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Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I dislike the suggestion.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: On another but related topic, I am delighted Kathleen O'Toole, who was a member of the Patten commission, a distinguished member of which we have in this House, is to be appointed to the Garda inspectorate. I also welcome the comments made yesterday by a South African police chief, Robert MacBride, who may be a descendant of Major John MacBride, that republicans must get involved in policing.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: The exact timing is not the issue, but the principle certainly is.

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: What about the institutions of the State?

Seanad: Order of Business. (10 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: It would be preferable if Members could debate these issues without descending into election broadcasts. I welcome the Minister of State——

Seanad: Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage. (10 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: ——and the Bill. First, I welcome it from the perspective of public administration. It is good that a discrete function such as this is hived off into an authority. It is a priority in its own right. Notwithstanding what one of my colleagues said, I am pleased that someone of the profile of Gay Byrne will chair the body. It will guarantee that what he says and does will get substantial...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: While it is desirable to have as many ministerial meetings minuted as possible, taoisigh and Ministers of all parties had informal meetings without notetakers. It would have been impossible for them to carry on their business if this had not been allowed. As a country, we have benefited from the euro in terms of lower interest rates, an absence of exchange rate speculation and sheer...

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I was about to finish my point.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I am sorry, a Leas-Chathaoirligh——

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: They are not prepared notes.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: Deputy Jim O'Keeffe was the person responsible and he agreed to the delay——

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: The Fine Gael Party——

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: —— suggested that the moratorium should be——

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: ——that is why the reserve force is being brought in correctly.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: The Fine Gael Senators do not like it, do they?

Seanad: Migration Report: Statements. (11 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I welcome the Minister of State and this debate. What has happened has partly been the result of making Ireland one of the most attractive countries in the EU in which to do business through, for example, corporation tax policies. That, along with having an open regime for the ten accession countries, has worked out extremely well from our perspective. It enables us to meet needs and because...

Seanad: Migration Report: Statements. (11 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: The Senator might be correct.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I thank the drivers and staff of Bus Éireann and other bus companies for providing at least some public transport to the south and west, which I availed of when returning from a celebration in the Mansion House on Sunday night. In this year's public capital programme, €427 million is being invested in CIE and the public wants the rolling stock at Limerick Junction, which has been...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 May 2006)

Martin Mansergh: I will be brief. I welcome the return of the train drivers to work and thank the mediator for his successful and professional input; indeed I welcome his return to work in the public interest, from which he had to temporarily step back last year. On housing, in most of the towns earmarked for decentralisation houses are available at or below the national average.