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Written Answers — Sustainable Development Strategy: Sustainable Development Strategy (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 50: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to review the National Sustainable Development Policy published almost ten years ago; if so, if that review process will include setting clear goals and targets for all Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16651/06]

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: We have plenty to talk about. The Minister is never far from our minds. My party spokesperson at the time welcomed the idea that the Minister put forward proposals. It is still short of the proposals and targets we think can and should be met. Given the opportunity in Government, we would push harder to see those targets met. We are starting from far behind other countries which have at least...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Listening to the utterings of some of the Minister's colleagues, the Government's long-term plan is to stay in government with whomever they can and by whatever means.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Even the Green Party. If Fianna Fáil wants Government in perpetuity it should start listening to what we are saying. We will not participate in government unless the policies I and my colleagues articulate are followed, not as aspirations but as clear achievable goals.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: We live and learn.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Whenever I see the words "miscellaneous provisions" in a Bill, I become very wary because it tells me gaps must be plugged, holes must be filled and the collective backs of the promoting Department and the Minister concerned must be covered. When I see those words in an energy Bill, it tells me that such a Bill is needed because of the absence to date of an energy policy in this country. The...

Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Yesterday evening, the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in his contribution stated that in his experience the motion before him was the worst he had the pleasure of having to respond to in this House. The Government's amendment to this motion happens to be the worst I have had the pleasure of having to witness in my short time in the House. The amendment is nothing...

Order of Business. (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Does the Tánaiste accept that it is the depth of the Freedom of Information Act that the House needs to debate rather than referring it to committee? The committee already has had considerable discussions with the Information Commissioner who has expressed her concerns about the operation of the Act. The Council of Europe has indicated fees for freedom of information requests are...

Order of Business. (4 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: I asked questions to which the Tánaiste has not responded on the concerns of the Information Commissioner and the opinion of the Council of Europe that fees charged under the freedom of information regime are undemocratic.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (3 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Transport if, under the conditions set out by An Bord Pleanála for the widening and upgrade of the M50, a demand management plan for the motorway will have to be presented within three years of the completion of the first phase of the M50 upgrade; the analysis which has been done on such demand management systems to date; and the account which is being...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (3 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport when the new Dublin Transport Authority will be in operation; the responsibilities of the proposed agency; the staffing and funding structure for the agency; and the powers the authority will have in its dealings with both public and private transport operators and the Dublin Transport Office and the local authorities in the greater Dublin area....

Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: In the light of press reports that proposals are being made to change the name of the Comhairle organisation and give it an English title, will the Taoiseach indicate the status of the Comhairle Bill, Second Stage of which the House has taken? Will that Bill be removed and a replacement Bill introduced?

Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: That was not my question. If there is a proposal to change the name of the Comhairle organisation, will a new Bill be put before the House?

Order of Business. (3 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Did the chairman of the organisation say the title was being changed?

Departmental Bodies. (3 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: We have never opposed social housing.

Written Answers — Traveller Community: Traveller Community (27 Apr 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action that has been taken in response to the recent recommendation of the high level group on Traveller issues (details supplied) calling for the immediate development of a Traveller data collection strategy which would supply policy makers and service providers with the means of assessing need and planning for the...

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (27 Apr 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of his recent suggestion that gardaí carry cameras at all times to photograph criminal suspects, his attention has been drawn to another police force that practices this; his views on whether this practice may serve to further weaken the relationship between the Garda Síochána and the communities it serves;...

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (27 Apr 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Transport if the photographic identification policies of certain aviation companies may represent a restraint of trade; and if companies have been or are being examined for such practices. [15890/06]

Written Answers — Refugee Legal Services: Refugee Legal Services (27 Apr 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which the decision not to make a European Refugee Fund allocation in 2006 to the NASC organisation in Cork was arrived at; and when applications to other parts of the country were agreed to. [15881/06]

Written Answers — Refugee Legal Services: Refugee Legal Services (27 Apr 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the persons who partake in the independent committee that makes recommendations relating to the European Refugee Fund. [15882/06]