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Written Answers — Health Levy: Health Levy (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in view of the health levy, the yield per annum for this levy for the years 2002 to 2005, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4534/06]

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the yield per annum for each rate of PRSI for the years 2002 to 2005, inclusive; the employee exemption limits for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4519/06]

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I would like to raise No. 67, the judicial council Bill, which is to provide effective remedies for complaints about misbehaviour, including lay participation in the investigation of complaints. When are we likely to see that Bill published? It is scheduled for the middle of 2006. Is it intended that the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005 be retrospective? The Minister for...

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: This is very important.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I know of that tradition, but there is complete confusion. I am asking the Taoiseach a question.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I want to know this. The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources has said in a letter that a small group of fishermen has deliberately flouted the law and made substantial sums.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I will accept the rulings of the Chair.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: My question is whether this Bill will deal with that matter.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: The committee refused to discuss the Bill until the contents had been discussed.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I want to know if the Minister's Bill is attempting to deal with something retrospectively.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: He said that a small number of fishermen deliberately flout the law and make substantial sums. He has set the entire coastal community——

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: The committee has decided not to discuss the Bill until this matter has been dealt with. The chairman of the committee is a representative of the Fianna Fáil Party.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: He has been told by his Minister that a small number of fishermen have deliberately flouted the law and made substantial sums.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Far be it from me to argue with the Ceann Comhairle, but this is an important matter of great interest.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Last night I saw the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, return flushed from the deserts of Dubai. He was red-faced with embarrassment trying to answer questions on the nitrates directive. The Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Coughlan, is not here. She has abandoned the House, just as she has abandoned Irish farmers.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I want to know from the Taoiseach what the Minister, Deputy Roche, between closing down Sellafield and dealing with Wrigley's chewing gum, will do about Part 3 of the regulations, which he has withdrawn.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: This is the legislation on the implementation of the nitrates directive. It is SI 788 of 2005. These are the regulations being implemented by the Government.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: They do not take into account the scientific evidence provided by Teagasc, which makes us proud by telling us that we have the cleanest water in Europe. However, the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Deputy Coughlan, abandoned it to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, who has no regard whatsoever for agri-economics or the confusion that he will now...

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: I want to know from the Taoiseach what will now happen to Part 3 of the regulations, which he has withdrawn, and whether the Government intends to withdraw the statutory instrument entirely and reintroduce it to the House in a fashion that can be implemented.

Social Partnership. (8 Feb 2006)

Enda Kenny: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach when he will next meet the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39747/05]