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Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (29 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the breakdown by country of overseas aid donations made by the Government to developing countries in the past five years. [12323/06]

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (29 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Eritrea has been in receipt of Irish overseas aid donations from the Government in the past five years. [12324/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (29 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate an issue of national importance, namely the need for the Government to immediately resource the National Education Welfare Board, which has been in the news this week. Some 500 classrooms-full of children miss more than 40 school days a year. If the National Education Welfare Board received the funding it has requested it...

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (28 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the March meetings of the interdepartmental working group on emergency planning and the task force on emergency planning; if the security measures surrounding the transit of President George W. Bush through Shannon Airport would have been considered by those groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11806/06]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Deployment: Defence Forces Deployment (28 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Defence the security preparations involving the Defence Forces at Shannon Airport to facilitate the transit of the US President, Mr. George W. Bush, through Shannon Airport in early March 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11805/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (28 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 295: To ask the Minister for Transport if there are plans to introduce the offence of breaking a three-tonne restriction on the penalty point system. [11987/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (28 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 397: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Síochána is enforcing the three tonne limit for traffic at Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20. [11985/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (28 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 398: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the number of summonses issued and convictions obtained for the illegal use of Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, in regard to the three tonne limit to date in 2006. [11986/06]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (23 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to ensure that the official net payment documented by employers corresponds to the actual payment received by employees in view of recent revelations of abuse by subcontractors; and his views on whether the existing system of documentation is sufficiently detailed and transparent to act as both a...

Written Answers — Migrant Workers: Migrant Workers (23 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the discrepancy between Central Statistics Office projections of 20,000 immigrants per annum and estimates by FÁS that some 30,000 migrant workers will be required annually to sustain the economy here; and the planning mechanism he intends to put in place to monitor and manage migrant labour into Ireland....

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (22 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects to publish the findings of the review of lone parents support mechanisms carried out in 2005. [11037/06]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (22 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on his official visit to Boston for St. Patrick's Day festivities; the length of his visit; the events attended; the number of officials and others accompanying him and the estimated cost. [11038/06]

Political Donations and Planning: Motion (Resumed). (22 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: This is the Minister whose Department wastes 37% of its funding on dogs.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion (Resumed). (22 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: The Minister does not understand a word.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion (Resumed). (22 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: I wish to share time with Deputies Eamon Ryan and Sargent. I am glad the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism has finally agreed to dún suas. The Minister's Department spends 37% of its funding on the dog and greyhound industries, wasting funds on highly profitable industries that make many donations to the Fianna Fáil Party. I am glad he has eventually sat down to listen rather than...

Political Donations and Planning: Motion (Resumed). (22 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Let me tell the House about the Minister, Deputy McDowell's sort of people. His sort of people are those who rezoned Laracon against the wishes of 97% of the people living in Lucan. They are the Minister's sort of people.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion (Resumed). (22 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Those people rezoned land that is owned by supporters of the Progressive Democrats.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion (Resumed). (22 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: I am certainly not going to defend him.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion (Resumed). (22 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: There is an element of hypocrisy here and that is why I deplore the fact that the likes of the Labour Party are tabling an amendment to our motion in an effort to weasel out of the simple, clear statement at the heart of our motion, which is to ban corporate donations. That is what I am calling for. The first thing that Deputy Rabbitte and Deputy Kenny did when they assumed leadership roles...

Political Donations and Planning: Motion (Resumed). (22 Mar 2006)

Paul Gogarty: However, they are being joined in hypocrisy by Fine Gael and the Labour Party who talk about bad planning and corruption, yet are still taking payments from big business. I will give the Minister, Deputy O'Donoghue, an example. He had a go at the Green Party over shares which, as we know, were totally above board, and Deputy Cuffe got rid of his shares. As a Green Party member I support...