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Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 33 seeks that the construction rules for chemical tankers would apply to all ships in Irish waters. The Minister is saying every country should do its own thing. The problem with the flag states is that countries such as Mongolia will never see the ships under its flag. I do not understand the logic of the Minister. If we stop a ship, are we not...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: It is really fundamental for those types of vessels.

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 33: In subsection (1)(c), in the first line after "ships" where it secondly occurs, to insert "or ships travelling or berthed in Irish waters".

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 2 to amendment No. 33: In subsection (3)(a), after "ships" to insert "including the requirement for double hulls".

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 3 to amendment No. 33: "(g) the flag under which the vessel is registered.".

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Obviously I welcome Chapter 2, the series of amendments Nos. 40 to 48, inclusive, on liquefied gas carriage. I sought, as with the chemical carriers, to insert a number of amendments, which again would have opened up the maximum fine. These are amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, to amendment No. 42, which would have opened up the possibility of a find equivalent to 10% of turnover. It is...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: No; it is just that we have not got around to it.

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Yes. In the previous Dáil, when there was a Department with responsibility for the marine under Deputy Dempsey, there were interesting developments in the IMDO, but from what the Deputy just read out, nothing much has changed in the last couple of years. This may have to do with fiscal rules and so on. With regard to flags of convenience, from my own viewpoint and that of the labour...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The rules governing the construction and passage of nuclear carriers are of great interest to many people. What rules apply at present under international maritime law and the treaties to which we subscribe? The biggest stocks of plutonium and uranium in the world are located in Sellafield, just across the Irish Sea from County Louth. Can the Minister assure us that ships which carry...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: They would want to do it faster than they did at Christmas with the ice and snow.

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister was a Minister for the Environment and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle was a distinguished Minister for the Environment.

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Deputy Howlin certainly was. People who create waste should deal with the waste. We had this discussion in the energy area as well on the matter of creating the energy base load which we must have to protect our country and our people. Obviously, there has been a debate. People would ask why drag spent plutoniam rods or whatever around the world by sea. The basic point of the Labour Party...

Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No.1 to amendment No. 53: In subsection (1), in the first line after "ship" to insert "or any ship travelling or berthed in Irish waters". Amendment to amendment put.

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of REPS 4 plans that have been rejected to date per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16895/10]

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (29 Apr 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason 50% of Kerry REPS 4 farmers remain unpaid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16896/10]

Vehicle Registration Tax (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Transport if he was consulted by the Department of Finance on plans to subcontract key functions in terms of the invigilation of imported cars including the Revenue Commissioner check and collection of vehicle registration tax payments to the national car test operator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18067/10]

Vehicle Registration Tax (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: This change and the granting of this contract to Applus+ is a very significant development given that almost 11,400 cars were imported and had to be re-registered here during the first quarter of 2010. The performance of Applus+ with regard to the NCT test is the key concern of those who import cars - whether for personal use or for resale. This was the main thrust of my question, which was...

Vehicle Registration Tax (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Under the old system, the testing company, which at that time was SGS, informed vehicle owners that the NCT was imminent. Why did we not keep a system which appeared to work well for most citizens? Deputy O'Mahony has repeatedly raised the four week rule, under which drivers who are not given a date for a national car test within four weeks are, it seems, entitled to a refund. Refunds do...

Air Travel Disruption (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on his recent meetings with European Union Transport Ministers; if plans were drawn up to establish a central air navigation system for Europe or a wider Functional Airspace Block; the way this new agency will function; when it will be operational; the further way it will interact with the Irish Aviation Authority and the...

Air Travel Disruption (5 May 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The safety of passengers and crews is paramount. However, as it is now proceeding, this is the last thing the Irish economy needed. Have the Department of Transport and the Department of Finance collated any figures in terms of the overall, ongoing economic damage to aviation, airports and tourism? We are aware that our two national airlines are losing €6 million or €7 million a day....