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Other Questions: Turf Cutting Issues (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Is the Ceann Comhairle not going to allow me to contribute?

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Issues (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: The Minister comes in here with what sounds like a definite figure of 37% gone while RPS tells us that the original figures were wrong and data from 1994 was sparse. If the Minister does not know what was there originally, how can he tell how much has been lost? He has to deal with this. He keeps talking about damage done by turf cutters. Will he please explain why my bog has grown by...

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Issues (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Most bogs are State-owned; 97% of them are. We cut around the periphery.

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Issues (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Most of them are State-owned.

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Issues (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: That cannot be true.

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Issues (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: On the Minister’s bogs.

Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2014: Motion (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: We seem to be in a new enlightened period of Irish politics where semi-State bodies will be subjected to openness and transparency. This is supposedly proven by the fact that Irish Water will be covered by the freedom of information legislation. However, this would not have happened were it not for the Government being hammered into doing so by the public. It became too ridiculous to do...

Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2014: Motion (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: On a point of order, I never dismissed semi-States. Get your facts right.

Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2014: Motion (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Do you support the-----

Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2014: Motion (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Bring on the next election.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 16 January 2013, if he will name his officials and their respective responsibilities who assisted him in answering same; the reason they made the decision to withhold the information; the entity that was commercially sensitive information and the reason for same; if he considered the implication of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 88. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the relocation process from the special areas of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4339/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Sustainable Development Strategy (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to Local Agenda 21 if he wil provide a copy of the principles of sustainability; if he will consider bringing legislation for the specific purpose of implementing Our Sustainable Future, Ireland’s Framework for Sustainable Development, which was published in June 2012, which sets out a...

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I am a big fan of Europe. What I love about it is its variety. However, I am no fan of the European Union because I believe it is setting about crushing what is different throughout Europe and trying to create one bland flavour that at the end of the day is good for nobody. When Ireland joined the European Community it was a community. A community is supposed to care for people in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (4 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 376. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider reopening commercial eel fishing in areas that are above conservation limits; his views that eel fishing is part of rural life and a continued total ban will result in the loss of the living heritage; if he will commission an impact study on those affected and the possibility of linking sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (4 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 377. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the likely capacity factor of the proposed Cluddaun wind farm over its lifetime; the amount of electricity it would be likely to produce in 2014 if it were in operation now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5214/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (4 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 384. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ask the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to estimate, from the data in its recently updated wind atlas, the likely annual electricity production from the proposed Oweninny and Cluddaun wind farms in County Mayo for the turbines considered in the noise analysis of the planning applications, Vesta v90...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (4 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 397. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals for the next gate to facilitate connection of renewable energy sources to the national electricity grid in view of the decision by the EU to set one overall target of 27% for renewable energy for the entire EU area; his proposals for the way in which he will interpret this target; the likely target in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (4 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 420. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if provision will be made for farmers and other contractors who have their own slurry vacuum tanker to deliver the sludge from their own sceptic tanks, within the legislation governing the regulation and operation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5284/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sexual Offences (5 Feb 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 17. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to ensure that solicitors protect the interests of their clients particularly in relation to child victims of sexual abuse. [5320/14]