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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department repaid the EU forestry premiums that Coillte had drawn down before the European Court of Justice judgment against them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35359/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views that the retention of €4.3 million of EU funding by Coillte is not in breach of EU state aid or EU competition rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35360/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been any review of the Irish Forestry Unit Trust and its charity status; the way this charity status relates to Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35361/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Correspondence (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide copies of all the correspondence between the Government shareholders and Coillte since 1989; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35362/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of all the contracts between Coillte and other State agencies; the total amount of funding from all State agencies transferred to Coillte since 1989; any cost benefit analysis or reviews related to State funding of Coillte; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35363/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Harvesting Rights Sale (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte sold the harvesting rights for the 950 acres of public forest at Kilcooley abbey estate to the new owner; if so the price paid for this sizable amount of forest; the reason for same when Coillte are unable to increase its afforestation plans in order to support our 17% treecover targets within the last national forestry...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on a politically appointed board of directors overseeing the ongoing sale of public land by Coillte; the oversights that are in place; if there are checks and balances in place; if there is an indpendent evaluation of sites before sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35491/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Loan Funds (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 243. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the recent State loan of €60 million to Coillte for its board-making business in Waterford, who oversees the way this money is invested or spent; if a cost benefit analysis is conducted prior to granting the funding; if conditions and criteria attach pertaining to value for money for the public; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on abolishing the student services charge imposed on apprentices training in institutes of technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35494/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (23 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a task force investigation into a waste industry has been set up on foot of comments made prior to the summer break in view of the Greyhound waste dispute; the progress and plans in this respect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35493/14]

Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I broadly welcome the Bill. As has been said, it updates the 1955 Act and seeks to streamline and centralise the registration system, which, up until now, was more fragmented with multiple registers and registrars. It is right and proper that it should be updated and streamlined and that we should have a proper system for registration and flagging which is coherent and transparent. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (18 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 13. To ask the Minister for Defence the amount spent to date in 2014 on weaponry; the amount that was purchased from Israel; the projected purchase of weaponry from Israel for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34573/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (18 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: 242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has complied fully with the provisions of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 and the ministerial guidelines and circulars issued by his Department in respect of the appointment of the chairpersons of the strategic policy committees of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown...

Issue of Writs: Dublin South-West By-election and Roscommon-South Leitrim By-election (17 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: On behalf of the People Before Profit Alliance, the by-elections offer a welcome opportunity to puncture the bubble of self-congratulation and the stream of bogus claims of success by the Government over recent weeks. They also offer an important opportunity to get away from a nauseating media obsession with personality spats and internal factional disputes and manoeuvrings in the main...

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He has not said when.

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When is the strategy to be published?

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Before the recess, many Members on this side of the House appealed to the Government to take urgent action to deal with the housing and homelessness crisis. Indeed, some of us protested about the summer recess taking place before this issue was addressed. The Taoiseach promised that the Government would come forward with measures to deal with it. Over the summer the situation has...

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Taoiseach made promises.

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: He made promises to publish a social housing strategy-----

Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)

Richard Boyd Barrett: You have given me a fraction of the time you gave other speakers. Can I just finish my question? The social housing strategy for this emergency-----