Results 1,661-1,680 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Parallel lines never meet.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: They did it before.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Government did it before and has a track record in this regard.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I did not say that.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister should read my comments.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I am pleased to see competition in electricity generation.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I did not refer to monopolies.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister will eviscerate the ESB. He should call a spade a spade.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I have some sympathy for Deputy Durkan's proposal. It is a bit like the discussion we had last week on NORA, the National Oil Reserves Agency. The Minister wants to give reasonable flexibility to the Department and to CER, in this case, with regard to the development of the generation system or the possibility of an interconnector. Clearly it could have a fundamental impact on our...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: With reference to amendment No. 63, the Minister is following the 1999 Act closely with regard to the interconnector and the terms laid down for the generation stations previously. I have some sympathy for the general position outlined by Deputy Durkan. In the past there has been concern about the beauty contest route being used with regard to public infrastructure. I recall the 3G...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: As Deputy Durkan said, this amendment seeks to amend the 1999 Act. It stems from our experiences in recent years when we noted the crisis between Russia and Ukraine which threatened European gas supplies. Until gas from the Corrib field comes ashore, we are at the end of a long pipeline. This is clearly a key area that the Minister has rightly inserted into the Bill. I am not sure if the...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister must have been a schoolboy then.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Poor old Jack Lynch, a decent guy, was driven out of office.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I see that.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister cannot have it both ways. He said he would be in control.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister does not have to run it.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister is responsible to this House.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I forgot to refer to amendment No. 70. The Minister accepted the phrase completely and it improves the section because it clarifies that when the Minister orders a person to do something, that person is responsible to the Minister. This issue of ministerial and Cabinet responsibility has been discussed way back by Mr. Walter Bagehot and various political philosophers in the 19th century....
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Did the Minister receive yesterday's CER report?
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The peak availability was approximately 10 MW. It is tight.