Results 921-940 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Yesterday the Taoiseach's attention was distracted when I asked him about the electricity Bill, which was on the Government legislative programme until the current list of Bills. Given the fact ESB is offering bonuses to people to transfer——.

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: I am asking about it now.

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: I did not understand from the Taoiseach's answer whether the Government intends to bring forward the Bill. I put down an oral question to the Taoiseach on the Stardust tragedy in the context of new information that has come forward in the past couple of years. That question seems to have slipped into cyberspace and disappeared. I have not been told it has been transferred to the Department of...

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: It does arise.

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: I asked an oral question but I am not getting an oral answer or any kind of answer. With regard to my party leader's question, will the Minister of State, Deputy Gallagher, take the rest of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill, which arises next week?

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: I would like some answers.

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: When will see it?

Written Answers — Marine Accidents: Marine Accidents (1 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport if, during the recent disaster of the sinking of the [i]Rising Sun[/i] off the Wexford coast and the subsequent rescue operation, which resulted in the tragic deaths of fishermen and a diver, representations were made to remove the temporary exclusion zone around the ship during the rescue operation; if so, the reason this lifting of the...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (1 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Transport the timescale for the commencement of work on and the full completion of the western rail corridor. [3365/06]

Residency Permits. (2 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person, details supplied, was refused extension of residency here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3510/06]

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (2 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the helpline for missing persons was established; the operation of the helpline; when he intends to establish the helpline on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3491/06]

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: In support of Deputy Perry, the committee debate on the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005 collapsed this morning. We heard a fine valedictory speech from the outgoing Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Gallagher, who apparently has a different legal opinion from the Taoiseach. The Minister for Communications, Marine and...

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: This Government is putting forward four legal views——

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of order, is it possible for the Attorney General to attend the committee meeting tomorrow?

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Is it possible to organise that because we are at sixes and sevens?

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: The 15 or 16 failures——

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: How many is it now?

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: The 26 failures of the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Dempsey——

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: He had 15 failures when he left the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The number is now 25 or 26. We are in another mess. It is a total disaster.

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: We have four legal opinions and no one to arbitrate. A Minister of State, Deputy Gallagher, is being tortured by the Government.