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Written Answers — Landing Rights: Landing Rights (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it is intended that there will be changes to the existing regime and operation of US military flights which stop over at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18045/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on amending the proposed legislation on stamp duty and to back date the tax rebate for first-time buyers to 6 December 2006 when stamp duty changes were ruled out causing many buyers to proceed to purchase their homes and now fail to qualify for the new relief. [18539/07]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will grant medical cards to sufferers of post polio syndrome in view of the fact that it is a serious and costly condition for this limited number of sufferers. [18540/07]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his views on the introduction of a financial support scheme for the rail freight sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18490/07]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the Government's policy on supporting rail freight; and if his Department will be including the Green Party's manifesto commitment to introduce a rail freight subsidy on a per tonne basis for materials that are transferred from existing road freight onto rail fright as part of the Programme for Government. [18512/07]

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Did they not give the Minister one?

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: We will be collecting.

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: I too wish the Minister well in his new position. He has had a tough beginning and it is undoubtedly very embarrassing for him to take charge of delivering an incinerator to which he was so vociferously opposed in the past.

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: I have heard him speak in this Chamber many times about how incineration would discourage recycling and be a source of possibly harmful emissions. The Green Party previously refused even to accept the role of incineration as set out in the EU hierarchy. Nor did it accept the notion that there is any energy saving in terms of the waste to energy function of incineration. Whatever about past...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (28 Jun 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine when the feasibility study on a Luas to Rathfarnham will commence; the timespan for this study. [18049/07]

Taxi Regulations. (28 Jun 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: In addition to the number of wheelchair-accessible taxis, there is a need for a dedicated taxi service. There are a number of such services, such as Vantastic and accompanied community taxi services, which get grants from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform under the equality heading. These services are very anxious to become mainstream and come under the transport brief....

Light Rail Project. (28 Jun 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: My main concern and the reason I raised this issue is because of the arguments between the RPA and CIE about the use of Broadstone, which the Minister may have seen and which I am sure he has heard about. Again, it highlights the need for a Dublin transportation authority to knock their heads together. It is outrageous that providers of services that are meant to integrate at Broadstone...

Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Will the Dublin Transportation Office be a subset within the Dublin transport authority? The programme for Government contains plans for integrated transport plans for the gateways and hub towns in the national spatial strategy. Will this come under the remit of a transport regulator? Is it too early to say how this will pan out?

Public Transport. (28 Jun 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: A budget was to be provided for a feasibility study on the extension of the Luas line to Rathfarnham. Has any progress been made on this study, which was to commence in April?

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: It has a name. It is called the M3.

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage (28 Jun 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: For whatever reason.

Rail Services. (28 Jun 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he is satisfied with the progress made to date in joining up the existing two Luas lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18285/07]

Rail Services. (28 Jun 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: This relatively simple project to join the red and the green Luas lines, never mind going on to Liffey junction, highlights the difficulties in making any sort of progress with this particular route. It demonstrates the lack of any kind of a body in Dublin to co-ordinate decisions and ensure they are made. The urgency of this cannot be overstated. Earlier, my colleague spoke about people...

Rail Services. (28 Jun 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: I would very much welcome it if we could get that legislation enacted and make the DTA a body with teeth. As the Minister correctly states, we are consulting outside agencies. There should be no outside agencies, rather a single agency to drive this ahead. The consultation must take place but it has been ongoing since 2005. It is time for it to stop.

State Airports. (28 Jun 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his views on the long-term development of the State airports sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18286/07]