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Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion (25 Nov 2008)

Dara Calleary: I am pleased to support the Government amendment at this time of intense pressure for small businesses. I particularly welcome the commitment in the amendment to increases in the allocations to county and city enterprise boards, which have the potential to be the foundation of our economic recovery. There is a case for directing funding away from other less relevant enterprise agencies...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Nov 2008)

Dara Calleary: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the recompression chamber at University College Hospital Galway will re-open; the staffing plans and hours of operation for this unit; and the advice her Department is giving to divers in the event of an emergency in view of the fact that there is currently no recompression chamber available. [41684/08]

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (19 Nov 2008)

Dara Calleary: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made within his Department on an application for a foreshore licence (details supplied); if all the prescribed bodies have contacted and replied on the application; and when it is anticipated that a decision will be made. [41699/08]

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2008)

Dara Calleary: I wish to share time with Deputy John Browne.

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Nov 2008)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the chance to speak about Bord Gáis and pay tribute to its management and staff on the handling of the Gaswest project. I have been listening to comments, including those of Deputy Tom Hayes, on the need for gas in various counties. We are lucky that the Gaswest project is providing gas to 12 towns in Mayo and Galway. The management of the project on the part of John Mullins and...

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (29 Oct 2008)

Dara Calleary: Question 311: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress of discussions between his Department and retailers on the implementation of a code of practice on the display and sale of alcohol in a confined area as per the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008. [37078/08]

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (29 Oct 2008)

Dara Calleary: Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the provisions of data protection legislation apply to the issuing of angling licences; and if there is a restriction on the boards charged with issuing such licences sharing the information provided in each licence application. [37255/08]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (29 Oct 2008)

Dara Calleary: Question 385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of moneys outstanding from his Department to a local authority (details supplied); the heading under which each amount is outstanding; and the stage the payment process is at. [37253/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (14 Oct 2008)

Dara Calleary: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport the amounts granted to local authorities (details supplied) under all relevant transport headings in each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008. [34988/08]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (14 Oct 2008)

Dara Calleary: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amounts granted from his Department to local authorities (details supplied) in each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008. [34989/08]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Oct 2008)

Dara Calleary: Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the agreed amount and associated percentage contribution agreed and granted by each local authority on a scheme by scheme basis in 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008 under the requirements of the polluter pays principle. [34986/08]

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (14 Oct 2008)

Dara Calleary: Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funds granted to local authorities (details supplied) via the local government grant in the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008. [34987/08]

Written Answers — Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (14 Oct 2008)

Dara Calleary: Question 380: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has directed vocational education committees to make changes to the contracts or terms and conditions of VTOS coordinators, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that their extra agreed payments for working longer than the standard academic year have been withdrawn, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34985/08]

Written Answers — Regional Fisheries Boards: Regional Fisheries Boards (7 Oct 2008)

Dara Calleary: Question 412: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of salmon angling licences issued in each fishery board region in the years 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the number of these licences issued directly by each board; the number issued by agents of each of the boards; if the provisions of data protection legislation or related legislation apply to...

Written Answers — Electricity Sector: Electricity Sector (7 Oct 2008)

Dara Calleary: Question 413: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the incentives the single electricity market can offer to attract new entrants to build technology, for example electricity storage, that would improve the efficiency of fossil fuel generating plants owned by other players; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33854/08]

Written Answers — Electricity Sector: Electricity Sector (7 Oct 2008)

Dara Calleary: Question 414: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the information available to him on available estimates of the amount and value of fuel and emissions that would be saved annually by fossil fuel generating plants here if these plants were able to operate at their design efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33855/08]

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (2 Oct 2008)

Dara Calleary: I too welcome this Bill, which is a very practical response to an area that has probably evolved more quickly in the past five years than in the previous 50. The advent of digital technology, the Internet and changed and changing ownership regimes have had more impact on the broadcasting sector than on many others. This Bill brings up to date the necessary legislation and the response to...

Energy Poverty: Motion (1 Oct 2008)

Dara Calleary: Everyone in the House is agreed on the implications of fuel poverty. They have been accentuated this year in an era of crazy energy hikes. As well as calling on the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Deputy Mary Hanafin, to consider fuel allowances, I ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Mary Coughlan, to focus the resources of the National...

Irish Economy: Motion (Resumed) (25 Sep 2008)

Dara Calleary: I wish to share time with Deputies Michael Ahern, Chris Andrews and Michael McGrath. The sight, overnight, of an unusually humble President Bush addressing the American people on the parlous state of their economy is a vivid testimony to the extraordinary economic times in which we find ourselves. They are extraordinary times in which pillars of world commerce, such as Lehman Brothers and...

Irish Economy: Motion (Resumed) (25 Sep 2008)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the plans for public service reform initiated by the Taoiseach when Minister for Finance and to be implemented via the OECD implementation report. Again, Members opposite are great at calling for public service reform but they do not offer any specifics in this regard. They keep telling us about quangos and the bloated system but they will not lay down specifics in terms of where...