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Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2010)

Damien English: I will raise many more issues on Committee Stage.

Written Answers — Electric Vehicles: Electric Vehicles (2 Mar 2010)

Damien English: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the process of rolling out an infrastructure for charging electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10193/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (2 Mar 2010)

Damien English: Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff at each State agency under the aegis of her Department; the cost of employment for each agency in tabular form. [10327/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (2 Mar 2010)

Damien English: Question 292: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of State funding the Federation for Victim Assistance has received for each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 in tabular form. [10255/10]

Order of Business (3 Mar 2010)

Damien English: The Taoiseach made that decision.

Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad] Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2010)

Damien English: This Bill and its provisions are, in large part, welcome. However, it must be highlighted that in 2008 Deputies Shatter and Flanagan published their Victims' Rights Bill to give victims of crime comprehensive statutory rights under Irish law; unfortunately, it did not receive the support of Government at that time. The current Bill is a useful first step in providing recognition for victims...

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: What is it called?

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: Has the Tánaiste read the policy?

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: It is too complicated for the Tánaiste.

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: It is not a quango. It is a commercially driven State body. The Tánaiste should cop herself on. This is the Tánaiste trying to dismiss the idea.

Banking Policy. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: I am fed up listening to this. It is a stupid argument. It is quite simple to read it. It is in black and white.

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to chapter 3 of the organisational review programme, a public modernisation initiative under the auspices of the Department of the Taoiseach, the actions she has taken to date to ensure that the capacity of her Department was adapted to meet the challenges identified; the action she has taken to...

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: I do not agree with the Tánaiste's analysis. She has published her 47-point plan but most of the points are on minor issues. The whole idea of this review was for the Tánaiste to shake up her Department and get it ready to take on new opportunities and new threats. That has not happened and the results speak for themselves. The fact that more than 400,000 people are unemployed and...

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: I am asking the questions. I want the Tánaiste to answer me.

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: If I made a speech, I would take much longer than this. What specifically has the Tánaiste done with her Department to make it ready for the current situation? It does not seem to have worked. Why has she failed to drive the agenda across all Departments? This country is uncompetitive and businesses are suffering as a result. She was given the responsibility in this document to get her...

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: If not, we will have it chopped up. That will create more delays and more job losses as each new Department finds its way around. It speaks for itself.

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: The question is clear - what has the Tánaiste done in her Department that might work?

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: What?

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: What about the red tape?

Departmental Review. (9 Mar 2010)

Damien English: This review paper gave the Minister the opportunity to fix her Department but she did not do so and as a consequence, her Department will be chopped up. She would better serve the country if she moved out of her Department so that it would not be chopped up. Chopping it up and moving it around will cause delays in strategies and actions and we have had nothing but inaction. She has not...