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Pension Provisions. (25 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the Government's Green Paper on the future of pensions here will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15385/07]

Pension Provisions. (25 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Minister, in the course of his reply, has managed to tell me the what, how and why, but not the when, which was the whole purpose of the question.

Pension Provisions. (25 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: He seems to have given a more fulsome reply to the question I asked in an earlier response to Deputy Penrose when he appeared to indicate that the Green Paper is completed and is before Government for consideration. Perhaps he will confirm that in a subsequent answer. If that is the case, does the Minister envisage early publication of the Green Paper? Given the Dáil is in its death...

Social Insurance Fund. (25 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Is there not a contradiction in what the Minister said? He said he is trying to maintain a social insurance fund and yet reduce the inputs to it. It seems utterly nonsensical. The Minister will have an opportunity to try to explain that in the coming weeks. Despite asking for it repeatedly, information on the cumulative deficit in the social insurance fund since its inception to 1997 has...

Social Insurance Fund. (25 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: The cumulative deficit is far less than the surplus in the past ten years. The State has been more than compensated for having to add to this fund. In reality, the fund has been in surplus since its inception because of the surpluses over the past ten years alone. Is that what the Minister is saying?

Social Insurance Fund. (25 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Will the Minister explain his or his party's policy proposal in regard to reducing the inputs to the fund regardless of employment in the economy and how that is meant to maintain the existing surpluses in this fund?

Social Welfare Benefits. (25 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Deputy Gormley's Question No. 73 is similar. The Minister proposes to establish pilot projects. Will he acknowledge the lack of ongoing social policy-making within his Department? We are asking him to describe the problems and we are making suggestions as to the solutions and tentatively putting toes in the water as to whether those solutions would work. There should be a better system in...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (25 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: I am grateful to my colleague, Deputy Ó Snodaigh, for allowing me to make a brief contribution. The annual renewal of this section of the Offences Against the State Act should receive the full engagement of Members of this House. A truly free society would not need legislation of this type and the fact it has continued beyond its historical setting is more a matter of political expediency...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (24 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the adjustments to re-focus priorities and accelerate the roll out and implementation of the various key actions of the National Drugs Strategy that have been implemented on foot of the mid-term review. [14986/07]

Written Answers — Community Policing Fora: Community Policing Fora (24 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 97: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the commitment to set up 14 community policing fora under the 2002 National Drugs Strategy has not been fulfilled; and his views on whether community policing is an essential part of the efforts to control the supply of drugs in local communities. [14985/07]

Written Answers — Tuberculosis Incidence: Tuberculosis Incidence (24 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 514: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her Department will be making additional resources available to deal with public concern that has arisen from the incidence of tuberculosis recently found at crèches in the Cork City area. [15289/07]

Written Answers — Diabetes Services: Diabetes Services (24 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 515: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the timeframe the expert advisory group on diabetes is to deliver recommendations for a national strategy. [15290/07]

Written Answers — Diabetes Services: Diabetes Services (24 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 516: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the expert advisory group on diabetes is examining treatment options and services around the country in order to deliver the national strategy which it will recommend. [15291/07]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (24 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 517: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of community childcare places that have been created under the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 to 2010 to date. [15292/07]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (24 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 518: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of private childcare places that have been created under the National Childcare Investment Programme 2006 to 2010 to date. [15293/07]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 608: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will make a statement on the status of the community employment and jobs initiative schemes; the number of people currently on each scheme; if vacancies that arise in the schemes are being filled; his long-term strategy for the development of the two schemes; and his views on whether this strategy should have been...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (24 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 972: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for lands at Templebreedy, Crosshaven, County Cork. [15287/07]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (24 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: Question 973: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason for the delay in transferring lands held by his Department at Ballincollig, County Cork to local sporting organisations. [15288/07]

Countryside Access. (24 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: I wish to ask a brief supplementary.

Countryside Access. (24 Apr 2007)

Dan Boyle: The Minister is deliberately misrepresenting the position. This issue relates to rights of way and traditional walking routes, which exist in urban areas as much as they do in rural areas. There would be a major public reaction against any attempt to introduce a charge in respect of a right of way in an urban area. In trying to seek a resolution to this problem, the Minister should once...