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Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (26 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the level of payment of the €200 non-principal private residence charge to local authorities under the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009; if his Department is taking any responsibility for pursuing defaulters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3589/10]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (26 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 515: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of the 15,400 jobs announced on 2 December 2009 that are in the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3443/10]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (21 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 36: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his policy on incineration in waste management has been changed in view of the High Court's ruling on the 21 December 2009 that Dublin City Council's decision to change the capital's waste collection system is invalid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2475/10]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (21 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the co-ordination, support or extra funding that will be provided by his Department to local authorities suffering from water shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2476/10]

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (20 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the Irish Defence Force participation in MINURCAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2068/10]

Defence Forces Deployment. (20 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 119: To ask the Minister for Defence the support or aid provided by the Defence Forces to local or national authorities during the recent adverse weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2067/10]

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: I would like to ask the Taoiseach whether any of the promised legislation under the aegis of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government proposes to review the extent to which local authorities are accountable for the water crisis we have seen, particularly in Dublin city but also in other parts of the country, over the past two weeks. It is a pretty serious situation.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Home owners, families and businesses in the capital city are unable to function.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: Those who run a major hotel in my constituency threatened to close the hotel two days ago because the water supply had been cut off without warning. There is no accountability.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: The Ceann Comhairle refused to allow this matter to be discussed on the Adjournment or to be raised as a Private Notice Question.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: I do not know where else I can turn, other than to the Taoiseach on the Order of Business.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: I would appreciate some information from the Taoiseach on whether there is any possibility of some kind of accountability being introduced in this regard.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: This is a national problem.

Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: The Ceann Comhairle refused to accept my Adjournment notice yesterday.

European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Jan 2010)

Lucinda Creighton: I echo the point made by Deputy Timmins regarding the deployment of a European Union battle group in Haiti. The Deputy always talks sense and this is an excellent and logical suggestion which the Government and the Commission should put forward via the Council. We must ensure we have the maximum impact in terms of saving lives and reducing the humanitarian disaster occurring in that...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (15 Dec 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical card renewal will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [46767/09]

Overseas Development Aid. (15 Dec 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the areas in which the cuts in overseas development aid, announced in Budget 2010, will be made. [47141/09]

Overseas Development Aid. (15 Dec 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: The Minister of State's portrayal of these further budget cuts concerning ODA is interesting, as is the portrayal contained in the budget summary itself. It seems that the goalposts are shifting. The original stated ODA target of 0.7% of GNP-----

Overseas Development Aid. (15 Dec 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: The stated target was to be reached by 2012. There has not been any stated shift in Government policy, but it seems to have slipped into the budget summary very conveniently that the date has been changed to 2015. Can the Minister of State confirm that the target date to reach our national commitment, which has been renewed at least twice, has changed from 2012 to 2015?

Overseas Development Aid. (15 Dec 2009)

Lucinda Creighton: It strikes me that a commitment does not appear to be a commitment once it is an ambitious one. That seems to be the new slant from the Government. This is of concern because the Government is essentially taking away vital support for the most vulnerable - 1 billion people who are starving to death in developing countries. That is not to be done lightly. I want the Minister of State to...