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Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (11 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for grant assistance for a crèche (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33233/07]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme: Nursing Homes Repayment Scheme (11 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on an application for nursing home rebate for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33231/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (11 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 592: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a town land (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is included in the CLÁR programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34139/07]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (11 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 836: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the application for citizenship for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33232/07]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (11 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 910: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a holiday visa will be issued to persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34138/07]

Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: A Cheann Comhairle, you might help him.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: With all your experience, a Cheann Comhairle, you might help him.

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (12 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the date an Irish passport was issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34484/07]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of disabled person's grants in each local authority received in 2002 to 2006; the number that have been paid to date to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34491/07]

Order of Business. (13 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: Stick to the issue.

Written Answers — Victims Commission: Victims Commission (13 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will establish a victim's council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34579/07]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (13 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to reform regulation of the property management sector, in order to cease practices such as developers refusing to transfer responsibility of apartment schemes to the residents and the excessive service charges imposed by those same developers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28884/07]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (18 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policy framework in which he intends to reach Government targets of reducing emissions by 3% a year and to bring the country in line with Kyoto emission targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35488/07]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (18 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: Arising from the Minister's reply and his reference to the national climate change strategy, I acknowledge that is the ballpark at which we are aiming. In the programme for Government, a 3% reduction, as the Minister pointed out, is an ambitious target. The measures he took in the carbon budget and in the Budget Statement of the Minister for Finance did not clearly set out how we are to...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (18 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: I was not put out.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (18 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: The Minister outlined a number of measures taken or announced by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. The measure he referred to with regard to the changing of light bulbs will take effect in 2009. Will the Minister quantify the amount of greenhouse gas emissions reduction for each measure he is announcing? With regard to agriculture, transport, energy and...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (18 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: The Minister has indicated a number of measures but we will judge him on the basis of his targets — that is why he is Minister.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (18 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: We will come back to that. Does the Minister agree that the policy on VRT which the Minister introduced in the 2008 budget has achieved just 50,000 tonnes reduction? Transport statistics for 2006 show an increase of 916,000 tonnes.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (18 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: I have asked the question twice but will ask it for a third time. Will the Minister tell me the measures he will introduce and quantify what they will mean in terms of emissions reduction in 2008?

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (18 Dec 2007)

Phil Hogan: Not on transport.