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Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: There are not too many of them.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (14 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he is satisfied with the job levels, following the recent publication of the Údarás na Gaeltachta annual report; if he is further satisfied with the job creation levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5505/08]

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (19 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important matter in the Dáil tonight. I am motivated to do so by the information that has come to my attention that the commitment of providing the necessary funding for a local sewerage scheme in Freshford, County Kilkenny, has been put back from 2008 to 2010 under the water services...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (19 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 636: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made in respect of a residency application for a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6119/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (19 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 679: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received correspondence from a company (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and his views on the matter. [6315/08]

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (20 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: The issue of climate change and Ireland's contribution to the warming of our planet remains squarely on the political agenda and Fine Gael continues to consider it a policy priority. Ireland has played its part in the emission of greenhouse gases over the years in a negative way and we continue to be one of the worst offenders for the amount CO2 put into the atmosphere. Total greenhouse gas...

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (20 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: The increase in emissions in the transport sector is so much that it is making any overall reduction target, Government or otherwise, difficult to meet. This situation did not happen overnight and it is not a surprise to policymakers, environmentalists or even commuters. Years of under-funding and lack of investment in our public transport have cost us dearly, not only in CO2 emissions but...

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (20 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: I will come to that in a minute. If the Minister was serious about encouraging people to buy smaller and cleaner cars, he should have frozen the lower tax rates. At the very least he should have made up the shortfall on larger vehicles, and there would be sound environmental reasons for doing so, but he did not do that. The Bill as drafted implies that cars of 1.1 litres are as clean as...

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (20 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: All the rhetoric and soft talk seeks only to camouflage the fact that this legislation is a money-raising exercise. This is not a green tax. It will not help us meet our emission reduction targets or help the environment. The only benefit is that it will help to balance the books for the Minister and for the Minister for Finance. The European Commission sent a warning shot across the...

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (20 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Budgets are supposed to be secret, although we can read the details in the Evening Herald on budget day every year. God be with the days when people took responsibility in this regard.

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (20 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: We took responsibility for those matters. The Minister is part of a Government that takes responsibility for nothing, not even tax clearance certificates. The lifetime restriction, whereby a low emissions vehicle is taxed heavily as against the same model purchased five months later with the same CO2 rating, is a gross injustice. The difference can run to thousands of euro. This injustice...

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (20 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Furthermore, it leaves the possibility that a car purchased in the State prior to 1 July 2008 could be exported and then imported again after that date and thus be subject to the lower taxation rate. This is an anomaly. The Minister recently stated in a parliamentary reply: In addition, it is essential that there is certainty and accuracy in terms of CO2 ratings. Under both the new motor...

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (20 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Deputy Dooley often did it.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the stroke unit at St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny will be properly resourced and staffed in order that it can carry out its functions on behalf of patients as originally intended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7212/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the stroke unit at St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny will be properly resourced and staffed in order that it can carry out its functions on behalf of patients as originally intended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7384/08]

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (21 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a decision to allocate additional milk quota from the national reserve will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Carlow. [7381/08]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when finance will be sanctioned for an extension to a national school at Paulstown County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7213/08]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (21 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be sanctioned for an extension to a national school at Paulstown, County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7382/08]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (26 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 239: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the categories of passport applications handled by the special section of the Passport Office referred to in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 361 of 19 February 2008 in addition to applications forwarded by Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas and the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7942/08]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (26 Feb 2008)

Phil Hogan: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason, if applications for passports made through Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas are recorded manually, he is not in a position to indicate the number of such applications that were handled in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7943/08]