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- Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (26 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications made by the Health Service Executive on behalf of children which were handled by the special section of the Passport Office referred to in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 361 of 19 February 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7944/08]
- Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (26 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the information contained in his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 606 of 30 January 2008, that 6,200 passport applications were forwarded by Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas in 2007 is correct; if not, when he was informed that this figure was not correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7945/08]
- Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (26 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: Question 300: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in granting the necessary approval for a company (details supplied) in respect of food inspections; if she will intervene as a matter of urgency to complete the necessary inspections with a view to granting a licence to the firm in the interests of 14 posts of employment; and if she will make a...
- Written Answers — Architectural Qualifications: Architectural Qualifications (26 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to give formal statutory or legal recognition to the qualifications of architectural technologists and architectural technicians; if his attention has been drawn to the important role that both professions play in the planning, development and construction of buildings; if he received formal...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (26 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: Question 512: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the telephone exchanges that will be modified for the provision of broadband services in Counties Carlow and Kilkenny in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7455/08]
- Priority Questions (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: With the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's indulgence, before we proceed, I would like some clarity relating to a question I put down on climate change which, I was surprised to learn, was ruled out of order.
- Priority Questions (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: I did but I was not entirely satisfied. I cannot understand how a question on meeting our objectives on climate change in the programme for Government can be ruled out of order.
- Waste Management. (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: Question 13: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has instructed local authorities to revisit their local waste strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8137/08]
- Waste Management. (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: I am interested that the Minister indicated his review is a new way forward. Since Deputy Gormley became Minister, there have been many new ways forward. Indaver Ireland's incinerator capacity for its proposed County Meath plant was 150,000 tonnes. It was recently given permission to increase this capacity to 250,000 tonnes. The proposed Poolbeg incinerator will have a capacity of 600,000...
- Waste Management. (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: We know the Minister has changed his position.
- Waste Management. (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: The Minister has changed his mind on many matters in the past eight months, one of which is incineration. He has powers to review waste management. He relied on public statements by himself rather than Government policy to instruct An Bord Pleanála and others to make decisions. That is not the way to do business in government, as the Minister now knows. He has been hoodwinked on various...
- Waste Management. (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: What is the position regarding the amount of tonnage that will be required for MBT? Can we have certainty on the figures? When will the review be published? Will it be in July or will it be another bank holiday weekend job? Will we have to wait until all these planning applications in the system are approved and the Minister can wring his hands again before we know the answer?
- Planning Regulations. (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: Question 15: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has instructed local authorities on the way to spend the revenue raised from Part V building levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8274/08]
- Planning Regulations. (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: The Minister indicated previously that there were between â¬70 million and â¬80 million of unspent Part V moneys among local authorities. I am glad the Minister has issued guidelines to local authorities on how to spend this money. The Minister has partly answered my question, but I ask him to clarify one point. The Minister intends to subtract Part V moneys brought in by local...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes. (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: Question 17: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the length of time required to put in place the infrastructure for the water services programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8275/08]
- Water and Sewerage Schemes. (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: The experience on the ground is far different from what the Minister stated in his reply. It takes approximately four and a half years for a scheme of â¬2 million to â¬3 million in value to be expedited through the system. That is the reality. The Minister mentioned deadlines of six months for preliminary reports and four months for contractors' documents to be submitted. I doubt that...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes. (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: The Minister should have another look at the Department's file. The Department's officials get around this by bundling the schemes.
- Water and Sewerage Schemes. (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: I will offer an example. In County Kilkenny, the schemes for Freshford, Johnstown and Goresbridge are bundled together. They cost â¬5.1 million and it has taken four and half years to get them through the system. That is not the council's fault but the Department's. A number of plans and capital programmes were reviewed after the general election and have been delayed by two or three...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes. (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: The Minister should ask the Department how long it took the process to be completed in that case.
- Proposed Legislation. (27 Feb 2008)
Phil Hogan: Is the Minister sure about that?