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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for his decision not to challenge the findings of the Equality Authority in relation to an initial decision of his Department to refuse payment to a homosexual man caring for an ill partner; and the reason this does not constitute a precedent. [37658/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 375: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will explain his decision not to challenge the findings of the Equality Authority in relation to an initial decision of his Department to refuse payment to a homosexual man caring for an ill partner; and the reason this does not constitute a precedent. [37772/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (14 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the contents of this letter; and if a response will be forthcoming. [37381/06]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 395: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on criticisms made at the recent budgetary perspectives conference organised by the ESRI that the present system of combating child poverty and the lack of control exercised in paying disability payments are failures of the budgetary system here. [33192/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (14 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform make a statement to the House with a debate to follow on the resignation of Judge Brian Curtin and that the terms of reference of the Committee on Article 35.4.1° of the Constitution and Section 39 of the Courts of Justice Act...

Order of Business (14 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: On secondary legislation, has the Government any plans to introduce the necessary regulations under the most recent Local Government Act, to allow the establishment of new town councils? Will he accept that the failure to do so to date is causing difficulties with boundary revisions, as between county councils and borough councils?

Social Welfare Benefits. (14 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: Does the Minister accept the figures, as presented to Members of this House by the Carers' Association, which show that while 15,000 people are in receipt of the carer's benefit, 125,000 people are involved in caring in this country? Some 50% of carers are over 60. The impediments that prevent people from obtaining carers benefits include means-testing or already being in receipt of other...

Homeless Persons. (14 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has responded, or intends to respond, to the Make Room campaign (details supplied) to end homelessness by 2010; and if he will respond to critiques made of programmes run by his Department that are meant to assist those who are homeless and in general seeking access to housing. [37771/06]

Homeless Persons. (14 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: Given that the Minister has concentrated on one narrow aspect of the Make Room campaign, will he comment on the overall aim of this campaign which comprises four respected national organisations, namely, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Threshold, the Simon Community and Focus Ireland? The basis of this campaign is a political goal to end homelessness in Ireland by 2010. I can accept the...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (9 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the claim made by the chief executive of Merchants Quay Ireland that the national drugs strategy is failing. [36889/06]

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (9 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department will be involved in sourcing alternative economic activity for coastal communities in view of the Government's decision to ban the drift net fishing of salmon. [36890/06]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (9 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the ongoing delay in deciding the citizenship naturalisation application of a person (details supplied). [37281/06]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (9 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the claim made by the chief executive of Merchant's Quay Ireland that the national drugs strategy is failing. [37286/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (9 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of urgent national importance, namely, that this House debate the current financial stability report of the Central Bank which claims that house prices in this country are being over-valued by 14%.

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (8 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 73: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the communications and meetings his Department have had recently with representatives of the newspaper industry in relation to the establishment of a producer responsibility recycling scheme (details supplied). [36687/06]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (8 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps his Department has taken to ensure cooperation with environmental agencies in Northern Ireland could be enhanced, in view of environmental NGO and OECD recommendations that, where possible, environmental issues should be dealt with by cross-Border mechanisms. [36688/06]

Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: This motion expresses an essential truth, namely that the Government has been negligent in anticipating the scale of the world energy crisis and has failed to devise policies to deal with its effects. Most particularly the Government has been negligent given that those who suffer most from these effects are those who have least. The ultimate responsibility for this indifference rests with a...

National Oil Reserves Agency Bill 2006: Report Stage (8 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: I accept what the Minister is saying on the inadvisability of placing further levies on biofuels. Is he satisfied that the Bill makes sufficient reference to biofuels and acknowledges the need to include them in national reserves? This is the purpose of the Bill. The Department must be aware that there is a proposal for a new private biodiesel facility in Cork Harbour, which is to be in...

National Oil Reserves Agency Bill 2006: Report Stage (8 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: I asked a specific question on a new development.

Order of Business (8 Nov 2006)

Dan Boyle: The Child Care (Amendment) Bill, which I understand has been taken in the Seanad, is legislation that allows for partial reform of the adoption process on foot of the Hague convention on children. Is the Bill likely to come before the House in this session?