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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2007
176 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance his views on eliminating or reducing the rate of value added tax on condoms and other prophylactics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13611/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2007
175 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance his Department plans to allow regular bus traffic to use the Phoenix Park, in view of the fact that it is used daily by thousands of commuter cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13610/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2007
174 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance the number of people in his Department who have been constructively dismissed in the past five years. [13609/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2007
173 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance the reason VAT is charged on the public service obligation for energy providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13608/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2007
172 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance the names and addresses of those authorised as moneylenders within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13607/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2007
171 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance his plans to tax aviation fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13606/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2007
93 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the delay in enacting the Water Services Bill, introduced in 2003 in view of the contamination of the Galway water supply; if he will enact it as a matter of urgency to ensure a higher standard of environmental protection for water supplies here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13391/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2007
580 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the European Commission referring Ireland to the ECJ for failing to give adequate rights to citizens to legally challenge decisions in cases involving environmental impact assessments and integrated pollution prevention and control; his difficulty with implementing the Aarhus Declaration in Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13998/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2007
74 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure Ireland’s compliance with the Public Participation Directive 2003/35/EEC to guarantee public participation in the EU environmental decision making process in view of the European Commission’s decision to refer the matter to the European Court of Justice and the Irish Courts’ refusal to recognise the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13390/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 April 2007
277 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason behind his decision on 28 March 2007 to defer the planned reduction in the fees paid to lawyers at the Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13362/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 April 2007
87 Mr. Cuffe asked the Taoiseach the number of private rental properties and landlords in the Council of Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown, the four Dublin County Councils and the State in the figures available from the Central Statistics Office from the most recent period for which figures are available. [13393/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 April 2007
10 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to install two-way mirrors in every Garda station in order that victims of crime can identify a suspect without having to come face to face with that person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12991/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 April 2007
7 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration has been given to expanding the Criminal Assets Bureau to include a local bureau in each of the 25 divisions of the Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12992/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 April 2007
480 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport the measures he will take to reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector, which have risen by 7% in 2005 as outlined in the recent EPA report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 April 2007
143 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport his proposed timetable for the linking of the two existing LUAS lines in Dublin City centre; and if he has a preferred routing for such a connection. [12716/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 April 2007
61 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport his view on the recent report by the British Vehicle and Operator Services Agency that up to 55 per cent of Irish registered vehicles, including public service vehicles, travelling to the UK are in breach of safety regulations; the explanation for the discrepancy between the number of detections in Ireland and in the UK in view of the similarity of the regulatory standards; and the response he will make to VOSA’s report. [12715/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 March 2007
36 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Health and Children when contracts for private hospitals on public lands will be signed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11998/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 March 2007
353 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will put in place adequate public consultation and appeals procedures for the granting of planning permission for off-shore wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7474/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 March 2007
142 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention was drawn in advance of the practice by three State companies of channelling revenues through operations in the Netherlands in order to avoid corporation tax; and his views on such a practice in State companies. [11485/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 March 2007
81 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the use of High Court orders for the management of unlicensed developments in view of the proposed removal of a slipway and moorings at Oysterhaven, County Cork. [11484/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2007
90 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the continuing violence in Iraq and on possible solutions to the conflict. [10384/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2007
88 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his meeting in February 2007 in Dublin with Dr. Mohamed El Baradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10383/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
325 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance if the Government plans to exempt older persons trading down their property from stamp duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7479/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
213 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to repeal or reform the Legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act 1929 in response to the report of the Competition Authority into the legal profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9729/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
151 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance the position of the Irish Government in responding to the call of the German Government for greater international regulation of hedge funds. [10151/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2007
140 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance the status of attempts by the European Commission to harmonise corporate tax rates in the European Union. [10153/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
221 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason there is no requirement to use any native species of tree in the national afforestation programme, Growing for the Future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7476/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2007
33 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on allowing regions within Ireland to establish bans on genetically modified crops, in view of the fact that Ireland supported Hungary’s bid to uphold its ban on GM maize in a recent meeting of EU Environment Ministers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9137/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
93 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement regarding the nineteen members of the Defence Forces discharged after failing random drug tests. [8925/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 2007
89 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence the agenda for the informal meeting of EU defence Ministers in Wiesbaden, Germany, on 1 and 2 March 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8926/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 March 2007
138 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish legislation which will make a repeat of what happened in the Irish Ferries’ redundancy deal illegal. [8565/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 March 2007
132 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will remove the exemption of sea-going vessels from the transfer of undertakings legislation which protects employee rights and conditions and ensures the new employer retains them. [8566/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2007
42 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will address the disparities in the values of supplementary welfare payments across the country particularly in view of the concern expressed by the working group on the issue within his Department. [7926/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 March 2007
14 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the Money Advice and Budgeting Service has a role to play in investigating high levels of interest being charged by financial institutions, in view of its practical expertise in the area. [7927/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2007
111 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on progress regarding the planned pilot evening rural transport scheme. [7767/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 February 2007
119 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will elaborate on the discussions his Department have been having with Iarnród Éireann regarding the use of its abandoned railway lines for recreational purposes. [7766/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007
536 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether it is time that his Department produced regulations, in view of the fact that Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has agreed to change its county development plan to improve the energy efficiency of all new building developments greater than ten dwellings from 2008, that would require all local authorities to set such targets for local area plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7763/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007
556 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way prisoners here were made aware of their right to register to vote in the upcoming general election; the number of the prison population who have registered to vote; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6858/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007
167 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Council have agreed to change their county development plan to improve the energy efficiency of all new building developments greater than 10 dwellings from 2008, it is time that his Department produce regulations that would require all local authorities to set such targets for local area plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7469/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2007
84 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the Government’s waste strategy is working in view of the confusion over the status of plans for the proposed Poolbeg incinerator. [7762/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 February 2007
14 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency can expect to receive the conclusions of his Department’s internal evaluation of the pilot project; if the project will receive multi-annual funding, if the conclusions are positive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6855/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2007
104 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport if he will introduce legislation providing for Dublin City Council or Dublin Bus to use cameras to legally enforce bus lane compliance. [6638/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 2007
101 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport the progress he has made in the European Commission with regard to overcoming the legislative loophole that prevents An Garda Síochána from attaching penalty points to foreign licences. [6637/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2007
402 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the revenue raised from television licences; the number of licences issued; the costs relating to the collection and enforcement of television licence fees in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6392/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2007
159 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on the INO proposal for a 35 hour week for nurses; the approximate cost of this measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6297/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2007
95 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on the INO proposal to increase the pay of nurses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6298/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 February 2007
8 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the latest quarterly tourism figures. [5655/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2007
368 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will implement Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repeal Council Directive 90/313/EEC. [5695/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2007
367 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the delay in the implementation of a producer responsibility scheme for the newspaper and magazine sector, given that it was the view of his Department, as far back as 2001, that systems were available for such an implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5694/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 February 2007
366 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a draft or final version of a report on the energy performance of Irish housing funded by Sustainable Energy Ireland and carried out by the City of Dublin Energy Management Agency suggesting that only 2% of new housing units comply with Part L of the building regulations; his views on the veracity of this figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5693/07]