Results 601-620 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan
- Energy Prices. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: It is used to fund expensive computer systems that do not work.
- Energy Prices. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: May I ask the Minister a brief supplementary question?
- Energy Prices. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister is here to answer questions.
- Energy Prices. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister should tell me what he is going to do. This is an awful huff altogether.
- Energy Prices. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: May I ask a brief supplementary?
- Energy Prices. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: Over the next six weeks, will the Minister and his colleague, the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, be making any recommendations on fuel poverty to the Minister for Finance? Does the Minister intend to re-examine the legal position concerning the energy regulator and does he think it should be changed?
- Inland Fisheries. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: The country is being run by consultants.
- Energy Resources. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: It is disappointing that the publication of the White Paper on energy seems to have been postponed yet again and that it has taken the skyrocketing price of oil, at $70 and more per barrel to focus our minds on the matter. Would the Minister welcome submissions from all the stakeholders in the energy industry and from the other political parties in this House in order to shape the medium and...
- Energy Resources. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: I thought it was to be ready by Christmas.
- Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister of State should not forget the cormorants.
- Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: Fishermen have stated that the cormorants are another factor.
- Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: I support the comments of the previous speaker. What is the Minister of State's attitude to the report? Colleagues on this side of the House worked on the sub-committee. Given that all sectors must work together to arrive at a reasonable solution, does he not agree the report issued yesterday suggested a reasonable solution? My great predecessor as Labour Party spokesperson, Michael Bell,...
- Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister of State might be the man to save the salmon.
- Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: He does not wish to be vain.
- Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: That is a Progressive Democrats report.
- Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: Is that a PD report, a cut and paste job?
- Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: Was the report presented to the Minister of State?
- Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: Did he offer funding?
- Energy Resources. (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: Does the Department have a plan B if, in the event of an emergency, supplies from Scotland were unavailable? Is there a plan to keep the radiators heated and the lights on? What is the long-term plan for the interconnectors? Does the Minister foresee the development of the market between these islands as a fundamental step forward with regard to energy supply and pricing on the island of...
- Irish Ferries: Motion (Resumed). (12 Oct 2005)
Tommy Broughan: The bullyboy style ultimatum that Irish Ferries workers face represents a new low for Irish companies and the tactics Irish Ferries used to coerce people into taking so-called redundancy within a desperate two-week timeframe even though they had dedicated more than 30 years of their lives to the company is a shocking ploy undertaken by what was once a decent company. The behaviour of Irish...