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Written Answers — Local Authority Procedures: Local Authority Procedures (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 462: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the powers that exist to investigate the procedures and practices in local authorities; the action that can be taken if a local authority is found not to be acting appropriately in the performance of its duties or if a county manager is not performing his or her duties adequately. [40108/05]

Written Answers — Local Authority Procedures: Local Authority Procedures (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 463: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recourse that is available to public representatives and private citizens if they are unhappy with the local authority's discharge of its duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40109/05]

Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 464: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure that statutory responsibility is given to his Department, a local authority or the Irish Aviation Authority to measure noise pollution arising from the operation of an aerodrome. [40110/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a special grant to allow cash strapped local authorities such as South Dublin County Council provide adequate coverage and collection of litter bins, in view of the growing litter problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40112/05]

Adult Education. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when it is planned to implement the recommendations of the McIver report, in view of the serious concerns expressed by the TUI and others. [39580/05]

Adult Education. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: On the monitor, I listened with interest to the Minister's previous responses to priority questions. Any suggestion that this Government is committed to implementing the McIver report is balderdash. The Minister should kill it now and say that, just as the Programme for Government promised to reduce class sizes, it will not be done during this Government's term in office. She should get it...

Adult Education. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: She will have questions to answer about that. How can the Ministers present expect the PLC sector to be treated seriously if it does not have proper equipment or technical know-how? Can they seriously expect it to progress?

Adult Education. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: We stand full square behind implementing it.

Adult Education. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: It is as good as dead, given the way the Minister of State is going on.

Adult Education. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: There is collective responsibility.

Adult Education. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: If it is not dead, it is on life support.

Educational Disadvantage. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: I asked this question to use the example of the northern part of my constituency, which is a type of microcosm of what is happening in the country. I had access to some of the information which showed that in the Clondalkin village or Lucan areas, there were relatively high levels of access to third level institutions from second level schools but in north Clondalkin, which is a RAPID area,...

Education Policy. (15 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: The Minister could dip into and extract best practices from this report, which is distinct from the McIver report. Has the Department set out a timeframe within the lifetime of the current Government for the implementation of a number of key proposals in the report once it is published?

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (14 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on 7 December 2005 emergency meeting of EU Foreign Ministers to discuss the EU budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39312/05]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (14 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the continuing unrest in Uganda; the efforts the Government has made to highlight the plight of children in Uganda who are being kidnapped to fight in the Lord's Resistance Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39311/05]

Social Welfare Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (14 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: I have only six minutes, so I am going to try to talk very quickly. I have much else to say but I cannot, because of time constraints. A couple of years ago I was castigated for describing the Government's treatment in terms of social welfare and pension payments for people living in disadvantaged areas as a "urination", for which I got a rap on the knuckles. Having looked at matters over the...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (13 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is inequitable that earnings from capital are effectively taxed at a lower rate than earnings from income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38907/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (13 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is reassessing the so-called decentralisation process in view of recent figures regarding numbers of persons willing to relocate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38906/05]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (13 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the interconnector along with the provision of the DART on the Maynooth and Kildare lines which will be prepared for electrification by 2010 which will provide the greatest public transport capacity improvement in the Transport 21 plan; the reason same has been scheduled to be completed last in 2015. [38770/05]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (13 Dec 2005)

Paul Gogarty: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the Government's statement that Transport 21 must deliver value for money, the way in which same is consistent with the waste of public money in digging Stephen's Green up twice in a three year period first for the metro north station and then for the interconnector station and purchasing additional Arrow rolling stock for the...