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Written Answers — Legislative Review: Legislative Review (1 Jun 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is reviewing tax residency rules as part of the review of tax reliefs; the alternative arrangements which have been considered by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18336/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Jun 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance if a citizen-based or other alternative tax residence system has been considered by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18337/05]

Requests to Move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (1 Jun 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a specific and important matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely the recent EUROSTAT report that draws attention to Ireland's sub-standard record on waste and other environmental issues.

Written Answers — Labour Inspectorate: Labour Inspectorate (31 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to increase the number of labour inspectors and the number he proposes by 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18104/05]

Written Answers — Flexible Work Practices: Flexible Work Practices (31 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will incentivise employers to give persons the option to continue in employment past the age of 65 as a means to providing a more flexible work environment, a more productive workforce and better off older persons in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18103/05]

Military Hospitals. (26 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence the situation regarding his offer to make St. Bricin's military hospital in Dublin available to the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17560/05]

Written Answers — Military Escorts: Military Escorts (26 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the agreement reached earlier in May 2005 with the banks regarding payment for military escorts for cash transits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17559/05]

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (25 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she has studied the UK Royal Society results of genetically modified trials for winter oil seed rape showing that wildlife and the environment would suffer if the crop were grown in that country; and if she plans to ensure such crops are not grown here. [17401/05]

Written Answers — Horticulture Sector: Horticulture Sector (25 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of inspectors which are to be involved in the checks on potato growers to ensure that only certified seed or home certified basic seed has been planted. [17402/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (24 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the consideration which he is giving to the social welfare treatment of former members of religious congregations. [17133/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (19 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if willingness to participate in the Government's relocation programme has been linked to promotion in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16648/05]

Decentralisation Programme. (19 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the full costs that will be incurred in the decentralisation and relocation of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16649/05]

Written Answers — Nuclear Plants: Nuclear Plants (18 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that through the ruptured pipe at the THORP plant in Cumbria, England on 22 April 2005, England had leaked 20 tonnes of uranium and plutonium into a stainless steel room from which there is currently no way of removing it; if so, the reason he did not make known...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (18 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to tackle emissions from backyard burning; if he has monitored an increase in such burning in recent months; and the enforcement action which can be and which has been taken to address this form of pollution. [16506/05]

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage. (18 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Bill is exceptionally and fundamentally flawed.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage. (18 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: To that end, amendment No. 1 is an attempt to try to introduce a better definition in the Bill. I am concerned, however, about the very limited movement that has been made by the Government to deliver on rights. I am concerned that organisations are walking away from the Bill, so to speak. I am concerned that the Minister for Finance threw money at disability organisations in the budget last...

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage. (18 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Equality legislation was passed.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage. (18 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: I am making the point that equality legislation was not dependent on resources.

Disability Bill 2004: Report Stage. (18 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Let us make history.

Waste Disposal. (18 May 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: What is the reason for the problem?