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Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 240: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his proposals to incentivise farm waste management and prevent pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44303/08]

Written Answers — Agriculture Policy: Agriculture Policy (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has received representations from farmers representatives requesting a reversal of the budget 2009 cuts; if he expects to respond as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44304/08]

Written Answers — Agricultural Exports: Agricultural Exports (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if Irish agricultural exports are sufficiently competitive on world markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44305/08]

Written Answers — Agriculture Policy: Agriculture Policy (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has proposals to encourage young farmers into agriculture and food production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44306/08]

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plan to protect, support and promote the fishing industry with particular reference to the needs of fishing dependant families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44307/08]

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

Bernard Durkan: I concur with the sentiments expressed by the previous speakers. Appeals, supplementary welfare and qualification criteria for payments, whether they be supplementary welfare payments or social welfare payments, are sensitive areas. We must remember that circumstances are vastly different from two or three years ago. Many people are between a rock and a hard place and find themselves in a...

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: I ask the Tánaiste for an update on the promised legislation in respect of estate management companies, whether the Government finally has concluded its format, whether final and full discussions have taken place with the Attorney General and whether agreement has been reached. I wish to raise two further matters.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: I presume that means before Christmas.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Have the heads of the electricity (transfer of transmission assets) Bill been cleared by the Government yet? If not, when are they likely to be cleared? Finally, since the hairshirts are being handed out liberally to the public, will it be possible to send out a collective hairshirt to the criminal fraternity? I do not wish to go through the entire list of legislation.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: However, as Deputy Gilmore already has noted this morning, a plethora of legislation has been promised for a long time in respect of the criminal justice area. The Tánaiste should indicate to the House whether it is intended ever to move forward any such legislation in a meaningful way that would give a clear message to the criminal fraternity outside this House.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: There also is a list of such Bills on the C list.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Such items also can be converted by expediting selected Bills.

Leaders' Questions (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Those on the Government benches have gone mad.

Proposed Legislation. (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Not even slightly.

Proposed Legislation. (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32. (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: That should be beforehand.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: The Tánaiste could answer "yes" or "no".