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Order of Business. (19 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: We stopped you doing what you are doing now.

Order of Business. (19 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: We ran a campaign on it and stopped you doing what you are doing now.

Order of Business. (19 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: I will talk to John O'Connell.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the job creation targets for Údarás na Gaeltachta for the remainder of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16682/05]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (19 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount that has been spent by Údarás na Gaeltachta in regard to industrial developments for each of the years 2003, 2004, and to date in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16681/05]

Order of Business (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Will new legislation be required for the introduction of the new postal codes? Is the Taoiseach certain that the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey has done all his research into that matter given the experience we had with the introduction of electronic voting? When will the Government give relief to the An Post pensioners who have waited 27 months...

Order of Business (Resumed). (24 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: I am sick of submitting questions. I want to ask the Taoiseach.

Aer Lingus: Motion (Resumed). (25 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: I warmly support the motion set before the House by the Sinn Féin Party, whose sentiments I fully share. It is a timely motion. The debate on air transport of the past few weeks was completely phoney, as the Minister knows. We had a classic three-card trick from a pair of hucksters in the Government, the Taoiseach, Deputy Bertie Ahern, and the Minister for Transport, Deputy Cullen. They...

Aer Lingus: Motion (Resumed). (25 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: ——and Kildare. On a famous day, when we all went over to the old terminal to stand up for Aer Rianta, there were 13 vacant Fianna Fáil seats. These people did not even have the gumption or the courage to face the workforce of Aer Rianta or Aer Lingus. I want those nine northside Fianna Fáil Deputies to show some courage tonight by voting for the motion and against the sale of Aer...

Written Answers — Single Payment Scheme: Single Payment Scheme (25 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding her discussions with farm organisations on a proposed system of penalty points for non-compliance with animal registration and identification regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17374/05]

Written Answers — Safety on Farms: Safety on Farms (25 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps being taken to address the serious problems of death and injuries through farm accidents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17375/05]

Order of Business. (26 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: My question relates to some of the comments made earlier by Deputy Sargent in respect of the major wind farm that will open today off Arklow. Will any of the consultative groups on tax reliefs that have been established by the Minister for Finance consider the area of alternative energy such as wind or biomass?

Order of Business. (26 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Minister be allowed to provide the information I have sought?

Maritime Safety Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: I am also delighted to welcome the Maritime Safety Bill 2004. Although I will submit some amendments on Committee Stage, I broadly welcome a Bill that deals with such an important and, unfortunately, often neglected issue as maritime safety. The legislation builds on the consultations held by the marine safety directorate on the wearing of life jackets and personal flotation devices a few...

Defence Forces Personnel. (26 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel tested to date under the new drug testing programme; the numbers who tested positive; the action which is taken when a member tests positive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17611/05]

Written Answers — Injury Compensation Claims: Injury Compensation Claims (26 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount paid out to members of the Defence Forces for each of the past five years in respect of compensation claims for injury or illness (details supplied); the amount paid in respect of legal costs associated with these claims in the same period; the steps being taken to reduce the level of such claims; and if he will make a statement on the...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (31 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following specific and important matter of public interest, namely, the need for the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to intervene in the increasingly troublesome and difficult Irish Ferries dispute to protect holidaymakers, hauliers and Irish trade and to resolve the serious issues and...

Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Last week I asked the Taoiseach if the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey, had conducted research into the introduction of postcodes or if he had read the postcode working group's report. Will the Taoiseach ask him if he has done so because it appears there is another €50 million disaster——

Order of Business. (31 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, if he read his own report before he made an announcement last week?

Written Answers — Bullying in the Workplace: Bullying in the Workplace (31 May 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is intended to introduce legislation to provide stronger protection for workers against workplace bullying; when this legislation will be published and enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18006/05]