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Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (6 Dec 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will promote direct flights between Moscow and Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25601/07]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (6 Dec 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is aware of any plans by Aer Lingus to either dispose of or lease Heathrow slots to US airlines, or alternatively, if the airline has itself plans to open a base in a US city to capitalise on its Heathrow slots under Open Skies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25642/07]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (5 Dec 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Transport the Government plans in place to improve transport access to Shannon Airport; when such plans will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25643/07]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (5 Dec 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Transport the efforts being made by Government or agency level to ensure Shannon Airport attracts US airlines seeking EU destinations under Open Skies; if he will ensure the airport is in a position to compete with other EU airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25562/07]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (5 Dec 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 263: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to reduce the waste tonnage for members of Repak to ten tonnes to ensure more major producers could comply with Repak in view of the fact that to be a member of Repak a major producer must have an annual turnover of €1 million and produce in excess of 24 tonnes of waste; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (4 Dec 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on maintaining the disability allowance at 30% of the average industrial wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32269/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (4 Dec 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on increasing the limits for earned income for those on disability allowance; if there are proposals in place to change this limit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32270/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Dec 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 200: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether there is a case for extending Section 847A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to broaden the scope of the sports related projects that qualify for this tax relief in order to encourage increased investment in Irish sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31574/07]

Written Answers — Parking Facilities: Parking Facilities (4 Dec 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 310: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to make parking facilities for bicycles users at Luas stations more secure in view of the fact that numerous bicycles are stolen every week at Luas stops from users of public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32438/07]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Appeals: Defence Forces Appeals (4 Dec 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 504: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will review an appeal by a person (details supplied) and make a favourable decision on that appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31969/07]

Written Answers — National Stadium: National Stadium (29 Nov 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the project management and design teams for the National Sports Campus have been appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31687/07]

Arts Plan. (29 Nov 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on the status and future of the ACCESS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31684/07]

Arts Plan. (29 Nov 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Nobody can deny the capital funding that has been available to the arts in the past ten years and in the local authority of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown there are now two major theatres where there was none ten years ago. They are representative of the proliferation of facilities that has generated a need for further programmes if we are to get value for money from the ACCESS programme. There...

Arts Plan. (29 Nov 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: There is a suggestion that the Arts Council will only fund facilities where the local authority provides matching funding. I think it unfair that facilities would have to draw down money from local authorities that, after all, do not have a statutory function in this regard. Is this the policy and what is the Minister's view on this?

Arts Plan. (29 Nov 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: I understand but I heard it suggested that may be the case in the future.

Tourism Industry. (29 Nov 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the potential loss of tourism opportunities as a result of the planned termination of the Dublin-Dubai flight by Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31685/07]

Tourism Industry. (29 Nov 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Past success is no guarantee of future performance and we must always be on our guard. The Minister mentioned that there may be a benefit in Aer Lingus's decision in terms of further developing the United States market. However, putting all one's eggs in one basket is not a sensible approach. Moreover, that was never the intention. Aer Lingus deliberately set out to grow the United States...

Tourism Industry. (29 Nov 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: I recognise that these are commercial decisions. However, this State is making a huge commercial decision in spending hundreds of millions of euro under the national development plan on international tourism. There must be some coherence between the money we are spending and, on the one hand, the markets in which it is spent and, on the other, the destinations available to us.

Tourism Industry. (29 Nov 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: However, the growing market is Asia.

Film Industry Development. (29 Nov 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if his attention has been drawn to the now critical disadvantage suffered by the Irish film industry [i]vis-À-vis[/i] other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31686/07]