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Proposed Legislation. (8 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister should not misunderstand me. My proposal was to preclude members of local authorities from making commitments to vote either one way or another before a matter is debated. That is the problem. Everyone has a right to form an opinion. In addition, the public interest should be the prime interest in every planning decision. Across the country, on the night before development plans...

Proposed Legislation. (8 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: The law has not been changed.

Proposed Legislation. (8 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister has not provided legal protection for them.

Proposed Legislation. (8 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: He should introduce the planning code of practice.

Local Government Modernisation Programme. (8 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome the increasingly efficient use local authorities make of the Internet. When the Minister entered office, his Department's website was advertising grants which had been abolished a year earlier. The Department's services have since improved, however. In light of longer commute times and the fact that people are less able to visit local authority offices during office hours, I welcome...

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is an important debate. We are all ad idem in this House in respect of the appalling situation which arose whereby these women and their partners who wanted to have more children will never be able to have them given what happened at the hands of Dr. Neary. No sympathies expressed by us are enough. No money could ever compensate for that cruel and awful loss. I congratulate the women...

Lourdes Hospital Inquiry: Statements (Resumed). (8 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: We hope so.

Written Answers — Housing Estate Management: Housing Estate Management (9 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to regulate managing agents of apartment complexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9510/06]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (9 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason respite care is not provided in the Cottage Hospital, Drogheda to residents of east Meath; the areas in which this respite will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9879/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (21 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the crime figures for County Louth which have increased significantly since 2000. Headline crime was up from 1,800 crimes in 2000 to 2,600 in 2005, which is an increase of 41%. Of the 841 burglaries recorded in Louth in 2005, only 60 were detected. This Government is losing the battle against...

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Agus bancanna.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Cé a thóg an t-airgead ón Tuaisceart? Nárbh é an Teachta é féin?

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Ní ghlacfaidh mé le haon cheist ón Teachta Ó Caoláin.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Perhaps the Deputy should sing those words. I cannot hear him.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Praise the Lord.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister has used two of our minutes.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: He has taken two minutes of our time.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I wish to share time with Deputies McCormack and Ring. I will address the key issues in this important debate. Fine Gael proposes an amendment which reads: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "—condemns the corruption in planning matters exposed by the reports of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments; —condemns the actions...

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: ——that they have changed but I will not be lectured by them.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: They can call me whatever names they like. Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me. They should not put themselves on the high horse of honesty and integrity——