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Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: I take this opportunity to wish the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and everyone in Leinster House a happy Christmas. I also wish everyone well in the new year. Some of the Minister's comments, in at least part of his speech, were designed specifically to try to enliven the debate. There could be no other reason because some of it bordered on the nonsensical. During his budget speech last week, the...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: There is no evidence whatsoever.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Although the Minister has turned his face against it again, Members have suggested many times that taxes and incentivisation are crucial areas. However, he has completely omitted them.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: That is correct. The debate should adjourn.

Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: The Foyle Fisheries Act 1952 was both innovative and progressive. Despite British occupation of part of our country, the commission helped small isolated communities to protect and develop the natural resource of wild salmon. Much good work was done by the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission, notwithstanding its poor record on discrimination. The Foyle, Carlingford and Irish...

Order of Business (13 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: A Cheann Comhairle, as you and I will not encounter each other for the rest of this year, to our mutual relief probably, I wish you and everybody about the place a happy Christmas. In 2005, 88 people were killed at work in Ireland, 73 of them here in the South and 15 in the North. There were only 40 prosecutions brought against employers resulting in fines averaging €7,000 — clearly,...

Order of Business (13 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: My goodness.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (12 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 525: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the Bills he expects to publish before the end of 2006; and thereafter the Bills he expects to publish before the general election. [42650/06]

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (12 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the anomalous situation contained in the Building Control Bill 2005 as amended at committee stage whereby persons who receive the qualification MRIAI after the Bill comes into force will be recognised in Europe but not here and persons who do not hold that qualification...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (12 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 173: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by the Irish Wheelchair Association and Disability Federation of Ireland on the Building Control Bill 2005 with specific reference to the amendments they have proposed on the Bill; if he will take these amendments into account and incorporate their...

Written Answers — Ministerial Taskforces: Ministerial Taskforces (12 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will establish the Task-Force on Bio-Energy to develop an integrated national policy on the area of energy efficiency as he has outlined in a reply to a previous parliamentary question; and if this Task-Force on Bio-Energy will have an all-Ireland dimension to it. [42632/06]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (12 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 366: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Bills he expects to publish before the end of 2006; and thereafter the Bills he expects to publish before the general election. [42509/06]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (12 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 370: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the application under highly qualified and skilled category and subsequent appeal for a work permit for a person (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that their employer has attempted to employ local or EEA national labour through FÁS and other media outlets...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (12 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 372: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits that have been issued in each of the past five years to non-EEA nationals for chefs. [42948/06]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding for adequate education facilities will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Louth where there are 206 children enrolled in premises designed for approximately half this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42272/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (12 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the guidelines for local authorities on the taking over of housing estates based on the Local Government Act 2001 will be published by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42286/06]

Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (12 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: I welcome the thrust and intention of the Bill. We all want achievement of its objectives because we know that visual appearance is extremely important, not just on high streets, but also industrial centres in urban and rural areas. The Bill seeks to bring together people to efficiently and effectively produce a plan to enhance their area beyond a point which would be reasonable for public...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (12 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Government to take heed of the survey published by the Irish Traveller Movement which found that most Travellers wish to be nomadic for some part of the year; whether the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government believes that nomadism is an integral...

Water and Sewerage Schemes. (12 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: Does the Minister accept that the increase in these charges, from 80 cent to €1.55 in Louth as outlined earlier, will have a substantial, adverse effect on the competitiveness of businesses in those areas and seriously damage the economy?

Departmental Staff. (12 Dec 2006)

Arthur Morgan: I have two offices.