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Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (2 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his position on the EU data retention directive recently passed by the European Parliament; if he intends to take a legal challenge against the EU Commission and Parliament in respect of the directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3581/06]

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Media reports in the United Kingdom today refer to schoolchildren being able to access pornography on their mobile phones. This brings to mind an issue I have been meaning to raise for some time.

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: My question relates to legislation that may be brought before this House. A person who knowingly seeks child pornography on the Internet, looks at it and derives from it whatever sick gratification he can gain, but does not download it and leaves it in the "temporary Internet files" folder——

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: ——can get away with impunity. Members of the forensic team of An Garda Síochána know people are guilty of these activities but cannot prosecute. Are there or does the Tánaiste agree there should be proposals to introduce a child trafficking and pornography amendment Bill to ensure the Garda can track those who actively search for child pornography and utilise it without downloading it?...

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: There are guilty people who are not being prosecuted.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (2 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: I ask under the terms of Standing Order 31 that this House be adjourned to debate an issue of national importance, namely, the need for this Government to express its full confidence in the Minister for Transport by clarifying its exact position on the M50 tolls issue, the €500 million cost overrun on the M50 widening scheme to date, and the patent lack of a viable public transport...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Transport the role his Department has in the development of a demand management system for the M50 which is due to be introduced within three years of the completion of the first phase of the upgrade of the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3305/06]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of all national rail freight closures in the past year; and if his attention has been drawn to further closures intended by Iarnród Éireann. [3304/06]

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Given that it is a number of months since the horrific treatment of the Lawlor family in the media, and a couple of weeks since the horrific dealing in some sections of the media with the Holohan and O'Donoghue case and media reports on the Minister for Transport's foreign trips abroad——

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: ——should we not bring forward the defamation Bill as soon as possible so we can have proper media discourse and sue those who defame people improperly?

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: It is true.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: The electrification of the Maynooth line will take until 2015.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need to establish a code of conduct for public representatives highlighting issues relating to workers from other EU countries, as well as the need to reiterate our welcome for our fellow European citizens, allied with the provision of adequate resources to enforce Irish labour...

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: It will still be congested when it is finished.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: It has been done already and it predicted gridlock.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: The Minister should come down to Lucan some morning.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: They rezoned all the land around the M50 for profit.

Leaders' Questions. (1 Feb 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Rezoning.

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (31 Jan 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 142: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the discrepancy between the figures of people waiting on trolleys in accident and emergency departments from the Irish Nurses Organisation and those from the Health Service Executive; the set of figures which are true; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3090/06]

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (31 Jan 2006)

Paul Gogarty: Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether a statement she made in on the work ethic of nurses in Limerick Hospital may have been incorrect; if the nurses in question will receive an apology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3091/06]