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Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: President Sarkozy has announced a €300 million package for the French fisheries sector.

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Minister for Transport make any concessions to help hauliers?

Order of Business (3 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I am concerned about the haulage industry.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (3 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if in respect to his Department's ongoing survey and analysis of prefab classrooms and resource rooms in the primary school system he will list the ownership of every prefab in use in primary schools including the name and townland of every primary school that has a prefab classroom or resource room, the name of the company,...

Written Answers — Language Support: Language Support (3 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason his Department has decided to terminate at short notice the funding to Integrate Ireland Language and Training in view of the vital services it provides to the many newcomers who have arrived here and who wish to integrate themselves and their children in society and for which they need special language training; and if he...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (3 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum seekers deported in the past 24 months; the number of people of each nationality who were deported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26368/08]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 231: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the name, relevant qualifications and process by which each person appointed to a State board operating under the aegis of his Department was appointed since 2003 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26369/08]

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I join with Deputy Kenny in objecting to the guillotine being used for the Dublin Transport Authority Bill. Of 108 Report Stage amendments, only amendment no. 8 was reached last week. A range of important amendments must be debated adequately by the House. The Committee Stage debate took 13 hours. The Labour Party is concerned about the lack of accountability which will exist with the...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: When can we expect to see the new road traffic Bill? It is being talked about in the newspapers as if it existed. Last week I asked the Taoiseach about the graduated driver licence Bill, or part of it, and he said no legislation was necessary but clearly it is and he was misled by the Minister for Transport.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I am asking if he is coming forward with a road traffic Bill. Will we see it by the time we return in the middle of September?

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: The Taoiseach misled me last week and two weeks ago. Does the Taoiseach accept we need legislation?

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: That is the point.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Today and tomorrow will be the last time I will see the Taoiseach for approximately three months.

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: We were discussing amendments Nos. 7, 8, and 67. Is that correct?

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: During the debate last week I outlined the reasons I felt that paragraphs (g) and (h) of amendment No. 8 should be placed on page 14 in the objectives of the new Dublin transport authority. Amendment No. 67 also refers to the rights of workers. In particular, it seeks to ensure that the transfer of undertakings rights would apply to transport workers in relation to the operation of the new...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister will be familiar with the differences that emerge between agencies in respect of transport safety, particularly in respect of the appalling tragedy at Kentstown in the Minister's constituency when it fell to the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, to initiate some of the major steps that led eventually to accountability in that instance. Inserting a section relating to the...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 14, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: "(g) establish social and qualitative criteria to maintain and raise quality standards for public service obligations with regard to minimal working conditions, passenger rights, the needs of persons with reduced mobility, environmental protection, the security of passengers and employees as well as...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 9: In page 14, line 33, after "fares" to insert the following: "within the framework of Ministerial Directives under section 26 below". This is part of a series of amendments to ensure full accountability to this House.

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I had the pleasure of shadowing the Minister in his previous portfolio when we had a situation with the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER. The DTA will become the regulator of fares on which the Minister had a direct say last year and his predecessors in every year prior to then. How do we know we will not have the same situation this autumn because next month, when we are out of...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Jul 2008)

Tommy Broughan: It would be good if the Minister clarified the scenario regarding the DTA later this week when his amendments are dealt with by the Seanad and the President signs the Bill in order that what happened to Deputy Durkan's and Deputy Stagg's constituents in Celbridge a few weeks ago will not happen again. The DTA will be the operator of last resort and will prevent a dedicated and valuable...