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Order of Business (9 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: It is in order to call for a debate on the Order of Business, which is what I am doing.

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (4 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will drop the requirement of field work that makes up an integral part of the biology leaving certificate curriculum in view of his cutbacks on substitute cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44352/08]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (4 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the funding his Department provides for the leaving certificate applied curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44353/08]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (4 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied that no fraud was involved in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; if his Department have carried out an investigation into the strange anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44405/08]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (4 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a Romani encampment at a toxic dump of mine tailings in northern Kosovo; if Irish diplomats or the Irish peacekeeping contingent in Kosovo will assist in dealing with the threat of lead poisoning from the dump; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44406/08]

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: A number of bilateral agreements for intercountry adoptions are due for renewal next year but doubts have arisen regarding several of these. We have not put into law the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, which we signed 15 years ago. It was promised that an adoption Bill would be brought with some haste during this session...

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (3 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the timescale for the merging of the promotion element of Bord Iascaigh Mhara and Bord Bia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43967/08]

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (3 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way he will distribute the €24 million underspend from the single farm payment fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43968/08]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: The Deputy's time has expired.

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on growing speculation regarding the privatisation of the ESB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43644/08]

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the attacks on firemen at Hallowe'en; if he will amend the legislation to ensure that the emergency services personnel have the same entitlement to protection and compensation when injured in the line of duty as the Garda Síochána have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43769/08]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 293: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will receive their naturalisation papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43770/08]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 501: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43923/08]

Order of Business (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: The Taoiseach may be aware that a major planning application for a €2 billion development has been submitted to deal with a large section of O'Connell Street and the surrounding streets. Two national monuments, namely, the GPO and 14-17 Moore Street, are in the heart of this proposed development. In the context of legislation that has been proposed to consolidate and modernise the...

Order of Business (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: There is a certain urgency about it.

Alternative Energy Projects. (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take following the completion of the public consultation on the bio-fuels obligation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43630/08]

Order of Business (2 Dec 2008)

Joe Costello: He was not in government then.

Centre for Deaf Studies. (27 Nov 2008)

Joe Costello: This matter aims to ensure the important Centre for Deaf Studies at Trinity College does not lose the minimal education grant it has at present. We are concerned that yet another institution dealing with a vulnerable minority is targeted by cuts in education. The Centre for Deaf Studies is based in Trinity College and funded by the HEA. It is concerned that its funding for 2009 will be...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (27 Nov 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 46: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure Ireland meets its targets to divert biodegradable waste from landfill, as required under the EU landfill directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43046/08]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Nov 2008)

Joe Costello: Question 53: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the schedule in the national climate change strategy to prepare a climate change adaptation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43045/08]