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Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 349: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if psychological assessments will be provided for primary school children who are on long term waiting lists, under the National Treatment Purchase Fund (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12890/07]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (3 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 353: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a severance package was agreed with Health Service Executive and a person (details supplied); if so, the details of same; if care centres were negotiated by the person while working for the HSE; the names and locations of such centres; if the person negotiated a role for caredoc at call centres; if so, the name and location of...

Written Answers — Psychological Service: Psychological Service (3 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 631: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if psychological assessments will be provided for primary school children who are on long-term waiting lists, under the National Treatment Purchase Fund (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12889/07]

Leaders' Questions (4 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Is that a punch line?

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Deputy should not kid himself.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I have no choice.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Strike that from the record.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I wish him well also. He would make a great Senator.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank all those who contributed to the debate. There were some measured speeches, unlike that of the Minister of State. If we reflect on what is happening we will see the time has now come to decouple the people from this Government because it has not done its job. Ireland is not meeting its Kyoto targets. Since the first climate change strategy was produced by the Government emissions...

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: We should be heading towards 13% above the 1990 limit but we are at 25% and it is increasing as we speak. Government policy has failed. I will refer to the excellent work done in the recent report published by Urban Forum. There is an increasing suburbanisation in Ireland and more and more people live outside our cities. The population in Cork and Limerick declined by 3.2% and 2.7%...

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: However, we cannot all travel in bus lanes as the Minister of State can. We need to get people out of their cars and those that must be used need to be more efficient. We need joined-up Government thinking. On this most important area of transport the Government has completely failed and it is out of control. The way the cities are growing is also out of control. We do not have...

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is a European policy.

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I will not use unparliamentary language. Let us cut to the chase. EMT is a European-based scheme. It has nothing to do with the Minister of State or me — although we support it. The principle works and is good. The issue is what we are doing with the rest of our activities. What are we doing in our other businesses that do not form part of the emissions trading scheme? In Government...

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: If the Minister of State were making a reasonable point I would listen to him. We have approximately eight such energy committees throughout the country. They were initially funded by way of European grant. Most of them now operate on a shoestring and do not know whether they will be in existence next year. Their work has been ignored by the Government. We will make sure that every...

Kyoto Protocol: Motion (Resumed) (4 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: A tide of opinion is pointing out to the Government that it has failed in every respect on its Kyoto targets. It has been careless in the extreme in dealing with this issue. It is no longer a matter of care for them or for us; it is a matter of climate change in the world with things changing so radically and soon for all of us. One of the arguments about climate change is that we must all...

Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 1: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable housing units his Department expects to be completed in 2007 on foot of Part V of the Planning and Development Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13819/07]

Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I understand that approximately 80,000 homes were built last year. Not every house is in a Part V scheme. However, there is a very paltry return of approximately 3,000 homes when it should be 10,000, 15,000 or even 20,000. It is a very poor result from Part V. The question is directed towards local authorities and how they are performing. Does the Minister of State have a list of local...

Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I understand that.

Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Could that not be changed?

Social and Affordable Housing. (5 Apr 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Although 80,000 houses were built last year, there has been a poor response to the need for social and affordable housing. Nothing the Minister of State has said indicates his intention to change his policy. Will he change the size of the footprint of a housing site? In some cases five or more dwellings are being built on small sites of less than 0.1 of a hectare. These developments are...