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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Turbary Rights (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I am one of those people.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Turbary Rights (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: That is on the bogs the Minister owns.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Turbary Rights (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: The RPS Group is appalled.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Turbary Rights (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Does the Minister want to talk to me, a criminal?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Turbary Rights (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Calling me a criminal does not help. An olive branch is long overdue.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Turbary Rights (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I am making great progress on my bog.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Turbary Rights (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 3. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regard to the three draft reports produced by his Department, his views on these reports; what he expects the outcome of this process will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4338/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Turbary Rights (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and I am delighted to be able to address this issue. I attempted to do so twice when the reports came out but it was not deemed important enough to be discussed in the Dáil. It is good that we can talk about it today. There is much talk about value for money in Ireland, as it is very important to people. When we consider the estimated €500 million...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Turbary Rights (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: I would really appreciate if the Minister did not, when asked a question, come to the Chamber and read verbatim from a script which he does not even understand. If the idea of the Habitats Directive is to preserve bogs, I have no problem with that, as they are fantastic habitats which need to be preserved. There should also be room for turf cutters. If the idea of preservation is to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Turbary Rights (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: That is not the issue.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Turbary Rights (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Not according to my barrister.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 16 January 2013, if he will name his officials and their respective responsibilities who assisted him in answering same; the reason they made the decision to withhold the information; the entity that was commercially sensitive information and the reason for same; if he considered the implication of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 88. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the relocation process from the special areas of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4339/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Sustainable Development Strategy (29 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with regard to Local Agenda 21 if he wil provide a copy of the principles of sustainability; if he will consider bringing legislation for the specific purpose of implementing Our Sustainable Future, Ireland’s Framework for Sustainable Development, which was published in June 2012, which sets out a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Management of Sewage Sludge: Cré (28 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: What information is available on the heavy metals and pathogens which might end up getting into the water supply? Having examined this issue, I have found that the only way a digestate fertiliser type of material from an anaerobic digester containing heavy metals has been dealt with over the years is to use it on land growing a product which will not be eaten such as willow or other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Management of Sewage Sludge: Cré (28 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Sewage sludge with heavy metal content could be spread on land growing biomass rather than on land to be used for something subsequently eaten.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Management of Sewage Sludge: Cré (28 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: If heavy metals are present will it cause a problem down the line? Are we codding ourselves? Will it just be burned into the atmosphere afterwards? How deeply have people examined this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Management of Sewage Sludge: Cré (28 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: The issue of reputation must be dealt with if we want to achieve something with this. At present one could come up with any word in the dictionary and it would be more acceptable than "anaerobic digestion" in Tibohine in County Roscommon and one would win a prize. It is the enemy, because attempts were made to just put a plant there and get away with it even though it was a daft place to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Management of Sewage Sludge: Cré (28 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: Are facilities such as anaerobic digesters available to support what Cré wants to happen and to enable it to go ahead? When the representatives of Cré talk about composting, they are talking about anaerobic digestion and the aerobic version of the process. Have they encountered problems in getting the facilities in question? I will explain why I am asking that question. Local...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (28 Jan 2014)

Luke Flanagan: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 16 January 2013, his views on whether the euro value of the contracts was wrongly withheld as such amounts should have been published in a contract award notice in accordance with the EU standard forms regulation on OJEU; and also should not be withheld in response to a parliamentary question; the...