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Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: If the Deputy was playing golf, she would have just scored an albatross.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: This is not my area of expertise but I had a strong view on the whether the Irish Glass Bottle Company should have been closed and the site sold in the first place. It was a regressive step. We have no glass recycling facility within the 26 counties and given that oil prices will increase over the next number of years, such an indigenous industry would have served us well. I do not know...

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: I knew the Acting Chairman would get it in.

Civil Partnership Bill 2009: Second Stage (3 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: I will not admonish Deputy Cuffe, given the integral role he played in the party. I will not repeat what he said about the Civil Partnership Bill. I agree with his comments wholeheartedly and acknowledge the progress that has been made to date and his role as justice spokesperson for the Green Party in pushing this process forward for many years. I also welcome the Minister's key role in...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 21 October 2009, if she will clarify that control measures including the issue of certificates, on a quarterly basis, to sub-sets of customers for completion and return to her Department to confirm that they continue to satisfy the conditions for receipt of child benefit do not...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (1 Dec 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 289: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the plans by South Dublin County Council to close its green waste facility and not re-open it at a new location; if this is in breach of rules pertaining to recycling of waste materials and diversion away from landfill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44111/09]

Written Answers — Organic Farming: Organic Farming (26 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if farmers wishing to apply for the 2010 organic farming scheme will be required to have completed an approved training course; the action taken to provide approved courses; the potential demand for such courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43455/09]

Organic Farming. (26 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 7: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason the levels of organic dairy conversion are low in view of the fact that the price of organic milk is 45 cent per litre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43454/09]

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (24 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there is a policy regarding the non-recognition of myasthenia gravis, MG, on the long-term illness card scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that at least 500 people here suffer from this form of muscular dystrophy, which is a chronic disease characterised by fluctuating levels of muscle weakness; her plans to review...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (24 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the full or partial provision of the medical card to muscular dystrophy sufferers who work on a full or part-time basis, in view of the fact that if they have to give up work due to their condition and inability to cover medical costs this would prove more costly to the Exchequer due to lost tax revenue; and if she will...

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (24 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 534: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Travellers enrolled in vocational training opportunities schemes, back to education initiatives and other adult literacy programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42619/09]

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (24 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 535: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Travellers that completed awards by name and type for the past five years outside of traveller centres of education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42620/09]

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (24 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 536: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Travellers that completed awards by name and type for the past five years in dedicated traveller centres of education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42621/09]

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: This debate has been long awaited in this House. It was debated in the Seanad over a considerable period. By that I mean it has been held up for several months. It was dealt with in the early spring and summer. I relish the opportunity to contribute to the debate because like every Member of the House I have been contacted by parents who seek to adopt children from overseas who are being...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding adoptions from South Africa; the transitional arrangements that are in place to ensure that persons may continue to adopt from South Africa pending the ratification of the Hague Convention here; if her attention has been drawn to the situation that exists in South Africa whereby the Hague Convention has not been...

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she plans to restrict Irish adoptions abroad to one country per continent after the Hague Convention is ratified; if persons will be able to adopt from any country that meets the specified criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41365/09]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to revise the system of calculation of carbon emissions from flexifuel vehicles in view of the fact that although bioethanol cars burn less efficiently, the carbon produced is by and large the carbon absorbed by the plant as it grew, that is, a nil net effect, and this contrasts with petrol and...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to correspondence sent by this Deputy in September 2009 regarding planning irregularities in Cahirciveen and non-enforcement by the local authority in question, if he has written to Kerry County Council expressing concerns regarding same; if not, if he plans to do so; if he plans to use the powers...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an exemption from the Government charge for non-principal residences for a person who is in the process of selling their home and has had to move out of this home due to a change in personal circumstances and live in rented accommodation until the house is sold. [41388/09]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (17 Nov 2009)

Paul Gogarty: Question 403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the taking in charge of estates by local authorities; if the local authority will take the road in charge automatically; if other actions need to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41796/09]