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Crime Prevention: Motion. (10 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá mé ag tabhairt tacaíochta don rún seo ó na Teachtaí Neamhspleácha agus molaim iad as an rún seo a chur os comhair na Dála. Measaim gur léir ón leasú nach bhfuil an Rialtas sásta tacú leis. Ní raibh sé sásta tacú le rún cosúil leis seo a chuir muid os comhair na Dála i mí Mheithimh i mbliana a bhí ag impí ar an Rialtas ceist na ndrugaí sa tír seo a thógáil...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (10 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order31 to discuss the following matter requiring urgent consideration, namely, recognising the duty of the Garda Síochána to protect the public from harm, the need for the Government, in the interests of credibility and community confidence, to establish an independent investigation into an incident in Gort, County Galway, last...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (5 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 17: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of his admission in August 2006 that the Government was not winning the war on drugs he has plans for fast tracking the proposals in the mid term review of the national drugs strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31193/06]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (5 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to his announcement of an evaluation of the 277 pilot projects funded by LDTFs, which are charged with implementing the National Drug Strategy 2001 to 2008 in communities experiencing the worst levels of drug abuse, the position in relation to the evaluation of pilot cocaine projects around the city; if he...

Written Answers — Civil Protection Mechanism: Civil Protection Mechanism (5 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures which have been taken to identify the 42 people Ireland has committed to the EU's emergency response group through the Civil Protection Mechanism; if so, the number of the people identified who have taken part in EU funded training programmes or exercises now that restrictions on participation...

Written Answers — Civil Protection Mechanism: Civil Protection Mechanism (5 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when Ireland signed up to the Civil Protection Mechanisms; and the discussions which were held with fire, ambulance and Civil Defence services around the country either prior to or after this occurred. [31321/06]

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (5 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 189: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Dublin local authorities applied for funding to carry out a fire assessment study or to develop a strategic emergency plan for the capital; when the last such assessment was carried out or strategic plan was produced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31322/06]

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (5 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 190: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Department of Finance has funded training for emergency personnel to deal with any emergency or disaster in the Dublin Port Tunnel or funded an emergency or disaster plan for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31323/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (4 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will conduct a State wide survey of local authorities to assess the level of funding that they require to carry out necessary repairs to local authority dwellings. [31014/06]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (4 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received representations from local authorities who have not got adequate funding to carry out necessary repairs to local authority dwellings; and if so, the number of same. [31013/06]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (4 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a visa application for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 20 who has been accepted, pending the granting of a visa, into an adaptation programme for general nursing and midwifery, both of which are needed here; and when a decision can be expected. [31162/06]

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: In general I also welcome the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006. Sadly, whether the Garda, the medical or the legal professions, we all know only too well the dangers of leaving any profession to its own devices. The dangers of allowing professions to operate without independent and transparent systems to ensure the highest standards and accountability for the public are...

Written Answers — Prison Medical Service: Prison Medical Service (3 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 192: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken between the passage of the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 in April 2006 and the end of July 2006, when a person (details supplied) was beaten to death in Mountjoy Prison, to eliminate the practice whereby offenders suffering mental illnesses and disabilities are detained in prisons...

Written Answers — Community Policing: Community Policing (3 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 167: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it was his intention when drafting the guidelines for the pilot Joint Policing Committees to promote an inclusive membership representative of the local areas and his views on amending the guidelines prior to the extension of the pilot to guarantee that representation in the membership of JPCs includes...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (3 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and location of Garda stations in the Milford electoral area that have closed in the past ten years; the number and locations of the Garda stations that are currently operational within the Milford electoral area; the hours that each station is currently open; the number of Gardaí who are...

Written Answers — Civil Protection Mechanism: Civil Protection Mechanism (3 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has been made available to ensure meeting Ireland's commitment to the EU civil protection mechanism; what the mechanism entails; and if he will report on the matter. [30490/06]

Written Answers — Civil Protection Mechanism: Civil Protection Mechanism (3 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if EU funding has been applied for, including from the Leonardo Da Vinci fund, to ensure that Irish emergency personnel are adequately trained to fulfil Ireland's commitment to the EU's civil protection mechanism; and if he will report on the matter. [30491/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (3 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the background of the Government's clear siding with the interests of Shell against the people of north County Mayo in allowing work to proceed at the Bellanaboy refinery and to examine why neither the company nor the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources has made...

Prison Building Programme. (3 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 133: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report for 2005 published on 27 September 2006 which concluded in respect of the purchase of the site at Thornton Hall by his Department that there were inconsistencies between the site selection committee's evaluations of various sites, that neither...

Prison Building Programme. (3 Oct 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am still of the belief that this deal stinks to high heaven. I asked questions at the time and I will continue to ask them. It is strange that we will deal with the issue at the Committee of Public Accounts, but that is after the fact, and that when these questions first arose the deal had not been completed. Is the Minister aware that the propaganda document which his Department issued...