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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Phil Hogan: I can understand the context in which the Minister is making that assessment. The Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 is a last gasp of a failed approach based on centralised planning obsessed with housing and settlement to the exclusion of positive planning for economic revival or sustaining communities. It is about planning and development, yet often local authorities and...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Dec 2009)

Phil Hogan: I am relying on information given to me by officials and which they received from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. This is the information that was sent to them from the Department. Perhaps the Minister should check this out with his officials. The population targets are set out in black and white in the circular issued by the Department. I have every...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (2 Dec 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions she has had with the Department of Finance regarding reducing VAT rates and PRSI rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44550/09]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (2 Dec 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for a flood relief programme for Leighlinbridge, County Carlow in view of the recent flooding at that village; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44756/09]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (2 Dec 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Finance if minor works will be carried out to alleviate flooding at the village of Inistioge, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44758/09]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (2 Dec 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the details regarding the commitment given in Dáil Éireann by a Minister of State in his Department to the cost and tender for an advanced flood warning system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44955/09]

Written Answers — Major Emergency Plan: Major Emergency Plan (2 Dec 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 249: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all local authorities complied with the major emergency plan; the emergency plan in respect of each local authority; when each of these plans was last appraised; and the findings in respect of each plan. [44757/09]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Dec 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 252: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for new noise pollution guidelines, particularly house alarms that fail to shut off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44924/09]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (1 Dec 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 73: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there has been a reduction in the fourth year electrical apprentice training rate from €647.01 to €528.37; the reason FÁS payslips do not show PRSI contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43962/09]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (1 Dec 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will appoint a chairman to Dublin Port Company; his views on whether it is inconsistent for the State to be insisting on certain appointments to the boards of financial institutions in the interests of proper corporate governance, when a company in his remit has been without a chairman for nearly 12 months; the reason for the delay in...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (1 Dec 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Transport when approval will be given to the construction of a road bypass at Thomastown, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44132/09]

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (1 Dec 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 199: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Multi-Unit Developments Bill has not progressed in the Oireachtas since May 2009; if he is planning amendments to the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44153/09]

Written Answers — Nuclear Safety: Nuclear Safety (1 Dec 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of times the EU High Level Regulators Group relating to nuclear safety has met since its establishment. [44101/09]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (26 Nov 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport when a Chairman to Dublin Port Company will be appointed; his views on whether it is inconsistent to be insisting on certain appointments to the boards of financial institutions in the interests of proper corporate governance, when a company within his remit has been without a chairman for almost twelve months; the reasons for the delay in...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (26 Nov 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 241: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount that has been spent on establishing the office of emergency planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43731/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (26 Nov 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times the emergency centre of the office of emergency planning has been used since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43732/09]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (26 Nov 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Office of Emergency Planning had a role in the response to the widespread flooding here which caused damage and disruption across cities and rural areas; if so, the nature of their response and role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43733/09]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (26 Nov 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Defence how the Defence Force were involved in flood relief operations in November 2009; the person who officially requested assistance from the Defence Force in each area; if the Defence Force have adequate supplies and resources to prepare for widespread flooding and to deal with flooded areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43734/09]

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (26 Nov 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Defence if the Defence Force have an action plan in place to deal with various functions as a result of front line public service industrial action; if the Defence Force will manage multiple emergencies across the front line services if such a situation develops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43735/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (26 Nov 2009)

Phil Hogan: Question 253: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of media campaigns which involved broadcast, print and any other media, undertaken by his Department in 2009; the allocated cost of each campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43660/09]