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Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (2 Mar 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her approval has been sought from a company (details supplied) for the proposed sale of the site of the Carlow plant which is to close on 11 March 2005; if she intends to give her approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6957/05]

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (2 Mar 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the consequences she foresees for the sugar industry and agriculture here arising from the recent sugar factory closure in Carlow; if she has had discussions with the farm organisations in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6958/05]

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Brendan Howlin: In the light of another potentially calamitous situation surfacing in Letterkenny, will the Taoiseach say when the work permits Bill will be brought before the House? I understand from the line Minister that other legislation will take precedence. Does the Taoiseach accept that the issue needs to be urgently addressed, and that lives are risk if it is not?

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I understand another Bill will jump ahead of it. The Taoiseach might talk to the line Minister about the matter.

Leaders' Questions. (2 Mar 2005)

Brendan Howlin: It is Alice in Wonderland stuff.

Written Answers — United Nations Reform: United Nations Reform (1 Mar 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will clarify recent comments attributed to him (details supplied) that he has been informed by senior figures in Brussels that the UN intends to introduce reforms that may lead to the speedier agreements of UN Security Council resolutions in crisis situations; the details of the reforms of which he has been informed; the persons who informed...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when persons in receipt of social welfare payments opt to change from book to direct bank payments, they lose a week's payment; the reason bank payments are made in arrears while book payments are made in advance; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the loss of a...

Written Answers — Enterprise Strategy Group: Enterprise Strategy Group (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received the report of the high level group to consider the implications of the report of the enterprise strategy group and the best manner of implementing its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6142/05]

Written Answers — Personal Injuries Assessment Board: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the implications for the work of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board of the decision of the High Court of 25 January 2005 upholding the right of clients to deal with the board through their legal representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6143/05]

Live Register. (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: It is funded by the taxpayer.

Job Losses. (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: We are all listening.

Job Losses. (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Was the Minister on his way to north Kildare?

Job Losses. (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: What the Minister says is correct but, as Deputy Hogan pointed out, it is all very general. The loss of 200 jobs at APW Tallaght is part of the attrition of jobs from the low and semi-skilled sector in the economy. This is the real issue. Is the Minister aware that a large number of such jobs in the sector are hanging on by their fingertips? How is the Minister actively identifying those...

Job Losses. (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Are there mechanisms in place to identify them? Do they go to the Minister or is it vice versa?

Work Permits. (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Unlike Deputy Morgan, I was quite alarmed by the Minister's response. The Tánaiste made a clear declaration to the House when she was in the Minister's Department she would bring in this legislation to effect a transfer of the work permit from the employer to the employee. It is years since that commitment was made but it is still a matter of debate. Does the Minister agree there is an...

Work Permits. (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: What is in the Bill?

Work Permits. (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Could it be either one of them?

Prices Acts. (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Has the Minister read the IMO submission?

Prices Acts. (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister should read the IMO submission.

Prices Acts. (24 Feb 2005)

Brendan Howlin: This first came to light in response to a parliamentary question I tabled. The Tánaiste announced this with great fanfare more than a year and a half ago and it was to be implemented in weeks. Following a meeting with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, an IMO spokesperson said that Department officials had pointed out logistical problems, which I have now heard rehashed. It...