Results 1,501-1,520 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan
- Fisheries Protection. (19 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: As an addendum to that question, the Minister of State seems to be dodging the question of the costings. Will he and the Minister make any recommendations to the Minister for Finance arising from the report, given that they have accepted the advice of the standing scientific committee?
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: We are last in the race. We may be turning corners but we are still last.
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Into a cul-de-sac.
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: We are dizzy from turning corners.
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I warmly welcome today's announcement by Eircom that it is enabling 100 more exchanges. However, that still leaves over 600 exchanges in rural Ireland with no chance of getting broadband. The Minister has referred to the wireless option, which we all know is very expensive. Is the Department talking directly to the new owners of Eircom, the Babcock and Brown team of Mr. Rex Comb and Mr....
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Deputy Morgan asked a question about costs and, according to the figures I have in front of me, among EU and European countries only Luxembourg, Denmark and Iceland are more expensive for broadband than Ireland. Broadband is very expensive, less than 10% of the population has access to it and it is still a bit of a disaster ââ
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: This is something that will probably haunt the Minister through the general election campaign when people reflect on it.
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Is the Minister indicating the Government will enable those exchanges?
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I was speaking in per capita terms.
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: My figure is based per capita.
- Job Losses. (19 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Yesterday's confirmation that approximately 450 jobs are to be lost at Cadbury over three years is a shocking hammer blow for Coolock and Dublin's north side. Of the 1,500 member workforce at Cadbury, workers in Rathmore, County Kerry, and in Tallaght in west Dublin, will be affected but as 1,100 workers are based in the Coolock plant the most serious impact will be felt there. My first...
- Written Answers — Post Office Network: Post Office Network (19 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number and location of post office closures and the conversion of sub-post offices to postal agents to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33438/06]
- Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (19 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason he did not ensure that his ministerial car was an alternative eco-friendly model; if he is encouraging his Ministerial colleagues to switch to greener alternatives in their choice of official vehicle; if he has examined international examples of the conversion of all State and local government...
- Written Answers — Language Programme: Language Programme (24 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the training provided in teaching English as a foreign language for primary teachers and teachers specifically assigned to teach children whose first language is not English; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34101/06]
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (24 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will address the pressure on schools that have large numbers of pupils whose first language is neither English nor Irish; if she will, in particular, remove the cap of two extra teachers for such schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34100/06]
- Order of Business (25 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Will there be consequent legislation or a debate on the report of the three wise men about salmon in the next two weeks? It would give the Government backbenchers a chance to express their views on the report. Second, does the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources intend to introduce a tax on mobile phones?
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I warmly welcome this amendment to the Title of the Bill and the new and substantive Part 8 the Minister is introducing. I also welcome the fact the Ceann Comhairle has initiated a new procedure in respect of legislation to be taken in the House under which Opposition Deputies in particular will not be faced with a barrage of new amendments on Report Stage. I am aware, as a former member of...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I do not wish to delay the discussion because a number of important amendments have yet to be moved but the public generally takes the view that a Bill passes into law once it has been signed by the President. Recently, for example, I was asked whether the fireworks provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 had entered into force. There are often misconceptions among the public about when...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The House understands that very detailed and intense preparatory work is involved in producing the legislation, including in respect of the all-island energy market. When we first discussed the Bill, we were trying to address all the safety issues. The Minister is, at long last, establishing a very fundamental safety regime for electricity and gas. The public would like to know that it...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)
Tommy Broughan: It is clearer.