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- Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: I do not want an argument.
- Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: Can I ask about the continuation of the important debate on the Green Paper on Energy? We had an opportunity to continue that debate yesterday and we may have another opportunity today. I would also like to ask about a further important matter relating to climate change, which is the biggest challenge faced by humanity. I refer to the carbon fund Bill.
- Order of Business (12 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: I asked about the carbon fund Bill but I did not get a reply.
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (11 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a decision on the legal questions regarding the Irish Ferries application for a rebate of the statutory redundancy payments will be made; and the overall cost to the Exchequer should the rebate be granted. [31660/06]
- Written Answers — Export Trade: Export Trade (11 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason Ireland's share of EU exports have fallen from 9.5% in 2001 to 7.5% in 2005. [31661/06]
- Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (11 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Finland in early October 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32367/06]
- Overseas Missions: Motion. (11 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: It is only right and proper that the House should have the opportunity to debate the deployment of 150 Irish troops to Lebanon. I said yesterday that the Government might have been reluctant to debate this matter in the House because, strictly speaking, it is not a Chapter VII mission, although Condoleezza Rice has said that, for all intents and purposes, it is such a mission. Like Deputy...
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the record 79,000 people who have asked his Department in 2006 for assistance with the costs of sending their children back to school. [31787/06]
- Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (10 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the revelation of the St. Vincent de Paul organisation that it will in 2006 spend a record â¬34 million on helping people afford basic necessities such as food, clothing, electricity and heat. [31786/06]
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (10 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the major cut in funding for St. Michael's House, which currently has the longest waiting list for those awaiting residential care, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to recognise the outstanding work being carried out by St. Michael's House for those with intellectual...
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: No.
- Order of Business (10 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: The Green Party cannot agree to this proposal, as any motion to send troops abroad should be debated in this House. This mission to Lebanon is not without risk and could be one of our more dangerous missions. While the Taoiseach might argue that it is not a chapter 7 mission, Condoleezza Rice noted that Resolution 1701 has chapter 7 powers in all but name. Consequently, this matter should...
- Written Answers — Alternative Farm Enterprises: Alternative Farm Enterprises (5 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will expand on his views on artisan food production expressed at a recent conference. [31220/06]
- Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (5 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the allocations received form the European Agriculture Rural Development Fund. [31221/06]
- Order of Business (5 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: It is not a question of him not wanting to know.
- Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (4 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: Question 181: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide figures for the amount of greenhouse gases produced from the combustion of a tonne of domestic waste in the type of incinerators that he hopes to build here; the net amount of electricity that he hopes will be provided from the same amount of waste; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (4 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: Question 192: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether it is desirable to introduce a constitutional change to ensure that water cannot be privatised. [29600/06]
- Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: He misled the Dáil.
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: The Taoiseach told us this morning that the Government had not buckled in the face of pressure from the tobacco industry. However, is it not fair to say that it has kowtowed to the alcohol industry by removing the alcohol products Bill from the legislative programme?
- Order of Business (4 Oct 2006)
John Gormley: Will the Taoiseach tell the House when the trial period will end for the co-operative deal made with the alcohol industry and when the legislation will be introduced?