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Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: It is proposed to guillotine this short Finance Bill, which is virtually impossible to amend, even though it will probably not need any guillotine. Enough time has been made available to deal with this Bill in its entirety without a guillotine. The application of a guillotine as a kind of safeguard is certainly not what guillotines are intended for during the normal parliamentary process.

Order of Business (27 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: The Minister for Transport, Deputy Dempsey, was flying a kite.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (26 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will include the statutory provision of a passengers champion within the structure of the new Dublin Transport Authority/National Transport Regulator to make sure that commuters' concerns in all modes of public transport including bus, rail, LUAS and taxis are at the heart of the system of transport regulation; the way passengers and...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (26 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will appoint a new chairman for the Dublin Port Company; if he is considering internal and external candidates for the role; the criteria which has been laid down to select a suitable candidate for the job in view of the challenges facing Dublin and all of the national ports at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (26 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 6 May 2009, if there has been further progress in resolving the issue of inter-country adoption with Vietnam; if she remains committed to her Minister of State for Children travelling to Vietnam to resolve and conclude a further bilateral agreement; and when this will occur. [21744/09]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (26 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 442: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the caretaker of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare is retiring at the end of the 2008-09 school year; the arrangements in place to enable the appointment of a new caretaker in view of the recruitment ban; and if he will ensure that the school can re-open in September 2009....

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (26 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 453: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of places for pupils intending to commence secondary education in a school (details supplied) in County Offaly, in particular, pupils from north west Kildare; the action he will take to rectify this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21411/09]

Leaders' Questions (26 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: The Deputy should withdraw that.

Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Is that a point of order?

Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: It is not an abuse of the House.

Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: The people affected did not believe so.

Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: The Deputy is out of order.

Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: I welcome the publication of the Bill to regulate management companies but I am disappointed that it will not outlaw management companies for single-unit standard housing or cover the abolition of existing management companies of this kind. Is it the Government's intention to deal with this in a separate Bill? The problem to which I refer is one of the greatest we have had, and we have been...

Order of Business (26 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: I thank the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (21 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the value for money assessments that have been carried out on the National Treatment Purchase Fund; if comparisons have been made with the cost-effectiveness of making more use of public hospital facilities and equipment as against referring patients through the NTPF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20488/09]

Written Answers — Drug Rehabilitation Programmes: Drug Rehabilitation Programmes (21 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has had regarding the provision of detox facilities for drug addicts who wish to detox their bodies in order to participate in a drugs rehabilitation programme; if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of such facilities in the country and the difficulties that arise for those who want to give up addictive...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (21 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects the nursing home Bill to be operational; if funding is ring-fenced for the later part of 2009 to implement the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20482/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 231: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No 441 of 12 May 2009, if the outstanding document has been received; and if the letter of acceptance has issued. [20842/09]

Leaders' Questions (20 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Where did they get the money?

Order of Business (20 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Was the proposed legislation by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on management companies brought before the Cabinet yesterday, as the Taoiseach indicated last week? If so, when will the legislation come before the House? I know the Taoiseach appreciates the urgency of this matter. I may be crossing the line into the content of the Bill with my next question. Will the...