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Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Yesterday, when we were debating the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2009, I found out later in the evening that the Bill had been withdrawn in the Seanad. Will the Taoiseach say why the Bill was withdrawn in the Seanad last evening, when——

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: When the Bill was concluding last evening——

Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Will the Ceann Comhairle please give me some leeway? When the Bill was concluding last night, I pointed out a number of legal difficulties, which might indicate that it could give rise to further anomalies so that we might have to enact further legislation in this House. If the Bill is being amended, that means it is coming back to this House, and that is relevant to the Order of Business....

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Deputy Power is preparing for a future career in the show business area.

Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Yes. Will legislation be brought before the House in respect of the introduction of spending limits for this year's local elections? While there has been much comment from the Minister in this regard no legislation has yet been presented. Have proposals in regard to local election spending limits been brought before Cabinet? If not, is it intended such proposals will be brought before...

Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The Minister with responsibility for housing has made a number of announcements on spending €20 million a year to rent houses in the private sector. First, will this proposal be brought before the House in the form of legislation, or will the Minister operate outside the legislation and have no debate here on the matter? Second, will it require changes to the Housing Act or the Residential...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: On a point of order——

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: This is time for questions to the Minister, not for questions from the Minister. The Minister should follow Standing Orders and respond to the questions that are being put rather than engage in a slagging match.

Election Management System. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Question 2: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date for the introduction of the cap on local election spending; the spending limits and the framework which will be introduced to monitor spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3939/09]

Election Management System. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister for his response. It is exactly the same response we received on 7 October 2008 when the Minister briefed the committee. A number of questions must be asked. Has the Minister brought this matter to Cabinet? In correspondence from the Taoiseach to the leader of my party in December there was discussion of complexities. There are no complexities in this. Local...

Election Management System. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: It is unsatisfactory that the Minister is still prevaricating on this issue.

Election Management System. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I did not intend to ask a supplementary question but as the Minister did not answer a number of my questions I will restate them. Yes, there are complexities but they are not unknown complexities. The complexities are related to population, various limits and urban and rural areas. I have discussed these with the Minister at committee meetings. Has the Minister brought the matter to...

Election Management System. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Has it been brought to Cabinet?

Ministerial Responsibilities. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, for his response. I wish to recap on the position we were at a week ago when the legislation was introduced into the House on an emergency basis. Twelve illegal appointments have been made to the PRTB to date. While I understand the Minister, Deputy Gormley, is not involved in the operational day-to-day running of the board, ultimately, the...

Ministerial Responsibilities. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: By whom?

Ministerial Responsibilities. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Was this discovered in-house by the board or was it brought to its attention by an external source?

Ministerial Responsibilities. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: The audit took place following the second and not the first error and I requested that the audit should be carried out after 7 October 2008. The difficulties referred to by the Minister of State arose on 10 December and the audit was carried out after that. Why were shadow spokespersons such as myself and Deputy Hogan kept in the blind about this? The issue came to the attention of the...

Ministerial Responsibilities. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: But the audit was only carried out following the second error.

Ministerial Responsibilities. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: I do not blame the Minister of State because the issue of appointments lies with the Minister and the error and the failure to carry out an audit are firmly on his desk.

Proposed Legislation. (5 Feb 2009)

Ciarán Lynch: Will the pilot scheme be rolled out nationally or only in a number of local authority areas?