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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (27 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to Duleek Garda station, County Meath; the number of hours the station is open every week; the number of gardaí in towns of similar size; the number of hours per week the stations are open in towns of similar size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16865/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (27 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 315: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the value for money study in relation to the water services investment programme being carried out by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16399/10]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 332: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the existing legislation, including the 1990 Derelict Sites Act to empower local authorities and communities to resolve the dereliction problem and the neglect caused by these eyesores in view of the large number of existing derelict sites around the country. [17045/10]

Written Answers — Water Services Regulations: Water Services Regulations (22 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 41: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that Ireland is complying with European Communities (Drinking Water) Regulations (No.2) 2007 (SI 278 of 2007); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15956/10]

Written Answers — Water Supply: Water Supply (22 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 59: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to address the issue of leaking mains and leakage from pipes to ensure that the quantity of unaccounted for water in our public water supply is reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15955/10]

Departmental Bodies. (22 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: With regard to the reports carried out on the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, an issue raised with me today was that money obviously changed hands in the purchase of the sites that are now valued at much less than when they were purchased. Somebody got the money for those sites. Is this one of the issues being investigated? Where did the money go that was handed over for those...

Departmental Bodies. (22 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: I am talking about the vendors, the people who owned and sold the land.

EU Directives. (22 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Unfortunately, it is difficult to ask further questions without the table in front of me. Will the Minister outline the total number of cases overall? Last year, there were 34 cases of infringements in train against us and the figure was 35 for the previous year. What is the total number of cases in regard to Ireland that have been referred under Article 260, whereby we have had a judgment...

EU Directives. (22 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: It is appropriate when it comes to environment law to realise that human beings are part of the environment. The Labour Party leader was raising a genuine issue of human interest in terms of how this affects domestic turf cutters who cut their own turf in the west.

EU Directives. (22 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: That does not mean one condones Ireland's performance in regard to EU infringements. Deputy Gormley is the Green Party Minister but he has still not given me the overall total. It was 34 at the end of 2009.

Local Authority Staff. (22 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: There has been a substantial reduction in local authority staff numbers in the past year. Those figures indicated an approximate decline of 4,000, with the majority of those being temporary staff. Local authorities are letting temporary staff go because of reduced budgets, with less money coming from both central Government and from rates. Most of those temporary staff were not well paid...

Local Authority Staff. (22 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: If we are not paying these people a salary through the local authority, instead we are paying them money through social welfare so it is not as if savings are being made. Also, when people are working, they pay tax so this is not necessarily a saving, as implied by the Minister.

Social and Affordable Housing. (22 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: What is the Minister doing about the more traditional type of council housing? People on waiting lists for local authority housing are not likely to be able to take up any type of affordable housing option. The model of council housing whereby people rented at a low rent from the public authority with the option to buy over time has worked very well in this country over the years. What...

Social and Affordable Housing. (22 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Does that mean we are moving away from council housing?

Social and Affordable Housing. (22 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Why?

Energy Security: Motion (Resumed) (21 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: I wish to make a number of points in respect of the climate change aspect of this debate. I am my party's spokesperson on the environment and, as such, this matter comes within my remit. Those in government, particularly the Green Party Ministers, need to realise that one of the ways to begin to tackle climate change would be to bring about a greater level of income equality in this country....

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (20 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will undertake to reinstate the pension forecast service previously offered by his Department. [15395/10]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (20 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 318: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in appointing a public health nurse in the Lucan area of County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15051/10]

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (20 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 336: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the HPV vaccine will commence in secondary schools before May 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15070/10]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (20 Apr 2010)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 791: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will establish the proposed investigation into planning decisions by a number of local authorities throughout the country; if he will provide details of the local authorities involved in the investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15339/10]