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Seanad: Electoral Register: Motion. (10 May 2006)

James Bannon: Does the Senator have those voters in the bag?

Seanad: Electoral Register: Motion. (10 May 2006)

James Bannon: I thank all the Senators who contributed to this important debate. I saw in the media recently where the Taoiseach stated that he witnessed 80 people voting from a one, three or four-bedroom house. I wonder why he did not take action at that time. The Taoiseach always looks for a way out. He probably slept on it for a few nights and discovered it was a bad dream or a haunted house. The...

Seanad: Electoral Register: Motion. (10 May 2006)

James Bannon: One would also think the Government only came to power last night or last week. It has been in power for the last nine years and the shambles the register is in is a late wake-up call. I plead with the Minister of State to take the Fine Gael proposal on board and abandon the Government amendment. There is very little in it and it constitutes a name and blame game which blames public servants...

Seanad: Electoral Register: Motion. (10 May 2006)

James Bannon: I have not. We want action not information. The Minister should take our sensible proposal on board because it would deal with the inadequacies in the register of electors. He should abandon the amendment which has been put down. It is a little silly.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Transport to the House to debate the ever-increasing backlog of those awaiting driving tests. The figure in respect of each county is increasing, despite promises made by the Minister for Transport, Deputy Cullen, to slash the backlog. In the past 12 months the figure has increased by 10,000 nationally. There is a waiting list of 135,000 nationwide...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: Does the Leader believe the Minister should resign?

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: The Government parties have been in office for nine years.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: ""the Agency" means the Environmental Protection Agency as established by the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992;". These amendments would bring greater clarity to the Bill and improve it for the purpose of interpretation. The Minister gave a negative response to these amendments on Committee Stage but...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 6: In page 7, to delete lines 39 to 44 and substitute the following: "(7) In this section 'appropriate planning authority' means the appropriate planning authority that would have ordinarily dealt with the application referred to in that subsection, prior to the enactment of section 3 of thePlanning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006.". I commend these...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 7: In page 9, lines 23 and 24, to delete "of the proposed development". Most of these eight amendments are technical and would tidy up and clarify the Bill. On Committee Stage, the Minister committed himself to considering some of those amendments and giving a final decision on them today. I look forward to hearing the Minister's view.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 11: In page 10, line 4, to delete "from the" and substitute "of". These are technical amendments. Amendment No. 11 proposes a grammatical improvement. I await the Minister's response to these amendments.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 13: In page 10, line 39, to delete "for permission". The Minister promised on Committee Stage that he would give consideration to those amendments on Report Stage. I await his views. These are technical amendments which would improve the Bill and provide greater clarity.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 14: In page 10, line 43, after "indicate" to insert "where applicable". This is a technical amendment which would greatly improve the grammar of the Bill. I ask the Minister to consider accepting it.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 18: In page 11, line 52, to delete "or for the purposes of an activity for which". These are technical amendments which would tidy up and give greater clarity to the Bill. When they were discussed on Committee Stage the Minister stated he would give consideration to them.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 21: In page 12, line 11, after "subsection (5)", to insert the following: ", and it shall not make such a decision within that period without having either— (i) considered the observations of the Agency, or (ii) received notification from the Agency that the Agency does not intend to make a submission". As I stated on Committee Stage, it is important to maintain...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 26: In page 15, to delete lines 11 to 17. These are technical amendments.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 29: In page 17, line 26, to delete "18" and substitute "12". This recommendation is to reduce the time for a decision from 18 to 12 weeks. A 12-week period is sufficient. We discussed this in great detail on Committee Stage and the Minister appeared to be undecided. Finally, while not conceding the issue, he more or less reverted to the 18 weeks. However, during his...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I tabled this amendment out of frustration. The Minister is probably aware that I come from the BMW region where there is a major underspend of approved funding. A programme of funding was to be spent by 2007 and we are less than half way into the drawdown of these moneys. There are major problems with many of the large infrastructural projects. There are problems with the southern bypass for...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 31: In page 18, line 17, after "of" to insert "a specified application or to". Again, this is a technical amendment. I support the removal of the recommendation to insert "a specified application or to", in page 18, line 17, after "of". This would improve the Bill for interpretation purposes.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (16 May 2006)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 46: In page 33, line 38, to delete "and" and substitute "or". This is a technical amendment which I consider would improve the drafting of the Bill. Perhaps the Minister will take it on board.