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European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the Bill and I welcome the Minister back to the Chamber. The various elements of the Bill dealing with the EFSF, as far as I can see, allow for the recapitalisation of the financial institutions, but they also provide a longer maturity date for debt. I believe we can use this to address the €31 billion in notes in Anglo Irish Bank, and I would like the Minister to expand further...

Order of Business. (21 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Under secondary legislation, in the week that is in it and with the success of the ploughing championships highlighting the importance of the agricultural sector to the economy, there has been a certain amount of scaremongering about the ban on raw milk consumption. Has the Government reconsidered the forthcoming secondary legislation to ban the consumption of raw milk, when will it come to...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by her paying all doctors, including those in the employ of the Health Service Executive, and general practitioners for the provision of medical certificates for social welfare applications in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively; if she will divide the total figure into those paid to public sector doctors and general...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (15 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 34: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for designating the eastern docklands of Dublin city as a strategic development zone under the management of Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23968/11]

Written Answers — Expenditure Reviews: Expenditure Reviews (15 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to abolish or reform the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; when he intends to undertake action on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23969/11]

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (14 Sep 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that a company (details supplied), that has been awarded the contract for the Poolbeg incinerator, Dublin, has been fined €400,000 in the United States of America for release of cancerous dioxins at incinerators in Connecticut and that this is the second time (details supplied) this...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (21 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 51: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a sum in euro of the value of trade conducted between Ireland and the Holy See for 2010; if he will also provide the number of staff employed at the embassy in 2010; the operational cost for 2010; his views whether this cost and the amount of economic activity justify the continued operation of a...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (21 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider the sale of the building used as the embassy of Ireland to the Holy See as a cost-saving measure and, following that, request the Vatican to recognise our ambassador to the Italian Republic, who also serves as our ambassador to Malta, Libya and San Marino and also Ireland's permanent...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount paid so far to a company (details supplied) for its construction and operation of the National Convention Centre from public funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22010/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount paid in 2010 and to date in 2011 to a company (details supplied) under the public private partnership contract terms for the operation of the National Convention Centre; the number of events held in the NCC since it opened; the average attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22011/11]

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: I do not intend to go over the arguments I made on Committee Stage. I still firmly believe that section 7 should have stayed in the Bill. It has now been removed but that will prove to be a mistake. I welcome the amendments and the spirit in which they have been tabled. We need to shine a bright light on the contracts done between Dublin City Council and Covanta. It is unfortunate that...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 53: To ask the Taoiseach the hourly rate paid for fees due to barristers who provided counsel at junior and senior level, respectively, for the Office of the State Solicitor and for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21628/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Remuneration: Banking Sector Remuneration (20 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Finance the provision that has been made at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, following the merger of Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society, due to liabilities that arise from deferred bonuses awarded to staff from the original institutions, as the IBRC assumed all outstanding liabilities; the figure of this liability; if he does not...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Remuneration: Banking Sector Remuneration (20 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to be able to provide Members with details of the levels of remuneration at the covered financial institutions; if he will provide a deadline for the furnishing of this important information to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21630/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Remuneration: Banking Sector Remuneration (20 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason his Department was previously able to provide answers to Parliamentary Questions No. 156 of 16 December 2010 and No. 96 of 1 December 2010 on the level of remuneration and bonuses at the covered financial institutions, yet his Department did not provide the requested up-to-date information in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (20 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 7 June 2011, the reason he refused to release information on the bonuses awarded to staff of the National Assets Management Agency, part of the National Treasury Management Agency, yet proceeded to release the same data on bonuses in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 29 June 2011; if there is a...

Written Answers — Art Collections: Art Collections (20 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has an inventory of the art collections held by the various covered financial institutions; if he will request the compilation of such an inventory, which could then be made available to the various cultural institutions of the State; his views on that the State should be given first option to take possession of...

Written Answers — Litter Pollution: Litter Pollution (20 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 31 May 2011 and No. 283 of 7 June 2011, his views on an amendment to the Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2009 to enable the publication of those convicted of litter offences; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the case of tax defaulters, specific...

Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (20 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 230: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has performed a cost benefit analysis on the feasibility of a national water metering scheme; the findings of that cost benefit analysis; if he will provide information on any feasibility studies performed on his or the Government's behalf of the financial costs of a national water...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (19 Jul 2011)

Kevin Humphreys: Question 392: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider the decision to refuse a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20841/11]