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Written Answers — Coroners Service: Coroners Service (11 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether a penalty of €6.35 is a grossly inadequate penalty for a person who refuses to attend a Coroner's Court when summonsed to do so; her further views on whether such action requires urgent reform of the Coroners Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15239/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Government to front load the funding of the western rail corridor to ensure that Mayo is not deprived any longer of this essential railroad infrastructure and can benefit from the western rail corridor from the start.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I asked the Taoiseach about alternative practitioners and he told me about the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill. However, I have received replies to several parliamentary questions stating that it will cover mainstream practitioners and I note the Tánaiste has no plan to deal with alternative practitioners. Having got those replies yesterday, I am still confused. Will the Medical...

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: It will not deal with alternative practitioners. When will that issue be dealt with?

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I am pleased to speak on this Bill. Its provisions reflect a shift of population from rural to urban areas as a result of the new commuter culture, principally in the counties around Dublin. It is obvious any further change in the future will reflect more an urban than a rural population. That is regrettable. Successive speakers have talked about the need to retain county boundaries. The Bill...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Members of political parties like to say that Independents are powerless. They say that Independents are single issue candidates but that could not be further from the truth. People were extremely disappointed when Deputy Twomey defected to the Fine Gael benches.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: People saw the darkness because they felt they were going back into the Dark Ages——

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: ——and, unfortunately, they saw the train coming down the track. It is obvious that people recognise that Independent Members have the capacity, which they have utilised in the past, to exert an effect on Government above and beyond their numbers. One need only recall how Deputy Gregory made a multimillion pound deal with the then Government and the influence exerted by Deputy Healy-Rae to...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Hear, hear.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Hear, hear.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Absolutely.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: That is a gross misrepresentation by the Minister.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister is afraid of the Independents.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister should do something about it.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: We are not casting any aspersions on the commission.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I am not reprimanding the commission itself.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister wants more of them.

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I am happy to speak on this Bill, which I welcome. I welcome its thrust, which is to cut the ridiculously long waiting times that people must endure to get a basic driving test. This must be welcomed. It will mean the end of the provisional licence anomaly which prevents applicants from getting a reasonable and convenient test date. Ultimately the Bill will prevent untrained and untested...

Rail Network. (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to raise this important matter on the adjournment. We have suffered heavily from the failure of successive Governments to ensure balanced regional development through a failure to invest adequately in infrastructure in the west. Four years have elapsed under the national plan and in the meantime €22.8 billion has been spent in the south and east...

Coroners Service. (17 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the inadequacies and limitations of the Coroners Act in helping establish a proper course of action to address issues of very serious concern; if his attention has further been drawn to the outcome of two recent inquests relating to the deaths of two persons; the steps being taken to...