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Written Answers — State Funding: State Funding (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 408: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason so few of the established crafts people were exhibitors at Showcase 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5523/06]

Written Answers — State Funding: State Funding (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 409: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied with the content and implementation of its Craft Council of Ireland's strategic plan; the cost of and percentage of the total budget used in the design photography, production and printing of the strategic plan, the 2006 calendar and the most recent annual report; and if he will make a statement on the...

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: It says more about the points system than about those who become architects.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I could have forgotten about it when I was at school — 250 points would have been about my mark.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Although Deputy Gilmore is our environmental spokesperson, I am taking the Bill on behalf of the Labour Party. As the House will know, I have called for this measure for some time and I very much welcome its publication. I acknowledge the role the Minister played in bringing it to the fore. The Bill deals with a number of different issues. Central to it is the issue of recognition of titles...

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I say that with affection and in jest but the Minister knows what I am trying to say. The next section deals with registration of the title. It is clear from my reading of it but I welcome the way in which the Minister has separated the three titles. I assume the establishment of one, after the Bill is enacted and signed by the President, is not dependent on the second or third and that they...

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: As recently as 19 January 2004, the RIAI was obliged to make a submission to the Competition Authority in regard to this matter. Section 6 of the executive summary of that submission states: 1. The greater majority of EU Member States have either registration of title system with control of function or a combination of both. 2. The proposals under the Building Control Bill represent a milder...

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Exactly.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy's interpretation of the Bill is correct.

Order of Business. (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: A D-Specials force.

Order of Business. (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: There were reports in yesterday's newspapers about the Cabinet discussing a critical infrastructure Bill. Will the Taoiseach confirm this matter was brought to Cabinet? Will he confirm or deny that a major infrastructural proposal, the incinerator in Ringsend, is to be excluded from the provisions of the Bill?

Order of Business. (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Is that a fig leaf for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell? The legislation is not delivered.

Order of Business. (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: It is a question of an estimate.

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Was the Deputy refused the information?

Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage. (14 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I see.

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (9 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the definition of homeless or homelessness his Department uses for social welfare purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4720/06]

Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (9 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 77: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the services his Department offers to support Irish emigrant groups abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4718/06]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (8 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether a change to the law regarding the possession of cannabis, or a reclassification of the drug, would be of benefit in regard to tackling drug use here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4433/06]

Written Answers — Information Society Commission: Information Society Commission (8 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 168: To ask the Taoiseach the names of the persons who are members of the Information Society Commission; the date on which the Information Society Commission first met; the date on which it most recently met; the number of reports it has published for his office or any other office; the titles of such reports; the areas in which such reports can be viewed; the date on which the term...

Written Answers — Central Mental Hospital: Central Mental Hospital (8 Feb 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the practice of slopping out is still in place at the Cental Mental Hospital; the timeframe in which she estimates that slopping out will be completely eliminated from that institution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4483/06]