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Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Eirgrid) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on Second Stage of the Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (EirGrid) Bill 2008. I strongly support the Bill, particularly its key objective of facilitating the development of the first east-west interconnector and interconnectors generally. This is a crucial step forward for our energy market. However, I agree with the Labour Party spokesperson, Deputy...

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: In support of Deputy Ó Caoláin——

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Like the Deputy, I have a sheaf of questions for the National Roads Authority .

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: The reality is that the Minister for Transport is not reporting on behalf of the National Roads Authority to the House. That is a serious gap in the work of this House. The Ceann Comhairle——

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: No, it is your business, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: The Ceann Comhairle undertook to reform the system so that the Minister for Transport would be able to report on all aspects of transport policy to the House. I commiserate with the Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, having to remain in the Department of Transport.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Reporting on policy is what happens in every other parliament. Deputy Ó Caoláin has a valid point. It is your responsibility, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to move this forward.

Traffic Management. (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Transport the preparations being undertaken by his Department in terms of managing traffic and potential major disruption to citizens and businesses in Dublin due to the prospective big dig in Dublin city for metro north, the Dublin interconnector and Luas extensions; his views on the appointment of one individual with responsibility across the relevant...

Traffic Management. (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Is the Minister saying the Dublin City Manager, Mr. John Tierney, will be responsible for this mega-project, the largest construction project in Dublin city centre since the rebuilding after the 1916 Rising? Has the Minister completed a detailed risk assessment of the big dig? Has he received a cost benefit analysis on its impact on city centre business? Last week the distinguished...

Traffic Management. (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: However, is he capable of managing the largest infrastructure project in Dublin's history? Dubs, like myself, know and are told very little about the project. The Minister has spent millions of euro on a stupid advertising campaign for Transport 21. Dublin city will be torn apart by transport development and yet the Minister does not tell us how it will happen.

Traffic Management. (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I know more about the big dig than the Minister.

Traffic Management. (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: We are worried considering the Minister's track record.

Traffic Management. (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Last Monday, Deputy Fahey did a PR runner, probably hoping to be in the Cabinet, on traffic management. When will the Minister announce a detailed traffic management plan for the big dig?

State Airports. (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the proposal. We have had, to some extent, informal development around the airport region and it is interesting to attempt to structure this through the DAA. Was this proposal part of the business plan put to the Minister by the Dublin Airport Authority with regard to plans for the three airports? The Minister mentioned the National Pensions Reserve Fund but has he had any...

State Airports. (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: When the chief executive, Declan Collier, was in before the Oireachtas transport committee, he indicated the ten-year €2 billion programme referred to by the Minister would leave the DAA with an overhang debt of possibly €1.2 billion. The Minister has indicated the new project will be totally ring-fenced. Would he clearly agree this must be the case, given there will still be such an...

Road Network. (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I met Mr. Barry, the chief executive of the NRA, a few months ago. At that stage, the Minister was refusing to approve any further PPPs. Why has he changed his mind? I welcome the fact that he is proceeding with a unitary payment system rather than with a concession, which would inevitably have resulted in the imposition of tolls. Media reports indicate that two sections of the N20, the...

Road Network. (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Nor do I have such a hang-up. I am referring to the people's money. Why pay more money for something that could be done at much less expense?

Road Network. (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of information, this is nothing to do with ideology. I am glad the Minister, Deputy Dempsey, did not become Minister for Finance yesterday.

Road Network. (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: We are discussing finance.

Road Network. (8 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: We are discussing the roads.