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Waste Management (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: Can the Minister of State confirm that his agencies take the view that the Minister's policy in this area is damaging to our cost base and prevents the development of opportunities? Does he accept that the NCC report indicates that we are not only the most expensive of the benchmarked countries but are also twice as expensive as Scotland, a country with comparable population? Is he aware...

Waste Management (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: Is the Minister of State aware that the NCC has pointed out the need for a process of implementation of the competitiveness agenda? In this important area, both Forfás and the NCC have confirmed that the Government is pursuing a policy that is absolutely perverse. Who in Government is taking responsibility for delivering change in light of the cost in jobs and opportunities? Clarity is...

Waste Management (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: The structure of the landfill levy was described by the Minister of State's agencies as perverse. The Minister of State should read the documents.

Waste Management (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: The Government is not pursuing the hierarchy of waste.

Waste Management (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: The Minister of State should read the report because he got it wrong.

Waste Management (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: The NCC sought a cross-departmental procedure for implementing change in this area but the Government has long refused to act. Does the Minister of State believe it is time to introduce a procedure for implementing these changes and, if so, what action will he take to promote it?

Waste Management (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: If it is meaningless, he is all for it.

Employment Rights (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: If a person is deemed to have a scarce skill that is needed in this country, why does the Minister not allow that person to change employer during the currency of his permit and in respect of the skill for which the permit was granted? I do not refer to the extension of the permit but to moving employer during the currency of the permit. Has the Minister of State considered this? It is an...

Departmental Strategy Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation if he is satisfied with the effectiveness of the strategy pursued by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36682/10]

Departmental Strategy Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister for his reply, which, incidentally, talked all about the future and did not address the success of his Department. My difficulty with the Department is that it and the Minister make commitments and then simply ignore them. The Department's strategy statement stated that it would deliver 62 targets in 2009 and it only delivered on 24, including the ones on which it was...

Departmental Strategy Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: Why is the Department consistently failing to deliver the targets it sets for itself? I want to ask the Minister, Deputy Batt O'Keeffe, specifically about his target of taking €500 million off compliance costs for business. We are half way through that programme and the Department has delivered 4%; it is 96% off target. The Minister has failed to deal with the National Competitiveness...

Departmental Strategy Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: Pull the other one. That is completely nonsense.

Departmental Strategy Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: The Minister is 50% off on the Department's export sales target for last year. He is 50% off on the Department's employment target for last year. He is off on the Department's trade performance target for last year, its business costs and its commitment on competitiveness. He is off on every one of them, and then he expects us to believe him when he states he will create 300,000 jobs,...

Departmental Strategy Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: I am asking the Minister about his Department's performance last year, which he reported to the Oireachtas, and he is not willing to answer for his failures.

Departmental Strategy Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: Not if the Minister ignores the question.

Departmental Strategy Statements (13 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle will note that the Minister does not answer any of the questions that are his responsibility, about which the question was addressed.

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (12 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will request the US Secretary of State and her Northern Ireland envoy (details supplied) to promote the Border region as a location for the new foreign direct investment at the Northern Ireland enterprise conference that she will host in Washington on 19 October 2010; to acknowledge the importance of foreign direct investment in...

Written Answers — Millennium Development Goals: Millennium Development Goals (12 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his visit to the United Nations in relation to the review of the millennium goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36013/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (12 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 407: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made regarding the payment of a Christmas bonus to social welfare recipients in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35780/10]

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (7 Oct 2010)

Richard Bruton: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the minimum wages that apply in younger age categories and in training positions and the number of persons working at those rates [35594/10]