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Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: The Deputy's time is up.

Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Perhaps the Minister can return to the matter under discussion.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: The section as amended by the Minister allows the commission a range of between 153 and 160 Deputies. Obviously the Minister originally intended the minimum number to be 153, which would have clearly been unconstitutional according to the preliminary census results as it would have meant that there would have been less than one Deputy for every 30,000 people. However, the new figure of 153...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: I am.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: I am talking about the numbers. The amendments are grouped.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Other speakers have raised this issue at this stage. I can come in again if you wish and make the rest of the points then.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: This legislation will have become unconstitutional. That will never have occurred previously.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: I know.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: I do.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: The Minister has misunderstood me. I know he said the final report will not be issued until after the final census results. My point is that he thought it necessary to change from 152 to 153 in case 152 TDs was unconstitutional. I am saying that if the final census results show a greater population, the 153 TD provision could also be unconstitutional and, therefore, the Act establishing...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: The Minister will have to come back with amending legislation.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: I realise that it may not come to pass but if it did, that is what would happen. Never in the history of the State has a commission been asked to make the decision about cutting the number of TDs. It is only in the last two Electoral Acts that a range has been set. Previous commissions, however, ignored that and left the number at 166. In both 1998 and 2006, both commissions stated they...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (14 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the reduction in VAT for Irish newspapers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20396/11]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (14 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding plans by him to bring about an increase in inspections by the National Employment Rights Authority in respect of compliance by contractors employing workers to carry out publicly funded building projects, it being vital that if State money is paid to such contractors that the contractors should be...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (14 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 210: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding steps he has taken to ensure that household waste collectors, including private companies and local authorities, that weigh the waste, comply with any legal requirements including those provided for under the Synopsis of Metrology Act, including section 26; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (14 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 308: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the recent increase in anti-social behaviour incidents on the Luas red line; if his further attention has been drawn to the urgent need to increase security on this line for the safety and protection of passengers using this form of travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (13 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the equity release schemes and home reversion schemes as financial products being offered to older persons here; his plans to ensure that the sale and purchase of such financial products do not lead to the impoverishment of older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20182/11]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (13 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to proposals made to some local authorities to vary development plans in order to allow retirement villages be built; if he has considered the possibility of such developments adding to the surplus in land zoned for housing development; the guidelines available to local...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (13 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider calls for representation on the taxi review group of independent and self-employed taxi drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20114/11]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2011)

Joanna Tuffy: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a taxi rank which was located in the grounds of St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, has been removed; if he will confirm that a courtesy telephone has been installed in the hospital foyer to enable patients and visitors to book taxis on a no-cost telephone to a single taxi company; if he will provide...