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Order of Business (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It is promised legislation. On a daily basis we all get continuous complaints about the lack of availability of broadband and the lack of urgency in the provision of the facility throughout the country with a consequent impact on business. The legislation is the electronic communications Bill which is promised.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Why did the Minister withdraw the Bill?

Order of Business (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I did so.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It is an important issue.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Sixty million euro.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Don Quixote.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I move: That Dáil Éireann, acknowledging: the likelihood of major job losses in both the manufacturing and services sectors in the wake of recently approved gas and electricity price increases; the damage to national competitiveness that will ensue; and the recent international trends indicating a reduction in oils and gas prices, calls on the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural...

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: We should begin by identifying the sequence of events regarding energy prices in the past year or so. Political instability throughout the world, tempests, storms and hurricanes affected the availability of oil, gas and fuels in general, but any close observer of the industry would have noticed an abundance of those fuels on international markets in the past six months. The knock-on effect...

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: That is right.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: There is no doubt about that.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: We need to educate the Minister.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister would love that. Does he want all-party agreement on high energy costs?

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister's constituents are suffering from high energy prices.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister wants a high cost energy policy.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister should not be playing, either. He does not need to prove his ineptitude any further.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Government's policies are all in the future. It could not even produce a White Paper.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: In that case, why is the Minister raising energy prices?

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Why does the Minister not justify the reasons?

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It is way ahead of the Government's.