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Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (29 May 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are a large number of applications for domiciliary care allowance awaiting medical assessment at an office (details supplied) in Dublin 10, that they do not have a full complement of medical staff at present and that all medical duties carried out by the area medical officers are...

Written Answers — General Election Expenses: General Election Expenses (4 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Finance the returning officers who still have outstanding claims for expenses in relation to the 2007 general election; and the amount of such claims. [20780/08]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (4 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 12 February 2008 and No. 551 of 20 May 2008, the reason for the shortfall of nearly €3 million in funding for the promised refurbishment plan for an area (details supplied) in County Meath; the way he will address this shortfall; when his Department will finance...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (4 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 401: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount raised by the plastic bag levy for each year since its commencement with a detailed description of the way these funds have been spent for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21797/08]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding An Taisce's role in relation to developments carried out by a local authority or on planning applications made to a local authority or draft county development plans or local area plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21820/08]

Order of Business (5 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: I want to ask about two pieces of legislation. Are there any plans to amend the drinking water regulations in light of the findings in reports by the HSE and Cavan and Monaghan county councils on phenol contamination of water in Cavan and Monaghan? What is the situation regarding the reform of the foreshore legislation which has been promised by the Government for years? It is needed for...

Water Pollution. (5 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: This matter relates to an April 2007 incident of phenol-contaminated drinking water in five group schemes in counties Cavan and Monaghan. It was discovered following complaints by consumers of private water supply schemes about a bad taste and odour. The water was contaminated with phenol by an aluminium chloride product that, according to a HSE report, "was not recommended for use in the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she expects to be able to take the proposed fair deal legislation through both Houses of the Oireachtas before the summer recess, 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22175/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (5 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has any plans to extend the remit of the Health Information and Quality Authority to include private health service providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22176/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the National Property Services Authority Office was opened; the cost of the lease of the building per annum and per month; the number of staff working in the office or attached to the office; the wage bill connected with the running of the office; the estimated outlay on ancillary costs including information and...

Order of Business (17 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Will the property services regulatory authority Bill be published before the summer recess? The Office of the National Property Services Regulatory Authority will have been open for a year this November. It will have cost approximately €600,000 for staff as well as running and rental costs, yet the authority has no powers. There is a big issue concerning apartment owners and agents in...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (17 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Transport if he plans to reform the bus licensing laws as they currently operate under the Road Transport Act 1932; if so, when he will publish the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23291/08]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (17 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of buses currently operational in the Dublin Bus network; when he will sanction up to 500 new buses for the Dublin Bus fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23292/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 348: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Dublin will be assessed for a primary medical certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23015/08]

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (17 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 812: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for leave to remain in the State by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when a decision will be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23044/08]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (17 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 910: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of residential and commercial buildings which have been left vacant and idle throughout the country, particularly in town centres; if there are plans to encourage the use of these building for the benefit of the community; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Land Acquisitions: Land Acquisitions (17 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 918: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the cost to land owners of hiring surveyors, engineers and solicitors as a result of the placing of a compulsory purchase order is to be covered by the local authority concerned in all cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23059/08]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (17 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 938: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the excessive delay in processing appeals through An Bord Pleanála; the average time for processing an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23626/08]

Dáil Sittings: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: We debated the outcome of the Lisbon treaty referendum today and I wish to bring in some elements of that debate and how they relate to this Labour Party proposal. There is a relationship between the European democratic deficit and the democratic deficit at home. Although the full results of a poll of 2,000 people carried out by the European Commission and mentioned in yesterday's Irish...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (18 Jun 2008)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans he has to work towards calling a special session of the Commission on Human Rights to meet in Geneva in August 2008 to consider the situation of human rights in China. [23512/08]