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Written Answers — Naval Service Vessels: Naval Service Vessels (6 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Defence the position in regard to the refurbishment programme for the [i]Creidne[/i]; if he will confirm that the vessel will be available in May 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17779/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (6 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the actions she will take to resolve the issue of inter-country adoption with Vietnam; her views on visiting the country herself to resolve issues which remain outstanding. [18402/09]

Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: In the past ten years, the Government has pursued a Thatcherite policy of establishing quangos for all sorts of purposes that were previously within the remit of the Dáil and the Ministers serving in it. Each quango has a chief executive officer, chairman, board and, usually, a public relations officer at a considerable cost to the Exchequer. Quangos remove authority from this elected...

Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: The Government has promised to introduce legislation this parliamentary session to abolish quangos, but the only thing that has happened so far is that the Equality Authority has been starved of funding. It has been effectively abolished because it has not received enough funding to act properly.

Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: When will the legislation be introduced and will there be several Bills to deal with the approximately 600 quangos? What Ministers will introduce the Bills? Will it be all of those with quangos under their remits or will just one Minister handle it all?

Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: I will ask a short supplementary question. Is it intended that, as well as abolishing some of the authorities, the other bodies will be returned to the remit of the Dáil and the Ministers who serve here?

Order of Business (6 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: The Minister for Finance is on record as saying that a quango is no way to rule. I presume that he will be bringing back a few.

Leaders' Questions (6 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: That is not true.

Leaders' Questions (6 May 2009)

Emmet Stagg: If he tells the whole story, we will listen.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has identified the reasons some social welfare offices have excessively high waiting periods; and if she will outline her findings. [16983/09]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to ensure that the qualifying criteria for mortgage interest supplement are altered to ensure that they do not discourage people from moving from welfare to work. [16985/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (30 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in issuing a refund of tax for the years 2006 and 2007 to a person (details supplied). [17216/09]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (29 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the combined substance misuse policy agreed by the Government at its meeting on 31 March 2009. [16732/09]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (29 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals to eliminate wasteful spending in regard to the implementation of the provisions of the Official Languages Act, 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16748/09]

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: On a point of order, as there is no facility in place to record an abstention, the Labour Party wishes to have recorded that it is abstaining on the motion.

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: There is a better way.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 447 of 24 March 2009, when funding will be decided upon in regard to the day placement of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [16369/09]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a response will issue to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 31 March 2009. [16370/09]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (28 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the controls which will be put in place, when the Kildare ambulance control centre is closed on 31 August 2009, to ensure that ambulances designated to cover Kildare on stand-by will not be rerouted by the central control centre to deal with requests in Dublin. [16371/09]

Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (23 Apr 2009)

Emmet Stagg: I wish to share my time with Deputy Gilmore.