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Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister of State is a decent man but he is being tortured. He is being harpooned by the Government.

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of order, is there a precedent for the Attorney General——

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: ——to attend the Dáil or a committee meeting?

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: I am seeking the Ceann Comhairle's guidance on the matter.

Tribunals of Inquiry. (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Next Tuesday marks the 25th anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies in the history of this State, the deaths of 48 young people in the Stardust club in Artane, Dublin 5. Most of those victims came from the ward and constituency that I have represented for the past 15 years. The publication of the tribunal of inquiry report in June 1982 was marked by incredulity on the part of many of the...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports of serious under payment and mistreatment of foreign workers employed as domestics in Irish homes, including reports that some have been paid as little as €2 per hour; the steps he intends to take to end such exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4054/06]

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is his intention to introduce legislation to provide for the creation of a new offence of corporate manslaughter as suggested by the Law Reform Commission in October 2003 and recommended by the commission in its recent report to which a draft Bill is appended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4053/06]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if regulations (details supplied) were each drafted in the Office of the Attorney General; if not, the reason for same and by whom they were drafted; if he proposes to replicate this procedure in primary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4353/06]

Leaders' Questions. (8 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Cynic.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: With reference to an earlier question, does the Taoiseach intend to make a number of appointments in his reshuffle? I notice a couple of distinguished Fianna Fáil backbenchers are assiduously following proceedings and they might be recommended for promotion. The Taoiseach will be present on Sunday at the Stardust memorial function. I refer to the matter I raised on the Adjournment of the...

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: I raised it last night.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: The Taoiseach is a fellow northsider. I wish to make a brief point on legislation. Yesterday the Ceann Comhairle underlined part of the question I asked him, whether the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources had sought the advice of the Attorney General——

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: It relates to legislation. I understand the Ceann Comhairle misled me.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: I asked about four or five European Union regulations concerning administrative fines. I asked whether the Attorney General had seen the Minister's——

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: The Ceann Comhairle misled me. We cannot make progress on the fisheries Bill. We do not know where we stand. The Ceann Comhairle misled the House in the reply he gave me.

Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: The committee cannot get going. We are stopped dead in the committee. As the leader of Fine Gael said, we cannot make progress.

Written Answers — Charities Legislation: Charities Legislation (8 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Law Reform Commission consultation paper on legal structures for charities; his views on the paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4441/06]

Written Answers — Charities Legislation: Charities Legislation (8 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress in regard to preparation of legislation to regulate charities; the date for the publication of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4426/06]

Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: On the same subject, at long last there is the opportunity for the Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, to directly take responsibility. The unfortunate Minister of State with responsibility for the marine, of course, has apparently disappeared. A number of Ministers are currently under considerable pressure. The Minister, in his famous letter on administrative penalties, seems to accept that they...

Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of order, will the Minister state the position on the delegated functions order which he made entrusting functions to Deputy Gallagher? The Minister of State is in the House. He should be capable of taking this Bill today, as it is his function to do. Is he the Minister of State with responsibility for the marine? Will the proceedings at the committee on Communications, Marine and...