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Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: We will never see it.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: On a related issue, there are instances in my county where because this legislation has not been passed, builders and landowners are blackmailing the community and claiming they will provide a school if 40 acres are zoned for housing. It is time to put a stop to it.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: That is for the quangos.

Order of Business. (18 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: This is the Parliament.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (23 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Finance the tax and VAT issues surrounding the new private sector venture for elderly people in their homes, known as comfort keepers, for the users and providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19275/06]

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (23 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure that public service contracts are awarded only to those companies that meet minimum standards in terms of pay, working conditions and pension entitlements, in view of the disclosures of underpayments to foreign workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19294/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (23 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Question 194: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that arthritis patients in County Mayo have to wait four years to access a rheumatologist and to information provided at the Joint Committee on Health and Children on 11 May 2006 that the waiting times for such service is longest in the west and midlands; if her attention has...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (23 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 16 May 2006 if grants are available at present to carry out environmental improvements, similar to those grants that applied where remedial works were carried out to the houses ten years ago. [19609/06]

Departmental Expenditure. (24 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Is that why the Taoiseach will not come in on Thursdays?

Departmental Expenditure. (24 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: We will pay for it if the Taoiseach agrees to come in.

Departmental Expenditure. (24 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: We could decentralise them.

Order of Business. (24 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: A few weeks ago I asked the Taoiseach about the broadcasting Bill and a very nice man from either his Department or the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources rang and updated me immediately afterwards. Is there any more news as it is getting later?

Written Answers — Undocumented Emigrants: Undocumented Emigrants (24 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to the regularisation of undocumented immigrants in the United States, with reference to President Bush's unprecedented step of addressing the US people on national television; the discussions which his Department has held with officials of the US administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19717/06]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (24 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Question 210: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of licences issued for the capture of salmon in Dublin Bay in 2005; the number of recorded salmon killed in 2005 by these methods in the stated area; the number of salmon recorded as caught and tagged by anglers on the River Liffey in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19931/06]

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (25 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers who qualified in EU States other than Ireland who took up appointments in primary schools for the current academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19912/06]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (25 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on denominational schools which are oversubscribed putting children of other denominations or none at the end of the queue, where the ethos of the school is not under threat; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19913/06]

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (30 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will give an assurance to the Houses of the Oireachtas that the advice put forward in the Forfás Report, A Baseline Assessment of Ireland's Oil Dependence that Ireland should consider building a nuclear power plant, has been dismissed by the Government, that no Department officials within his remit are...

Written Answers — Post Office Network: Post Office Network (30 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the post offices which have closed in 2006; his views on a separate new regulator for An Post and other postal operators, in view of the unique features of the postal market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20648/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (30 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reinstate home tuition for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [20376/06]

Leaders' Questions. (31 May 2006)

Emmet Stagg: As amended.