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Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (24 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons homeless here; if there has been an increase in homelessness nationally in 2009 in comparison with the previous years 2000 to 2008; the steps he will take to address the problem of homelessness in cities and towns here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42720/09]

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (24 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 479: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the roll-out of the national electric car programme; if he has been liaising with the ESB on the development of the necessary infrastructure including charging points for the nationwide electric car scheme; when the first charge points will be operational; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a senior civil servant in his Department was the guest of an energy company at the Ireland versus France match in Croke Park on Saturday, 14 November 2009; if he will advise if other officers received invitations; if they attended the match and if departmental...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 490: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the grants for aquaculture activities, including salmon farming which have been allocated by him or any agency acting under the remit of his Department, in accordance with EU programmes or national programmes to companies (details supplied) since 1980; the area of operation for which the grant was awarded to each company;...

Written Answers — Farmers' Markets: Farmers' Markets (24 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 520: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the next tendering process for the farmers' market in Howth harbour, County Dublin, will take place; if this tendering must take place before the end of 2010. [43207/09]

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Before we begin, I wish to advise that I proposed amendments Nos. 79 and 91, on behalf of the Labour Party, on Committee Stage. Amendment No. 79 refers to park and ride facilities being consequent on the formation of the national transport authority, namely, that such facilities would be available through that authority. Amendment No. 91 relates to the key point of extending the integrated...

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Ceann Comhairle accept that he is being inconsistent in this regard and that he should have ruled the amendments out of order on the previous Stage at least?

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, line 3, after "driver)" to insert the following: "and a small public service vehicle having seated accommodation from more than 5 persons (including the driver)". The reason for the amendment is to allow certain taxis, hackneys and other small minibuses to operate local public transport passenger services in urban and rural areas. There are many examples...

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I will withdraw the amendment on the basis of the Minister's consideration of the next two amendments.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: "(iii) carriage is provided for passengers on a pre-booked basis following a flexible route with varied stops with a specified geographical area, and". This amendment seeks to add a third definition to section 2(c). Amendment No. 7 relates to Part 2, the core of the Bill, dealing with the new licensing...

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. The key point is that in two weeks' time, and if he follows Professor McCarthy's advice, the Minister for Finance could use the budget to pull the rug from under the rural transport programme. Amendment No. 7, which relates to the licensing provision in section 7, states that the rural transport service should be licensed as a bus service. This...

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister of State substituted today at very short notice for the Minister, Deputy Dempsey, who is at a road safety function with the President. Unfortunately, as often happens, my colleague and I did not have the opportunity to attend the function——

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Both of us would like to have attended because it is the launch of the critical Christmas road safety programme. The past few weeks have been terrible in this regard. I will ask a question of the Minister of State and perhaps the officials will take it on board. Will the guidelines to be issued under the Bill, about which we spoke at length last Friday afternoon on Committee Stage, be...

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Amendment No. 3 is not grouped on the document I have either.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: It was e-mailed to us at 11.30 a.m.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: This grouping of amendments would eviscerate the Bill. The reforms introduced in the Bill are critical because we continue to operate under the Road Transport Act 1932 in respect of bus licensing. That Act was introduced to protect railways in an era when bicycles and horses were the key modes of transport. My party has problems with the Bill in regard to ensuring a level playing pitch...

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Yes, because we have the same people ranting in newspaper columns about competition in bus markets, despite not knowing how bus markets operate. They do not know, for example, that the subsidies provided to private sector companies in the United Kingdom are much higher than those provided to public service companies here. As I noted, without a large population, maintaining a rail service is...

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Amendment No. 50 in my name deals with the issue of bundling, which is dealt with in the section concerning the transfer of licences, a subject in which the Acting Chairman has an interest. We are very nervous about the transfer of licences following our experience in the taxi industry. As a spokesperson on transport and a member of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport, in trying to...

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of information——

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of information——