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Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (14 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the full extent of the funding provided by his Department to each of the local authorities here in each of the past five years to date to meet the social housing requirements; the number of houses provided by the local authorities on foot of same; the number provided by voluntary housing sectors and funding...

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (14 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his future plans for the development of the fire services with particular reference to the need to upgrade the part-time services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36328/09]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 282: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his current or proposed policy in respect of waste management; if he will proceed with the options available to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36329/09]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 288: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his current or expected policy in relation to landfill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36335/09]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the degree to which Ireland is currently compliant with the parameters of the Kyoto agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36330/09]

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (14 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in regard to the electronic voting technology; if all or any of the equipment has been sold off, remains in storage or has been otherwise disposed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36331/09]

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (14 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the commitment by his predecessor during the passage of legislation to abolish the dual mandate to the effect that Houses of the Oireachtas Members would be granted the same access to local authorities as they had previously; if he is satisfied that this is happening; and...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (14 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way it is expected that de-zoning of lands proposed for residential purposes will be of benefit to house purchasers since a reduction in available zoned land is likely to result in higher house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36334/09]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (14 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Question 289: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to prevent flooding with particular reference to the need for ongoing drainage relating to the water table; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36336/09]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (15 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Are the Members on the Government side getting worried? I hear nervous laughter.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (15 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Gallows humour.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Set a precedent.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: The Government has been hoping for miracles for a long time.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: I do not wish to delay the proceedings of the House but the Ceann Comhairle stated that the Adjournment debate was an option. He knows, I know and we all know that when one tables a matter for the Adjournment, more often than not, the competent Minister does not attend in the House. More often than not, one Minister of State is there to answer four Adjournment debates.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: This relates to the business of the House.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: Yesterday I raised the issue of the competence and willingness of Ministers to answer questions in the House that are relevant to their Departments. What is going on at present is a disgrace. I expect the Ceann Comhairle, as a recent occupant of these benches, to defend the interests of the Members of the House. Nobody else can do so. I offer a classic example. In the past two days, I...

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: I remind the Tánaiste, in the middle of her conversation, that if questions tabled by Members of the House that were relevant to her Department had been answered in the House, we would not have had the embarrassing situation we had in recent weeks. I will give the Ceann Comhairle the following example. It was a question to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government,...

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: -----have formally expressed an interest on the dedicated home choice loan website, that to date 38 applications have been made and that of these-----

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: -----three have been approved and three have been withdrawn.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2009)

Bernard Durkan: This is my question. When will the Tánaiste, acting on this morning's Order of Business, address her colleagues in Cabinet and ask them, for God's sake, to give serious consideration to the legislation they are putting through the House now and to the legislation for which they are responsible, but for which they refuse to accept responsibility by way of normal parliamentary procedure in...