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Sustainable Development Strategy. (14 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 36: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities, in drawing up their next county development plans, will specifically climate-proof those county development plans and, for example, allow no building on flood plains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28711/07]

Sustainable Development Strategy. (14 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I thank the Minister. The Environmental Protection Agency has called for county development plans to be climate proofed. The Minister has stated what is in place at present in terms of guidelines, that to which one must have regard, what local authorities should promote, etc. The problem with all of that is it is just too vague. There are no requirements on local authorities to ensure...

Sustainable Development Strategy. (14 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I am informing the Minister that the chairman of An Bord Pleanála identified a problem. He stated that if councillors rezoned land on flood plains, for example, An Bord Pleanála might have to override those rezonings on the grounds that it would be on flood plains and that there may be issues of compensation to the land developers. That is not good enough. There should be a mandatory...

Sustainable Development Strategy. (14 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: ——which will happen irrespective of what we do about reducing our emissions and such like. Therefore, there will be a real problem. If the development plans drawn up in two years time include irresponsible rezonings such as those in the past which promote urban sprawl, all the Minister's carbon targets will be cosmetic if he will allow local authorities to continue to rezone without...

Sustainable Development Strategy. (14 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I had indicated.

Sustainable Development Strategy. (14 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I had indicated already.

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (13 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 2 October 2007, the exact number, name and location of the schools who are in receipt of the €3 billion plus that has been invested by her Department since 2000 as part of the upgrading of existing school infrastructure and new school accommodation; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Privately-Owned Schools: Privately-Owned Schools (13 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 2 October 2007, the comprehensive details of the long term lease agreements referred to in the second line of the last paragraph of her reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28456/07]

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (13 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make funding available to youth cafés to support them in their works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28239/07]

Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: A couple of weeks ago, I raised with the Taoiseach the need for the Government to ratify the Aarhus Convention. At the time he stated that he would direct the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to reply to me, but it does not appear to have done so. What is the up-to-date position in respect of the Aarhus Convention? When will the Government ratify it? Ireland is...

Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: I want to raise a number of issues with the Minister about the rationale for this legislation. There are implications for the transferring of this function to the Department of Transport but can the Department of Transport deal with these additional responsibilities? The Department of Transport has become a vast empire. A number of issues that have arisen there, for example, the disastrous...

Local Government (Roads Functions) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: What does "this will be the benchmark going forward" mean? Does it mean there will be €87.5 million in the budget this year in addition to whatever would take into account the adjustment for the new economic situation? Will that €87.5 million from the Exchequer plus the local government funding be in the budget this year? I would like the Minister to clarify that. A few weeks ago there...

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (8 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding proposals being considered by her Department for a scheme to alleviate tuition fees for people in paid work who study part-time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27815/07]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (8 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans for additional outreach places for primary school children with autism who live in Lucan, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27816/07]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding the need for a new second level school to provide school places for second level students from the area known as Lucan south; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27817/07]

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, said at a conference on sustainable development yesterday that more needs to be done to ensure we have sustainable development in the future. Does that mean the Government might legislate to prevent rezoning decisions by councillors from Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats, the Minister's partners in...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (7 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if plans are proceeding for the provision of new Garda accommodation at the Tallaght Garda station, Dublin 24; the time schedule involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27392/07]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (7 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the staffing levels allocated to the divisional drug units throughout the country as at May 1996 and May 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27393/07]

Written Answers — Marketing of Alcohol: Marketing of Alcohol (1 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if further action has been taken by her Department to regulate the sponsorship of sporting and youth-related events by alcohol companies as per the strategic task force on alcohol since her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 16 February 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26790/07]

Written Answers — Marketing of Alcohol: Marketing of Alcohol (1 Nov 2007)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she expects to receive a report from the alcohol marketing communications body; the reason no report was produced in 2006 as previously stated; the number of times the body have met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26791/07]