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Written Answers — Irish Rail: Irish Rail (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recently published and CIÉ commissioned Baker, Tilly, Ryan, Glennon Report on alleged irregularities in the procurement process at Irish Rail; the action he will take or has taken in view of the report's recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39537/09]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will undertake a review of the performance of the Railway Safety Commission and Irish Rail safety procedures in view of the collapse of the Broadmeadow Bridge railway line, County Dublin, and the flaws in the safety monitoring system that subsequently came to light; if he will review the level of funding allocated to the Railway Safety...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Taoiseach arrange for the Minister for Transport to make a statement to the House on the future of Aer Lingus? It is being said by the workforce that the Minister approved the decision to slash 700 jobs in Shannon and Dublin and that he has approved the greenfield plan which will effectively turn Aer Lingus into a UK carrier with conditions, terms of employment and connectivity...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Taoiseach is the Leader of the House.

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Hear, hear.

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Minister publish it?

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Did the Minister know on Friday? Does the Minister do clinics on Fridays?

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I wish to share time with Deputy Morgan. This Fine Gael Party motion is timely as there is an ongoing, serious and dangerous lack of accountability to the Dáil and people we represent in many areas of Government administration. This problem has grown since 1997 when this Government, in a different form, took office. I have strong concerns about parts of the motion. The organisations to...

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Parliamentary questions to the Minister for Health and Children have always been batted away. Many Opposition Deputies - I pay tribute to Deputy Durkan in this regard - have been upset by the practice of precluding Members from asking questions about policy, not to speak of the detailed issues of administration to which the Minister alluded. The Minister for Transport is another serious...

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: If the Labour Party ever returns to Government, I will answer questions put to me by the Minister in his role as an Opposition Deputy.

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister will not answer questions on agencies under his remit on the ground that he is not responsible for them. Let us contrast his position with that obtaining in the House of Commons. I have a copy of Hansard, the record of proceedings of the House of Commons, which includes questions on issues such as additional road links to Exeter Airport. I asked a question on a similar issue...

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Hansard also includes a question on public safety on English transport networks which the minister, Mr. Sadiq Khan MP, answered. While the British Minister may not know the details, he takes responsibility for policy. The Minister will not do this and his disgraceful lack of parliamentary accountability contrasts with the accountability shown by many of his colleagues across the European...

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister's officials return them to the Office of the Ceann Comhairle. We all know how it works.

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: It is disgraceful. The motion highlights the role of the Committee of Public Accounts, of which I am proud to have been a member for the past seven years. The current committee chaired by Deputy Bernard Allen has investigated a wide range of inappropriate and unacceptable uses of public moneys, including in FÁS and the Health Service Executive. While the Committee of Public Accounts, a...

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I thank Deputy Morgan. I also have strong concerns about whether such a commercial semi-State company would be subject to freedom of information requests and the ombudsman while its competitions-----

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Fine Gael Deputy obviously wants to have many bus companies racing up and down the road, competing with Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus.

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: How can one commercial company be answerable to freedom of information requests or the Committee of Public Accounts while its competition on the same route is not? It does not make sense and it is a ludicrous suggestion. Why should public commercial companies be put at such a disadvantage and have every decision monitored if the ulterior motive is not to destroy any efficient public...

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I have directed companies. I am not sure what experience the Deputy has. He does a lot of talk about it.

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Deputy has talked a lot about it but unfortunately he has shown himself to be an enemy of public enterprise. During the current financial crisis-----

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Perhaps the Deputy should go back to Germany in the 1930s. We have also seen some appalling practices in private companies which have had a much wider impact on their employees. For example, this morning Deputy Burton referred to companies such as Tesco and how they make pricing decisions. Many famous companies such as Ryanair got good starts because they received certain public contracts....