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Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: They raised matters they did not even understand.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: This amendment illustrates that the Bill has been changed drastically.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: We came in with one Bill but major additional issues have since been introduced. At the start of this debate we wanted energy safety legislation to operate under the aegis of CER. Many of the key issues we have raised, including micro-generators and fuel poverty, should have been included in another major Bill. This demonstrates a lack of joined-up thinking.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: A key problem that regularly arises in times of crisis or major developments in the area of energy is the failure by the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to set out his objectives in directives. In that context, I welcome what the Minister of State has said in terms of outlining the key objectives which should be set out in any directive from the Minister to the CER....

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: The word "Minister" is gender-neutral.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Has the Tánaiste any intention of introducing the sale of alcohol Bill before the general election? There are a number of important Bills in the Minister's portfolio——

Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Unfortunately, I was not here yesterday. Has the Tánaiste any strategy for bringing forward key legislation? When will the single energy market Bill for electricity be introduced? Energy consultants McKinnon and Clarke have this morning told us that Ireland has the third highest electricity prices in Europe.

Order of Business (26 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: The Tánaiste is supposed to be interested in competitiveness — it is something he often talks about. We are becoming distinctly uncompetitive under this Progressive Democrats Tánaiste.

Written Answers — Film Industry Development: Film Industry Development (26 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the efforts being made to attract international filmmakers to Ireland to shoot and produce their films here; if he has met with the new head of the Irish Film Board's US office in Los Angeles to discuss this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34804/06]

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (26 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide details of the €10 million tourism marketing campaign for the autumn and winter period; the efforts he is making to promote year round tourism here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34822/06]

Order of Business (1 Nov 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Will we see the inland fisheries authority Bill before the general election? Will there be any other legislation? The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Noel Dempsey, is telling us two pieces of legislation may be necessary to implement the salmon decision made this morning. Can we expect some legislation in that regard?

Order of Business (1 Nov 2006)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister is making it up then.

Order of Business (1 Nov 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Will that be before the election?

Written Answers — Nursing Home Charges: Nursing Home Charges (1 Nov 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of payments processed in relation to the long stay charges repayment scheme; the timeframe a person would expect to wait for payment after application to the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35450/06]

Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (1 Nov 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the Pharmacy Review Group's recommendations that there should be no beneficial ownership or business interest of any kind between dispensing and prescribing; her further views on the potential conflict of interest that arises from the development of multi-practice health centres; and if she will make a statement on the...

Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)

Tommy Broughan: There seem to be many inconsistencies in Progressive Democrats policy, given that Senator Morrissey——

Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)

Tommy Broughan: I want to ask about legislation. Senator Morrissey wants to build skyscrapers in the bay while Deputy Fiona O'Malley would have the city underwater.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Yes. I would like to ask about the timeframe of the immigration and residence Bill. In view of the concerns of the UK Home Office about the Mafia-style gangs it says exist in the two incoming members of the European Union, has the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform been in contact with the authorities in Sofia and Bucharest?

Order of Business (2 Nov 2006)

Tommy Broughan: The Bill does.

School Closures. (2 Nov 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Astonishingly, during the past two and a half years, this is the fourth time that I have been obliged to raise the issue of the historic Greendale community school in my constituency of Dublin North-East as an Adjournment matter. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for always facilitating me in this regard. Around the time of the devastating announcement that Greendale community school was to close,...