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Written Answers — Prison Building Programme: Prison Building Programme (9 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the plan to build a new children's prison to accommodate juvenile prisoners in the future. [22609/07]

Written Answers — Human Trafficking: Human Trafficking (9 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action the Gardaí will be taking as a result of the announcement that Great Britain and Ireland are to work together to combat human trafficking through a new operation called Pentameter two. [22610/07]

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: The Government is represented on the board of Aer Lingus.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (10 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise the following urgent matter: the decision by the Government, against the advice of the Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs, to take a eurosceptic approach towards EU procedures aimed at a common approach to cross-border crime, against the wishes of 25 other EU states and in line with the British...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Could we use the emergency brake for those?

Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: The reason this side of the House is so anxious to have statements or a debate on this issue is that there is much confusion about the fundamental difference between the constitutional treaty we were happy to sign up to and supported, and the reform treaty now being proposed. This particularly relates to requiring Ireland to be able to opt out. There is also a contradiction in the...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: There is not total understanding.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: On Thursday last I tried to establish which Minister is responsible for legislation relating to the sea fisheries sector and received an ambiguous reply from the Tánaiste. Last week a ministerial order regarding safety on fishing boats was issued by the Minister for Transport and the Marine. On the section of the Order Paper relating to upcoming legislation, the only Bill relating to...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: This directly contradicts the answer we received last week, which was that the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources was responsible. That would be borne out by the evidence on the list for upcoming legislation where there is only one piece of sea fisheries legislation, which comes under the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. It would be helpful...

Fire Services: Motion (Resumed) (10 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: As with all other speakers, I offer sympathy to the Murray and O'Shaughnessy families, as well as to the colleagues of the men, some of whom are probably in the Gallery this evening. I commend the Labour Party on bringing this motion forward but I am disappointed the Government has decided to divide the House on it. The motion proposed by the Labour Party appears to be deliberately written...

Order of Business (11 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: He is not responsible.

Mobile Telephony. (11 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will introduce a regulation requiring all mobile telephone masts to open for use for all network operators in order to improve coverage and reduce duplication of masts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23168/07]

Mobile Telephony. (11 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: This is the first opportunity I have had to wish the Minister well in his new brief. I am glad to see him in this particular Ministry because its handling by Fianna Fáil in the past five years has amounted to a succession of missed opportunities. The Minister ought to be aware, if he is not, that Eircom has recently sold its mast network to Threefold Project Management. Given the fact that...

Postal Services. (11 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he will facilitate the opening of a fully competitive market in the postal delivery sector and in particular the way he will deal with financially supporting the public service obligation that currently exists for An Post in the context of open competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Postal Services. (11 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: With all due respect, if the Minister were on this side of the House, he would describe that answer as waffle. Rather than answering the question, he gave the facts that everybody knows — for example, that competition will be good for the market. He said we needed to consider a number of options, but I want to know which option he favours. Competition will be not be a problem in busy...

Postal Services. (11 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: On a point of information——

Postal Services. (11 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: Will the Minister give way?

Postal Services. (11 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: It seems somewhat warped that the Minister has started to ask the Opposition spokespersons questions. Intense lobbying is taking place in the United Kingdom for what is called zonal pricing, for the very reason I have outlined. Certain interests are trying to make the case that the further a postal company has to carry a letter, the more it should be allowed to charge the customer. We are...

Postal Services. (11 Oct 2007)

Simon Coveney: The European Parliament——