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Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27779/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 15 June 2010, if he will provide a breakdown of the 2008 professional and consultancy fees incurred by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority by service type and by payment to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28180/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 522: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27774/10]

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 536: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a payment for REP scheme four has been awarded in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27738/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 538: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by his Department and its agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27773/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: Question 578: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the cost of building and land maintenance, including light and heat expenditure, for all property owned by her Department and its agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27777/10]

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: We have listened to many contributions in this House. Seven Fianna Fáil Deputies came into the House to speak against the legislation. Now is the time for them to put up or shut up regarding how they vote.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: We have heard a lot of blame placed on the Green Party regarding the Animal Welfare Bill. We have heard a lot of criticism of the Green Party and to be fair to its Members, they are doing so because the Fianna Fáil Deputies are allowing them to do so.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: The Fine Gael Party is opposing every section of this legislation, including section 1 which sets out the definitions of the two Acts referred to in the Bill. We do not even agree that it should be entitled the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: This section allows the Minister to repeal section 26 of the Wildlife Act 1976. The fact we have that Act, and an amendment to it in 2000, is a clear indication that there was some concern about the activities involving animals. Regulations and monitoring were put in place and they have stood the test of time. The Departments of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, and...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: What good did that do?

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: Given that the Minister was very sure-footed with his intentions for this Bill, I am surprised he is proposing an amendment. He is such an expert on these issues. Had the issue not been brought to his attention by the Irish Deer Society and his colleague, the Minister for Justice and Law Reform who had a robust exchange of views with him on firearms licences for people who wish to engage in...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: I am only telling the Minister the reality. I am aware he knows everything.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: He did not think about the notion that people might use two or more dogs to search for deer in distress on forested lands.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: I was speaking about distressed deer.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: Yes, I did.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: Deputy Sargent described this legislation as very important from the point of view of public safety.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: We might as well as put flak jackets on stags so they are identifiable and will not be able to cross roads.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: The Minister has done an about turn on the practical implementation of the legislation. Deer are sometimes in distress and stalkers have to find them to deal with their distress. It is not a big issue but it had to be brought to his attention that the legislation can cause practical difficulties. I welcome that he is granting a substantial number of licences but I know only one instance of...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2010)

Phil Hogan: I am aware of only one example of a deer landing on a car and this involved the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Ó Cuív, and a deer which escaped from forested lands while he was driving through County Kerry.