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Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (16 Jun 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 55: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the reports in the weekend newspapers regarding waste infrastructure which quoted the president of Covanta Europe when he stated that the situation had changed totally in Ireland with the new Government; and will he confirm or deny that he will be giving the green light to the incineration of...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (21 Jun 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance when he will publish the Strategic Review of the Credit Union Sector carried out by Grant Thornton on behalf of the Financial Regulator. [16203/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (30 Jun 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding persons awaiting treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; his plans to ensure that waiting times will not get longer for those on public health in the absence of the NTPF; the location at which those on public health will now go to register for treatment; if they will have to go to the end of the queue as...

Written Answers — National Asset Management Agency: National Asset Management Agency (5 Jul 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the National Assets Management Agency has a social good clause in its articles, the way citizens access information on which properties NAMA controls, via its loan portfolio as NAMA is not required under the Freedom of Information Act to answer to the public and the way persons may find information on which properties can be made...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (5 Jul 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 310: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the back to education allowance is only for those who want to upgrade their skills and not for those who want to retrain for a new industry, currently the allowance is curtailed to those who want to do training at a level higher than what they all ready have, that is persons with diplomas who want to do a degree; if the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Jul 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 530: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason we need legislation on the sale of raw milk; the purpose of this Bill; if this legislation is being introduced to limit the retail of milk by small producers; his views on whether it is not more appropriate to have raw milk labelled as such and let consumers make up their own minds; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (5 Jul 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 622: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical practices are defrauding the State by obliging patients to pay the registered postage required to send smear test samples to the National Cancer Screening Service (details supplied); if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that medical practices are delegating the actual...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (5 Jul 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 657: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is possible to develop an early morning commuter service from Longford to Sligo; if he is in favour of developing this and other opportunities for commuter rail services around the country; and if so, the action he has taken to promote same. [18667/11]

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (13 Jul 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will vote for a Palestinian state at the UN conference in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19981/11]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (19 Jul 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider buying a factory (details supplied) at Boyle, County Roscommon, and making it available to a new processor or to several new start-ups within the food processing sector. [17992/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Sep 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to introduce legislation to ensure net neutrality; if such legislation will ensure that access to all websites and services that are on the Internet can be accessed freely and without preference to websites and services favoured by a particular internet service provider in view of the fact that a...

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (15 Sep 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 12: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of the resources allocated to the Ballymun regeneration programme, Dublin, that has been spent on the salaries of the top management and on consultants; if the same percentage will prevail in the Limerick regeneration programme; his views on the high fees charged and the excessive salaries...

Written Answers — Credit Union Sector: Credit Union Sector (22 Sep 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give details of the strategy to underpin the solvency and viability of the credit union sector that was presented to the European Commission, the ECB and the IMF; the further discussions with the staff of the European Commission, the ECB and the IMF that will be necessary to clarify some aspects of the restructuring of credit unions;...

Written Answers — Jobs Initiative: Jobs Initiative (22 Sep 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views that the promises given by her upon the launch of the JobBridge programme are now being broken (details supplied); JobBridge participants have been informed that their fuel allowance will now not be paid to them as they are part of the JobBridge programme; if she will verify that what was promised at the launch of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (22 Sep 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health if he will furnish the titles and dates of publication of all reports produced by the expert body on fluorides and health, both those made available to the public and not; if he will also make available the names and details, qualifications and so on, of those who are current members of the expert body; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider introducing legislation making all private medical care and medical insurance illegal for public representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19680/11]

Written Answers — School Books: School Books (28 Sep 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the high price for school books; the reason new editions of books and other frequent updates to school books are required when we should be cutting down on spending in these hard economic times; if there is any way to regulate the demands primary schools make on the new books that are needed; and if...

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (4 Oct 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the new corporate structure that was put in place to facilitate the restructuring of the Quinn Group debt; if new companies were formed for the division of Quinn Group assets and liabilities when it was divided into manufacturing and non-core parts; the percentage of the €588 million now owed by Quinn Group under the non-core entity that has...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (4 Oct 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the arrest of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27501/11]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (11 Oct 2011)

Luke Flanagan: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an actuarial breakdown of the extra yearly cost to the Exchequer for pensions awarded to those public servants who can retire at 50 years instead of 68 years; if these costs may be reconsidered due to the fact that civil servants retire at a much earlier age than ordinary workers; and if he will make a...