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Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of meetings of the Food Agency Co-operation Council in 2004, 2005 and 2006; the number of times that its successor the high level group of CEOs has held meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8848/07]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that farmers are fully aware of the compliance rules under the nitrates directive. [8826/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Units: Departmental Units (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Finance when the central evaluation unit was set up within his Department; and if he will outline its exact role and terms of reference and its programme of work for the next twelve months. [9387/07]

Written Answers — Public Private Partnerships: Public Private Partnerships (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance the PPP spend under the National Development Plan 2000 to 2006; and the percentage this represented under the roads, water, public transport and waste management programmes. [9389/07]

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the increase in hospital beds in primary care centres and in community nursing facilities by end 2006 under the Health Strategy 2001. [9386/07]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Transport the spending under the roads programme of the National Development Plan 2000-2006; and the percentage of projects completed as measured in kilometres or other appropriate measures of physical completion on motorway projects on national primary road projects and on national secondary road projects as reportable to the monitoring committees....

Written Answers — Port Sector: Port Sector (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Transport the date when it was decided to review port capacity and develop a strategy for the future; and when it is expected that this will be published. [9383/07]

Written Answers — Port Sector: Port Sector (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Transport the additional capacity which has been added to Ireland's seven national ports in the past six years; and his estimate of available spare capacity in each of the ports at present. [9385/07]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 213: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of buses in the Dublin Bus fleet; the passenger capacity and passengers carried each year from 1999 to 2006; the number of DART carriages; the passenger capacity of the rolling stock and the passengers carried in each year from 1999 to 2006; the number of Dublin suburban rail carriages; the passenger capacity and the passengers...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of Luas carriages on each of the Luas lines; the passenger capacity of same; and the passenger carryings in each year since they opened. [9388/07]

Written Answers — Housing Statistics: Housing Statistics (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 289: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses built each year since 1997, distinguishing the number of one-off houses, detached, semi-detached, terraced houses, apartments and so on. [9340/07]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Question 290: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of projects commenced and completed under the special development zone powers of planning Acts to date. [9341/07]

Order of Business (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Another issue on which I ask the Tánaiste to comment is the Government's intention to sign up to the international treaties on human trafficking, another source of abuse of women's rights, a matter on which we have fallen behind and which seems to have slipped down our agenda. The health insurance situation seems to be getting "Curiouser and curiouser!", as in Alice in Wonderland, with Mr....

Order of Business (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: Legislation has most certainly been promised. The second issue concerns the obligations of insurers to contribute through existing arrangements to the costs of VHI. There is an unsatisfactory legal position which needs to be clarified urgently.

Order of Business (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy is doing so.

Order of Business (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: We should be grateful there will be no emergency legislation next week.

Order of Business (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: There might not be a quorum on the Government side. I will raise a serious issue. In the week we resume the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform proposes to hold a five-hour debate on Second Stage of a criminal justice Bill that is not even on the list. It is a major piece of legislation which will deal with the right to silence, detention, bail and sentencing. The...

Order of Business (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: While everyone wants an effective response to the issues thrown up by a series of killings and other gangland activity, there is a huge onus on the Dáil to consider the matters in a mature way, rather than rushing into 11th hour action. This Government said two or three years ago that the killing of certain individuals was a watershed and that things would have to change. Now, at five...

Order of Business (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: We must deal with this issue in a proper way and the Dáil needs to use time, either next week or another week, to deal with these issues.

Order of Business (8 Mar 2007)

Richard Bruton: As today is international day of women's rights, many will be amazed to see that an advertising campaign by Trócaire highlighting problems of abuse of women in certain countries is being pulled by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. It is important that the Tánaiste comments on this. It certainly seems an extraordinary level of political correctness.