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Report of the Joint Committee on European Affairs: Statements (20 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the White Paper on the integration of EU mortgage credit markets. I also commend the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Affairs for its work, in particular its Chairman, Deputy Bernard Durkan, for the work he is doing. The White Paper we are discussing summarises the conclusions of a comprehensive review of the functioning and the level of integration...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (19 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [41698/08]

Gangland Crime: Motion: (Resumed) (19 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate and I wish to deal with the concerns of the people of rural County Limerick. This matter also is of extreme concern to them, given that tentacles of the difficulties and criminality in the city are extending out into County Limerick. Before doing so, however, I again sympathise with Tom and Mary Geoghegan, Shane's brother, Anthony, and...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (18 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding decentralisation of the Revenue Commissioners office to Newcastle West. [41060/08]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: Question 402: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the request of residents of Newcastle West, who had their homes and businesses damaged by the severe flooding of 31 July and 1 August 2008, for compensation as per previous responses to such disasters; her further views on whether such damage could not be anticipated by the residents and that the State has a duty...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: Question 404: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position with regard to the appeal of a decision to refuse unemployment assistance to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick in view of the fact that they have had no income since they ceased working on 20 June 2008. [40585/08]

Written Answers — Emergency Planning: Emergency Planning (18 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: Question 459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Principal Response Agency's controller of operations inspected on site the damage being caused to property and the risk of life during the course of the storm which took place in Newcastle West on 31 July and 1 August 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40889/08]

Written Answers — Emergency Planning: Emergency Planning (18 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: Question 460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the major emergency plan was not activated on 31 July and 1 August 2008 during the storm which caused serious damage and danger to life in Newcastle West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40890/08]

Docklands Development Project. (18 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: It is good for the Minister to come in to reply to him.

Docklands Development Project. (18 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: It is much appreciated.

International Agreements. (18 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: I would appreciate sharing my time with Deputy Coonan. The Acting Chairman might remind me when a minute remains.

International Agreements. (18 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs for taking the Adjournment. First, I pay tribute to the more than 40 Irish humanitarian agencies that work with children in Belarus in the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. On 25 and 26 April 1986, the world's worst nuclear power accident occurred in Chernobyl in the former USSR. The accident killed more than 30 people immediately and as...

International Agreements. (18 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: Will the Minister keep us informed of progress?

Rural Transport. (18 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has plans to extend the night-time rural transport pilot on a national basis. [40843/08]

Brutal Killing in Limerick: Statements. (13 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: I, too, convey my sympathy to Shane's parents, Tom and Mary Geoghegan, his brother, Anthony and his fiancée, Jenna Barry, following Shane's death. Sympathy for the family and the outrage felt about this event in the city is also felt in the county. Will the Minister ensure that the Deputy Commissioner and the new chief superintendent Gerry McMahon have whatever resources they require to...

Drug Seizures. (12 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: The Minister of State will not be able to answer that.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (12 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: Question 248: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when works will begin on the sewerage scheme for Hospital, County Limerick (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40143/08]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: I propose to share my time with Deputies Tom Hayes and Feighan. I welcome the opportunity to discuss the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008. Budget 2009 includes no imaginative proposals on how to get people off social welfare and back to work, particularly through retraining and education. The Bill is a missed opportunity to make changes to the back to education allowance...

Vaccination Programme: Motion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: The organisation of Fianna Fáil is not that great this evening.

Vaccination Programme: Motion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2008)

Dan Neville: Fire HIQA.