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Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: The Select Committee on Environment and Local Government has been asked to schedule the Committee Stage debate on the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill for 13 June, but that Bill has not been before this House for the Second Stage debate. When will Second Stage begin and how many days will be set aside for it?

Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: If the Taoiseach does not know when the debate will start and how long it will take, how does the Minister know ——

Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Exactly, but how does the Minister know that it will be finished in both Houses by 13 June?

Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach should withdraw that remark, not least because the committees are chaired, controlled and run by Deputies from his own backbenches.

Written Answers — Partnership Agreement: Partnership Agreement (11 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the role of his Department in the negotiations for a possible new partnership agreement, particularly in regard to those areas for which his Department has legislative or administrative responsibility; if he has had discussions with the community or voluntary sector regarding a possible new agreement; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he will take to end the anomaly whereby emigrants who return are not entitled to the living alone allowance or free fuel allowance on equal terms as Irish pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17370/06]

Electoral (Preparation of the Register of Electors) (Temporary Provisions) Bill 2006: First Stage. (11 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide access by registration authorities, for the purposes of their duties in relation to the preparation of the register of electors to come into force in 2007, to certain records of the Central Statistics Office, and to provide for connected matters.

Electoral (Preparation of the Register of Electors) (Temporary Provisions) Bill 2006: First Stage. (11 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Air Corps Personnel: Air Corps Personnel (9 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is intended to acknowledge the courage and sacrifice of the Air Corps personnel who died in the Tramore helicopter crash of July 1999 through the reward of appropriate posthumous medals to the crew members who died; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17411/06]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (9 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to secure an exemption for the installation of new or refurbished pipe organs from the provisions of draft EU directives on waste electrical and electronic equipment and restrictions of the use of lead in electrical and electronic equipment; his views on whether organ pipes, which may be...

Written Answers — Biodiversity Plans: Biodiversity Plans (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Government Departments which have dedicated biodiversity units; the number and names of local authorities that have appointed heritage officers and dedicated biodiversity units as set down in the National Biodiversity Plan 2002-2007; the number of Government agencies and Departments which have...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the targets set for social and affordable housing provision in the 2004 NESC Report Housing in Ireland, Performance and Policy, the targets set for the provision of local authority housing and voluntary housing in the National Development Plan, and the target for the provision of social and...

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 2: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings delivered to date under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; the number of such units which were for social housing and for affordable housing; the number of private house completions since the commencement date of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a...

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I understand that up to the end of 2005, just over 2,000 units of accommodation were delivered under Part V of the Planning and Development Act and that he expects another 8,000 over the next three years. This is a far cry from the predictions made by the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey, when he...

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister of State says it will all happen in time. How much more time does he need to provide for the housing needs of people who cannot afford to buy their own home or those who need social housing? He has had nine years to do it, including six since the Planning and Development Act was passed, but has only produced 2,000 under Part V. He says this is because old planning permissions...

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: How much time does the Minister of State want? He has had more than nine years to do it, but he has doubled the number of people on council waiting lists in that time. House prices are three or four times what they were when the Government came into office and working families on two incomes cannot afford to buy houses they could have bought on one income then. How much time does the Minister...

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: They ran out at the end of 2002 and the Minister of State handed them back.

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: Supply for whom? It was not for those who cannot afford to buy.

Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: They cannot afford to buy a home of their own.

Election Management System. (4 May 2006)

Eamon Gilmore: How much money will the Minister make available to local authorities for this new exercise? Has he considered a suggestion made by the leader of the Labour Party in the House yesterday, namely, that the Minister should introduce short legislation to empower the Central Statistics Office to transfer the names, addresses, nationalities and ages of the people included in the census to the...