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Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I join Senators Jim Walsh and Glynn in calling for a debate on the planning process. I would like this to include the development of apartments. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government issued guidelines a couple of years ago seeking higher densities. The developers pursued that with a vengeance and have been building apartments all over the place, even in villages,...

Seanad: Energy Policy: Motion (25 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I support the motion moved by the Independent group. My colleague in the Dáil, Deputy Broughan, asked this week why the Government has not prepared the national energy efficiency plan as required by the EU. With only a few months for the Government left to run, will it bring forward an energy efficiency plan? If so, when? The Power of One advertising campaign is welcome but much more...

Seanad: Energy Policy: Motion (25 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I know many studies have already been done.

Seanad: Energy Policy: Motion (25 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: A legitimate point was raised by a former engineering manager of Bord Gáis. The Government must examine the issue and respond to it appropriately.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I welcome the calls for a debate on road safety. I sympathise with the families of the recent victims of road accidents, especially that which occurred in Monaghan. We must discuss the issue in terms of its broader application. I live in a community where there is a constant sound of the revving of car engines. It is becoming a significant feature of life in estates. Young drivers go...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: It is very important to look at other countries, because it is not just unique to Ireland. Perhaps we need to look to bringing in legislation dealing with dangerous driving practices. We do not have it in this country yet. It is called anti-hooning legislation in other countries, such as New Zealand.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I feel that matters such as safety, practices such as wheelies and the revving of car engines in estates——

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: If young drivers do this——

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I would like to finish my call for debate.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: Yes, well——

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I have been briefer than any other speaker. That is not fair. The Cathaoirleach is not being fair to me.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: We need a debate on bringing in legislation where cars can be confiscated from dangerous drivers.

Seanad: Europol (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I do not have anything to add, except to thank the Minister of State and his staff for their work on the Bill.

Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages (12 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I second the amendment.

Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages (12 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I second the amendment.

Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages (12 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 5: In page 25, line 32, after "State" to insert the following: ", or for the service of the person's sentence, or balance of the person's sentence, outside the State,". The amendment is designed to avoid a shuttlecock situation whereby a person who is liable to a sentence in Ireland is surrendered on the basis that, following the processing of that person in another...

Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages (12 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I move amendment No. 6: In page 31, line 38, after "may," to insert the following: "if it appears to the Court that the sum or any part of it is a sum which might be realised by the person to whom the order is directed,". This important amendment relates to the issue of the circumstances in which a person may be imprisoned for failure to pay a fine. There are strong international legal...

Seanad: International Criminal Court Bill 2003: Report and Final Stages (12 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I support the Bill and thank the Minister, the Minister of State and their staff for their work on the issue. I welcome the Minister's acceptance of some of the points the Labour Party raised in its amendments, including those on Committee Stage, although he did not necessarily accept the points we made in other areas. This area needs to be monitored to ensure that the legislation will be...

Seanad: Schools Building Programme. (12 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: This matter, which I have raised previously, concerns the need for new accommodation for St. Andrew's national school in Lucan. The Department of Education and Science accepts the school needs a new school building because the present building is not suitable. It is old, has limited capacity for increasing accommodation and is not an appropriate site for expansion. When I raised the issue...

Seanad: Petitions Committee: Motion (4 Oct 2006)

Joanna Tuffy: I welcome in general the consensus in the debate and the very thoughtful contributions about the proposal from both sides of the House. I welcome the Minister's positive attitude to the proposal. I should be gratified if the Committee on Procedure and Privileges set the ball rolling, as he said. Senator O'Rourke has suggested that this should be the first item on the next agenda of that...