (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: The Department has primary responsibility for it rather than the Revenue Commissioners.

Price Inflation. (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister for that reply. I am happy to share his optimism about the underlying strength of the economy. Will he agree, however, that focusing on inflation per se is not enough and that we must isolate the factors over which we have some control, such as domestic pushers of inflation as distinct from international pushers like energy, over which we have no control? In that context,...

Price Inflation. (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: That is the point of my question.

Economic Competitiveness. (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister for the information. Perhaps he might come back to me later, if not today, as regards the following. If they are to be used for micro businesses, surely the county enterprise boards are obvious bodies for administering these funds. Will the Minister indicate, either today or later, the level of funding it is intended to allocate during the programme in the period 2007-13?...

Labour Inspectorate. (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: On what statutory basis is it proposed to establish this new inspectorate for workers' rights? What is the Minister of State's current thinking on this? Will it be a stand-alone body or will it be linked to the Labour Court or the Labour Relations Commission? What will be the relationship between the Health and Safety Authority and the Labour Relations Commission, not to mention the Labour Court?

Labour Inspectorate. (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: What is the timetable for the establishment?

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to share time with Deputy Gilmore. It is the stated policy of the elected members of Dublin City Council, as set out in the Dublin City Development Plan 2005-2011, to oppose the siting of an incinerator on the Poolbeg Peninsula, while it is the stated policy of Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats to build an incinerator on the peninsula, despite what their representatives and...

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Which number is real? Are any of the figures which I have just quoted real? How can the city's officials use two different costings, while central Government has a third? This is not just foolish, it is negligent to the point of being criminally so. Costs such as for the removal of the residue ash, baling, CO2 emissions under carbon trading per the Kyoto Protocol which is another cost, unsold...