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European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Gallagher: Yes.

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Bernard Allen: Is he indicating that his officials are not yet in a position to answer the 40 questions put to them long before Christmas? Will the electronic voting system be launched tomorrow without having answers to questions posed by the experts?

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Gallagher: I believe the Deputy will be more than happy with the answers he receives to the questions. The House has just recently returned following the Christmas period. The officials have been working on the questions and the replies will issue to Deputies.

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Pádraic McCormack: They must be difficult.

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Gallagher: The officials dealing with the questions have a considerable workload apart from electronic voting. I assure Deputy Allen that the answers will issue to him as soon as possible. We will have an opportunity on Committee Stage to address issues relevant to the Bill.

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Bernard Durkan: The questions are relevant.

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Gallagher: They are relevant to the old system but not to the Bill. If the Deputy bears with me, we can address issues such as the implications of the Kelly judgment for the forthcoming European elections, to which Deputy Gilmore referred. Deputies will recall that the judgment found that two elementsof paragraph 2 of the Schedule were unconstitutional. The judgment will apply to expenditure by...

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Bernard Allen: We are all in favour of the system in principle but it was introduced——

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Séamus Pattison: Order, please.

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Gallagher: It was introduced in 2002.

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Bernard Allen: The machines to be used differ from those used in 2002.

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Gallagher: They are electronic voting machines. With regard to Deputy Ring's reference to the presidential election in Florida, punch cards dating from the 1960s were used, not electronic voting. Deputy Harkin referred to the recommendations of the constituency commission on Dáil constituencies. This is not a matter for tonight's debate but can be discussed when the necessary Bill to revise Dáil...

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (3 Feb 2004)

Question put and agreed to.

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Referral to Select Committee. (3 Feb 2004)

European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Referral to Select Committee. (3 Feb 2004)

Pat Gallagher: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on the Environment and Local Government, in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee. Question put and agreed to.

Adjournment Debate. (3 Feb 2004)

Adjournment Debate. (3 Feb 2004)

Health Centres.

Health Centres. (3 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: I thank the Minister for coming to the House at this late hour to respond to this matter. This is an important matter and it is very important to the people of Ballymun who are in the process of a major regeneration of their area. Ballymun is a significant town of approximately 15,000 people. As the Minister will be aware from the profile of the area, there is a very high social welfare...

Health Centres. (3 Feb 2004)

Rory O'Hanlon: The Deputy's five minutes are concluded.

Health Centres. (3 Feb 2004)

Róisín Shortall: There are significant gaps in the primary health care system and it is primarily due to inadequate accommodation. That very good, modern accommodation is lying idle——