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- Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: What about the question?
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the mechanism he will use to achieve the 3% reduction in payroll costs for his Department as announced in July 2008; the areas, sections or agencies that will be affected by the reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33513/08]
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (7 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number and location of dedicated cocaine addiction workers employed by the local drugs task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33498/08]
- Departmental Agencies. (7 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: I will be brief. The Taoiseach's statement is very interesting and I agree with every word but he did not address my question. My question is whether the Taoiseach will consider changing the rules so that Ministers who have these agencies under their remit will answer to the representatives of the public who are waiting for and needing services and who are getting them in many cases.
- Departmental Agencies. (7 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: The answer is "No" then.
- Departmental Agencies. (7 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: Regarding the review the Taoiseach said is to be undertaken, will that deal only with the abolition of some quangos and the merger of others? Does he agree that it should also take into account the democratic deficit created by the quangos themselves, by the fact that we transferred power out of this House to such agencies? The Ministers under whose remit these operate no longer have power...
- Departmental Agencies. (7 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: He should reply in respect of his own Department.
- Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (2 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the criticism made in the annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding the fact that more than 200 Garda vehicles, purchased in 2006 at a cost of â¬3.8 million, were not put into service until 2008; if changes are planned to purchasing or commissioning procedures to...
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (2 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the 50% increase, from â¬100 to â¬150, in the cost of registering with the border and immigration authorities for most of those from outside the EEA; if he will confirm that this is an annual charge; if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by immigration and educational groups about the...
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: Has the Attorney General given the Government the clarification it was waiting for?
- Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: He must have acted on what was said in this House.
- Road Safety. (1 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the new Danish road safety camera initiative; if he has been briefed by the Road Safety Authority on the new Danish programme; the position regarding the roll-out of the national speed camera network; when tendering documents will be signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32527/08]
- Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (1 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: On a point of clarity, are we taking Report and Final Stages within this time slot?
- Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2008)
Emmet Stagg: How do we know if we do not know the amount of the guarantee?
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (30 Sep 2008)
Emmet Stagg: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the EU proposals to control the sale of vitamins and other health supplements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32175/08]
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (30 Sep 2008)
Emmet Stagg: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of mental health properties that have been sold; the funds available as a result of such sales for the development of mental health services; the discussions she has had regarding the effects of a downturn in the construction industry on the sale of such sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32176/08]
- Business of Dáil: Motion (30 Sep 2008)
Emmet Stagg: I accept the Government Whip's office is not to blame in this matter. The Government Whip has been in communication with the Opposition Whips all day. However, I have been in the House a long time and I have been a Whip for a long time, but I have never witnessed the sort of chaos we saw today. This is a most serious issue. We have often warned of the dangers of rushed legislationââ
- Business of Dáil: Motion (30 Sep 2008)
Emmet Stagg: ââand it seems we will get a Bill after four missed deadlines.
- Business of Dáil: Motion (30 Sep 2008)
Emmet Stagg: After four missed deadlines today we will get a cobbled together piece of legislation when we know, from what we were told during the day, that the original intention was to have four or five pieces of legislation. There are serious dangers in this for Ireland Incorporated and its citizens. It is with deep regret that I am witnessing that in this House. The way this has been handled...
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2008)
Emmet Stagg: We know all that.