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Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (20 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the position of the Irish Government in responding to the call of the German Government for greater international regulation of hedge funds. [10151/07]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (20 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 213: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to repeal or reform the Legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act 1929 in response to the report of the Competition Authority into the legal profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9729/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (20 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government plans to exempt older persons trading down their property from stamp duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7479/07]

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (8 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on allowing regions within Ireland to establish bans on genetically modified crops, in view of the fact that Ireland supported Hungary's bid to uphold its ban on GM maize in a recent meeting of EU Environment Ministers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9137/07]

Written Answers — Afforestation Programme: Afforestation Programme (8 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason there is no requirement to use any native species of tree in the national afforestation programme, Growing for the Future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7476/07]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (8 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of urgent national importance, namely, the need for the Taoiseach to seek 30% cuts in emissions to address the issue of climate change at the European Council meeting in Brussels today.

Written Answers — Common Foreign and Security Policy: Common Foreign and Security Policy (7 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Defence the agenda for the informal meeting of EU defence Ministers in Wiesbaden, Germany, on 1 and 2 March 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8926/07]

Written Answers — Drug Testing Programme: Drug Testing Programme (7 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement regarding the nineteen members of the Defence Forces discharged after failing random drug tests. [8925/07]

Prisons Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (7 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Deputy Ó Snodaigh is worried about a race to the bottom in the Irish Prison Service but I believe we are already there. We have a prison system which is rotten to the core. We have appalling levels of drug use which can only be explained by collusion between the inmates and the staff. We have rates of staffing which are three times the level in the UK, yet there seems to be no attempt to...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Minister has referred to taking, detaining and restraining. Babysitting, by its very nature, involves detaining the child under one's care.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: My concern, essentially, is that if a child is under one's care, one could be seen to be detaining the child.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: When the A case legislation came through this House six months ago I raised concerns and suggested we would be forced to revisit this legislation within six months. I specifically proposed an amendment suggesting the House would revisit the legislation within six months. Little did I know that my wish would be granted and that the Minister would have to come back to the House to propose new...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (6 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will remove the exemption of sea-going vessels from the transfer of undertakings legislation which protects employee rights and conditions and ensures the new employer retains them. [8566/07]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish legislation which will make a repeat of what happened in the Irish Ferries' redundancy deal illegal. [8565/07]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: I wish to support the previous speaker. It is important that we not make information technology or the Internet out to be the enemy in this regard. We must consider long and hard about the dangers to which young people are subjected through their families and family friends. We should not ignore that issue in the debate. There is a danger that too much attention is given to tabloid...

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: I worry that we have a very wide definition. I sat down the other evening with my kids and the programme "100 Sexiest Artists" was on MTV. The definition the Minister is using is wide open.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Joking apart, that is true, but the definition is wide open in talking about activity of a sexual nature. There is an enormous amount of material on television channels such as Sky that could be seen as of a sexual nature. We should be cautious in introducing such catch-all definitions. I take the Minister's point about taking, detaining or restraining, but on the other side this is a very...

Written Answers — Budgeting Advice Services: Budgeting Advice Services (1 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 14: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the Money Advice and Budgeting Service has a role to play in investigating high levels of interest being charged by financial institutions, in view of its practical expertise in the area. [7927/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will address the disparities in the values of supplementary welfare payments across the country particularly in view of the concern expressed by the working group on the issue within his Department. [7926/07]

Domestic Violence: Motion (Resumed). (28 Feb 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Domestic violence continues to be one of the most insidious and complicated forms of violence in contemporary Ireland. It is estimated that up to one in five women has experienced domestic violence in some form on the part of a current or former partner or husband. Domestic violence is by no means the preserve of one social or economic grouping in society. Rather, it affects women from all...