Results 1,181-1,200 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: What did the Norwegians say to the oil companies?
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: They told the companies to teach them what they know. It is a fundamental difference.
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Hear, hear.
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Do the PDs have any more new candidates?
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: How does the Deputy know that?
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Why is the Minister talking about changing the business terms?
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: It is in the motion. Did I misread the motion?
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Hopefully.
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Deputy is changing her tune.
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Deputy is changing her tune.
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Deputy Fiona O'Malley is thinking of the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this motion on behalf of the Labour Party. I wish to clarify the point I made to Deputy Nolan. As I understand it, Norway came to believe that there were significant resources off its North Sea coast in 1968. The Norwegian Government effectively told the oil majors to teach it everything they knew about exploration, discoveries and so on for two...
- Energy Resources: Motion (Resumed). (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: My point is they did not know that at the time, any more than we do at present. By the way, the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Browne, believes that Ireland has significant resources in our 1 million sq. km of sea. As for the publication of the Advantica report yesterday, while this is welcome, significant problems remain regarding...
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I asked the Minister a question during last week's debate. Is there some way in which the An Post database could be utilised, given that it definitely includes every adult in the country?
- House Prices. (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Was he disturbed by the report in this morning's edition of the Irish Independent, which indicated that at present, up to one eighth of first-time buyers take out 40-year mortgages? These mortgages are of an amazingly long duration and such people may pay up to â¬120,000 more for their houses. As the newspaper noted this morning, effectively,...
- House Prices. (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Very well. The Minister of State read out last year's record on affordable housing, which constituted an improvement. However, does he agree there is still an issue regarding the Part V loophole?
- House Prices. (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The figure I have is â¬384,000.
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Given that the Minister is effectively saying the machines will be held in publicly owned storage, what will be the net cost to the State from now on? Most Deputies are having their computers in the House upgraded to Microsoft XP. Is there a situation whereby the Minister might consider upgrading the machines, or can they be upgraded given the original comments by the commission? In other...
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Will the cost be â¬44,000?
- Local Authority Housing. (4 May 2006)
Tommy Broughan: How many people are involved?