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Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: I want to ask about two matters. The first is the employment rights compliance Bill, which will establish NERA on a statutory footing. A commitment was made by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Taoiseach that this Bill would be published by the end of February. It is now mid-March, and we are a week away from dissolution. Why has the Bill not been published and...

Order of Business (6 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: ——a press conference that we shall be excluded from, no doubt.

Public Transport. (6 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce legislation to effect more competition in the bus market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9728/08]

Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (6 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to a previous parliamentary question that it is open to any party to make a submission to the Competition Authority under Section 4(5) of the Competition Act 2002 to request that the Authority make a declaration under Section 4(3) of the Act in relation to negotiations between parties which may be in breach of the Act, the...

Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (6 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to a previous parliamentary question, if she will make a submission to the Competition Authority under Section 4 (5) of the Competition Act 2002 seeking that the Authority make a declaration under Section 4(3) of the Act in respect of negotiations by the Health Service Executive with pharmacists and general practitioners; and...

Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (6 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to a previous parliamentary question, if she will instruct the Health Service Executive to make a submission to the Competition Authority under Section 4 (5) of the Competition Act 2002 seeking that the Authority make a declaration under Section 4(3) of the Act in respect of negotiations by the HSE with pharmacists and general...

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (6 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 198: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 656 of 5 February 2008 with regard to the increase of the number of parliamentary questions asked of him, if he will present in tabular form the number of questions that have been asked of him about individual immigration, asylum, long-term residency and naturalisation...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way the Immigration and Residency Bill will affect Irish citizens with non-EEA spouses with regard to notification or permission to marry, recognition of foreign marriages and the right of non-EEA spouses to enter, live, work, study or carry out business in this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (6 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the circumstances under which a non-EEA national spouse of an Irish citizen may gain long-term residence or become a naturalised citizen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9880/08]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (6 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the rights the non-EEA national spouses of Irish citizens have to enter Ireland and to live, work and study here. [9881/08]

Written Answers — Civil Registrations: Civil Registrations (6 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Indonesian marriage of an Irish citizen to an Indonesian citizen is recognised here; the process to be undergone to have it recognised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9882/08]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (6 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has responded to communications from a company (details supplied) with regard to the operation of the waste electronical and electric equipment scheme; his views on the concerns raised by that company with regard to the licensing system in operation by WEEE Ireland; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — EU Treaties: EU Treaties (11 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the effect the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty will have on Irish neutrality; if after ratification Ireland could be forced into a common defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10347/08]

Written Answers — EU Treaties: EU Treaties (11 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposals for a common consolidated tax base being proposed by the European Commission; the position of the Irish Government; and if any proposal could be approved by the European Council, if the Lisbon Treaty is ratified. [10346/08]

Written Answers — Fraud Offences: Fraud Offences (11 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there still exists an offence called fraudulent conversion under the Larceny Act 1916; if it would apply to a person who, as a member of a club or society having had funds entrusted to them for the club or society, converted it to their own use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10523/08]

Programmes for Government. (12 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 26: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of An Agreed Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10731/08]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (13 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide a county breakdown of income tax, VAT, stamp duty and corporation profit tax for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11186/08]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (13 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the case of a person (detail supplied) with the Chinese Government to seek their release on humanitarian grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11199/08]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (13 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will protest to the Egyptian Government about its refusal to allow citizens who have converted to Christianity to have this noted on their state identity papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11200/08]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (13 Mar 2008)

Leo Varadkar: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received a request from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 for resources to accept a second class of junior infants in 2008; the response she has given to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11185/08]