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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages (Resumed). (12 May 2004)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 6: In page 7, line 5, after "vote," to insert "produces a paper copy of each vote cast".

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages (Resumed). (12 May 2004)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 7: In page 7, line 10, after "counting votes" to insert "in a non-random way". This amendment relates to the random nature of the manual system of counting. Several Senators referred to this, having encountered problems in both local and general elections, although I do not think this arose in European elections. These flaws in the system are being carried into the new...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages (Resumed). (12 May 2004)

James Bannon: Will the Minister of State give an indication as to when he will introduce the legislation? I appreciate he has given a commitment to the House. The amendment proposes that any system adopted for counting votes should be non-random. As the Minister of State said, what members of the Government parties and this side want is accuracy, that is, that the true intent of voters is fully...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages (Resumed). (12 May 2004)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 9: In page 7, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: 5.—As soon as practicable after counting has completed, the Commission on Electronic Voting shall conduct manual mandatory random recount of the voter-verified records—— (a) in the case of a general election, presidential election, European Parliament election, or referendum, of at least 10 percent of...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages (Resumed). (12 May 2004)

James Bannon: I move amendment No. 11: In page 7, line 46, after "may" to insert "by order". This is a technical amendment. The Minister's reputation and his standing within Fianna Fáil has fallen greatly because of the manner in which——

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report and Final Stages (Resumed). (12 May 2004)

James Bannon: It is a technical amendment to strengthen the legislation further.

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: I fully support the motion. Only the week before last, I and my party called for the resignation of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government due to the appalling waste of public money on the electronic voting fiasco.

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: I support the Labour Party's call on the Minister to resign as he and the Government have failed miserably to produce a sustainable and viable housing policy. The Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Noel Ahern, arrogantly wasted money, which would have gone a long way in the area of social and other housing, on a white elephant.

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: I am not the Minister just yet.

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: The current Government should be ashamed of its record on social housing. It has continually failed to meet its commitments to social housing under the national development plan, leaving more than 60,000 people on local authority waiting lists and at least 5,000 people homeless, sleeping in bed and breakfasts and on our streets. Time and again, on the Order of Business and other occasions, I...

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: May I speak?

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: Those at the mercy of the private rental sector have suffered the effects of a system in chaos, which is still not regulated 100 years after the rights of tenants on the land were first established. It is a blight on the Government's record. Those trying to get a foot on the property ladder are finding it impossible because of stealth taxes imposed by the current Fianna Fáil led Government....

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: The Minister of State has raised concerns among people with disabilities who need financial assistance to adapt their homes. He is reported to have said the disabled person's grant scheme was in need of reform because "some counties approve too many grants." What does he mean by this? Does he mean some grants should not have been approved?

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: I am entitled to conclude. The Chair interrupted me.

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: The Chair interrupted me unfairly. I am entitled to my time. Is this dictatorship at its best?

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: If it suits the Chair, I will withdraw it.

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: I am disappointed.

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: The Government should tackle it.

Seanad: Housing Provisions: Motion. (26 May 2004)

James Bannon: Action is needed, not figures.