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Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: I too wish the Minister well in his new position. He has had a tough beginning and it is undoubtedly very embarrassing for him to take charge of delivering an incinerator to which he was so vociferously opposed in the past.

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: I have heard him speak in this Chamber many times about how incineration would discourage recycling and be a source of possibly harmful emissions. The Green Party previously refused even to accept the role of incineration as set out in the EU hierarchy. Nor did it accept the notion that there is any energy saving in terms of the waste to energy function of incineration. Whatever about past...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff members of Irish Aid who have signalled their intention to decentralise; their roles and positions within the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18723/07]

Written Answers — Landing Rights: Landing Rights (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it is intended that there will be changes to the existing regime and operation of US military flights which stop over at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18045/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on amending the proposed legislation on stamp duty and to back date the tax rebate for first-time buyers to 6 December 2006 when stamp duty changes were ruled out causing many buyers to proceed to purchase their homes and now fail to qualify for the new relief. [18539/07]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will grant medical cards to sufferers of post polio syndrome in view of the fact that it is a serious and costly condition for this limited number of sufferers. [18540/07]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine his views on the introduction of a financial support scheme for the rail freight sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18490/07]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (3 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the Government's policy on supporting rail freight; and if his Department will be including the Green Party's manifesto commitment to introduce a rail freight subsidy on a per tonne basis for materials that are transferred from existing road freight onto rail fright as part of the Programme for Government. [18512/07]

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Is that a "yes"?

Business of Dáil (4 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: It is essential that we see the agreement which we are supposed to scrutinise. The briefing note was very brief and ambiguous. We cannot approve an important and sensitive agreement such as this without at least having sight of it. We owe it to the people who voted for the Amsterdam treaty to subject this agreement to a comprehensive analysis before voting on it.

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (4 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: ""Act of 1994" means the Road Traffic Act 1994;". This is a technical amendment associated with amendment No. 5 which refers to the introduction of mandatory alcohol testing at the scene of an accident. Amendment No. 19 refers to the introduction of mandatory drug testing at the scene of an accident. The...

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (4 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Whatever about the introduction of drug testing the Minister's excuse for not having alcohol testing is rather weak. He says that, in order to compel a blood test, a garda must be of the opinion that, at the time of an accident, a person had consumed alcohol but, in reality, a garda may not be at the scene at the appropriate time. A garda may, for whatever reason, decide not to test for...

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (4 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Is the Minister sure about that? I do not think a garda can do so.

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (4 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, before section 2, to insert the following new section: 2.—The Minister shall be politically accountable to Dáil Éireann for the activities and actions of— (a) the National Roads Authority, (b) the Road Safety Authority, and (c) the proposed Dublin Transport Authority. I spoke on Second Stage about the need for the Minister to be accountable to the...

Roads Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (4 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: It is a little insulting of the Minister to suggest Deputies are solely concerned with "rudimentary operational matters". I have certainly never asked a Minister to fill a pothole. Basic information on important matters is not available to Members because we are told that they come within the remit of the various bodies. The flow of information has stopped completely. This aspect of the...

[i]Roads Bill 2007 [/i][[i]Seanad[/i]][b]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages.[/b] (4 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: I wish to press for a vote on this issue. We have already discussed the matter and Deputy Ferris has tabled a similar amendment.

[i]Roads Bill 2007 [/i][[i]Seanad[/i]][b]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages.[/b] (4 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: The Deputy will be.

[i]Roads Bill 2007 [/i][[i]Seanad[/i]][b]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages.[/b] (4 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: Absolutely.

[i]Roads Bill 2007 [/i][[i]Seanad[/i]][b]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages.[/b] (4 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, before section 3, to insert the following new section: 3.—(1) Section 57 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (3), by substituting for paragraph (e) the following: "(e) specify the manner and method of the charging of and collection of tolls, (f) specify such other information as the road authority making the scheme considers appropriate or the...

[i]Roads Bill 2007 [/i][[i]Seanad[/i]][b]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages.[/b] (4 Jul 2007)

Olivia Mitchell: To clarify the issue, the additional functions I had in mind were in the area of policing. I am not sure the Minister is correct in his belief that the system can be used for policing functions as I do not believe a system established specifically for tolling purposes can be used for such purposes. I tabled the amendment in response to discussions I had with representatives of companies...