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Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 22: In page 23, line 35, to delete "signed" and substitute "done".

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I move amendment No. 24: In page 25, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: "(2) The Patents Act 1992 and this Act may be cited together as the Patents Acts 1992 and 2006.".

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (4 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to encourage or compel local authorities whose recycling rates are below the national target, to extend their kerbside collection of dry recyclables. [30911/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (5 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the monitoring systems in place within his Department to measure the effectiveness of the various programmes for which he is responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31294/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (5 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the work programme, timeframe, and membership of the Placenames Commission; if a special budget has been assigned to the Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31280/06]

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: The Taoiseach is lucky.

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: The Taoiseach caused the problem.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (10 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Present company excepted.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: On a point of order, I wish to clarify what the Taoiseach has agreed to. Has the Order of Business been amended in order that there will be a debate in the House on No. 10, subject to the agreement of the Whips, either this evening or, in all probability, after the committee has debated the matter?

Order of Business (10 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to speak briefly about the same issue. A great deal of work has been done by the Government in the preparation of the Green Paper. Comments made on the floor of the House carry more weight than the issuing of press releases or participation in seminars, etc. Can I suggest, without disrupting the Order of Business, that the House leave the proposed energy debate open? Members should...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: That is not my understanding, Sir. The Labour Party would be happy if an explicit commitment were to be made that introductory comments could be made today and that the matter could be revisited on a subsequent occasion, subject to the agreement of the Whips.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he intends to take to ensure that people on low incomes or dependent on social welfare payments will be able to meet fuel costs in winter 2006, in view of the increase in the cost of fuels generally and particularly in the view of increases in electricity and gas prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (10 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the recent annual report of the Social Welfare Appeals Office; his further views on the fact that 47% of all appeals against original decisions were successful; and if he will consider issuing new guidelines in regard to entitlements. [31743/06]

EU Enlargement. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Will the Minister repeat that?

EU Directives. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the status of the proposed services directive; if this matter has been raised at a European Council of Ministers meeting since the European Parliament vote earlier in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32166/06]

EU Directives. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Ireland is becoming a service economy, rather than a manufacturing or primary produce economy. What steps are the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the agencies under that Department taking to alert small and medium sized Irish companies to the potential benefits of utilising the provisions of the draft directive? This directive is now essentially a done deal and I am told...

EU Directives. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I am surprised at the Minister's dismissal of the potential of the services directive beyond the €200 million mentioned, which is not a lot of money at one level. He mentioned that the focus was on the client companies of Enterprise Ireland, rather than those under the county enterprise boards which would be very small in terms of reaching beyond the county, let alone the country. I am...

EU Directives. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Are these barriers in place at the moment or will they arise after the implementation of the services directive?

Company Registration. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is an indication that the strong growth in company registrations indicated for the first half of 2006 is part of a trend of false contracting, whereby employees are being required to register as companies and be employed as contractors in order for their employer to avoid many regulations, costs and duties involved...

Company Registration. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I welcome the Minister of State's comprehensive reply, but I am somewhat concerned about the complacency at the top of his response, where it is suggested these are matters for the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the Revenue Commissioners. Yet he goes on to say that in Towards 2016, the social partners acting in a joined up way have recognised there is a need for co-operation...