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Order of Business (23 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about legislation in section C of the legislative programme, the human tissue Bill. Will this proposed legislation incorporate the main thrust of a Private Members' Bill that came before the Seanad, the Human Body Organs and Human Tissue Bill? It is a question of life-saving measures and the issue of whether the presumed consent regime would apply to organ...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (16 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 is entitled to in a pension on retirement at the age of 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7718/10]

Ireland's Role in Europe. (16 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will establish an all party task force to implement the recommendations of the Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7582/10]

Ireland's Role in Europe. (16 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: I thank the Minister for his reply. It is important that we send a message to the people of Ireland, the electorate, that Europe is not just about referenda or treaties and that the role of Ireland in Europe is much more than that. I appreciate the Minister's point on the role of the committees. There is an important role for the committees but there is a possibility that much talking can...

Ireland's Role in Europe. (16 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: I agree with what the Minister said, but this is not just a question of dealing with legislation and legislative proposals coming from the European Union. It is fair to say that both the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny and the Joint Committee on European Affairs have a large workload. We meet with both committees almost every week, which is unusual. Most committees do not meet as...

Written Answers — Organ Transplants: Organ Transplants (11 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an organ donor opt-out, as opposed to opt-in, scheme is being introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6964/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (11 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has commissioned reports or studies to look at the long-term health consequences of the decision to abolish the PRSI scheme for dental, optical and aural treatments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6963/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking to reduce the waiting time for medical card applications; if the Health Service Executive will temporarily employ those without work or incorporate a FÁS scheme to use the skills of those on unemployment benefit to clear the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7445/10]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants available to assist in funding the cost of installing a lift or hoist for disabled access to a swimming pool in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7439/10]

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (10 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will amend the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 to allow local authorities more flexibility in the way they deal with parking issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6491/10]

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (10 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received representations in the past five years from Dublin City Council to make parking regulations more flexible; the measures he has introduced as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6490/10]

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: On the issue of the incinerator in Poolbeg-----

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: It is on Government policy and is the exact same issue raised by my party's leader and Deputy Gilmore. The Government has a responsibility to clarify to the House whether there has been an official change-----

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: -----in Government policy. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, claimed the other night that he wrote letters to the Dublin city manager which constituted a change to Government policy. Will the Taoiseach clarify to the House whether writing letters to a city manager is the equivalent of changing Government policy?

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: The incinerator will be long built by then.

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: I wish to ask about the heads of a Bill, which were agreed, in regard to a directly elected mayor of Dublin. Will the Taoiseach share with the House some further information on this legislation? It is reported extensively in the newspapers today that the new directly elected mayor of Dublin will receive a salary of €200,000 per annum. Will Taoiseach confirm that? Presumably, extensive...

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: This is promised legislation and I want to ask a relevant question about it.

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: The directly elected mayor will allegedly have no budget, no revenue raising powers and no powers in regard to policing law and order in the city.

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: What is proposed is a toothless mayor.

Order of Business (10 Feb 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: When is the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government likely to publish a White Paper on this in order that we, on the Opposition benches, will have an opportunity to scrutinise it? Is it envisaged at any point in the future, or via this legislation, that the Government will introduce directly elected mayors for other cities?