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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I am pleased to accommodate the Chair. Now that the Government speakers have arrived in force and Ministers have poured into the House from all angles as they rush to the rescue of unfortunate tenants whom they have smitten hip and thigh for the past five years, I ask that the Government set out its excuses for what it has done to tenants in recent years.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Fantasy.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: On behalf of my colleague, Deputy O'Dowd, I thank all those who contributed to the debate. I do not often thank the Government but I thank it for accepting this Bill. That it accepted this Private Member's Bill is indicative of the fact that even it recognises there is a need to do something about the ever increasing burden of charges and fees placed on the heads of the unfortunate new...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I do not wish to be disrespectful but people should not hold their breath. If it takes as long for the Department to draw up these regulations as it has taken for it to draw up other legislation in which it has been involved over the past four or five years, some people who hope to have the financial burden of management agencies alleviated could be waiting a long time. I thank the Minister...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (5 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 106: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is in a position to improve pupil-teacher ratios in line with best international practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13458/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (5 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which she expects to be in a position to provide the required level of psychological assessment, speech therapy, remedial, resource or various special needs teaching requirements in all schools here in the current year; if she has put in place the necessary resources to meet the requirements as set out by the various...

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It is all just showmanship and clowning.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Ceann Comhairle has been very helpful in the past so he might be able to help me now. ESB meters are no longer read on a bi-monthly basis and this has resulted in some meters not being read for up to 14 months or two years.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I am coming to that.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The ESB has billed a number of households showing arrears of up to €1,000.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: My question relates to legislation and the Ceann Comhairle is involved in this.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I know but the Ceann Comhairle should wait until I finish the sentence. I want to give the Tánaiste an opportunity to reply. Bills are now being charged showing arrears——

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: ——which show the recent price of electricity taking in the increases that have occurred over recent years. Arising from the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, which, contrary to what the Ceann Comhairle told me——

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: No. The Ceann Comhairle told me in a reply that this was a matter for the regulator but it is not because the legislation has not been passed.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It is a matter for the Tánaiste to answer.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: What about the Tánaiste's contribution now? The Bill has not been passed yet. What about the consumers?

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Tánaiste should answer the question about who determines policy.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Everything is quick.

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Bernard Durkan: This from the man who emasculated the Freedom of Information Act. He must be joking.