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Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Yes.

Appointments to State Boards. (10 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Will the Taoiseach find out this information?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (10 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise the following urgent matter: the fact that more than 88,000 fixed charge summonses for motoring offences were listed before the courts during the first six months of 2007, clogging up the District Court unnecessarily, and that new ways of collecting these fines must be introduced, including the handing over of the collection...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Ireland has one of the worst records in Europe for reducing road deaths. While Luxembourg and France have achieved reduction rates of 46% and 40%, respectively, since 2001, the corresponding figure for Ireland is 10%. When will the promised national road safety strategy be published and debated in the Dáil?

Order of Business (10 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.

Hospital Services. (10 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Hear, hear.

Road Traffic Offences. (10 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: In this calendar year alone, 160,000 fixed fines are due for processing in the District Court because they have not been paid. In other words, 160,000 people are refusing to pay mandatory fines for speeding and other driving offences. Unless we change our driving habits, the death toll on our roads will continue to rise. The Government can take absolutely no satisfaction from today's...

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (10 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to tackle anti-social behaviour in housing estates and in particular the activities of so-called boy racers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22755/07]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (10 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of complaints received in relation to the doctor on call service in County Louth since the inception of this service; if investigations were carried out as a result of such complaints; the time scale involved; if the complainant was dissatisfied; if so, the further action that was taken; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (10 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine if he will introduce legislation requiring the compulsory usage of bicycle helmets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22952/07]

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (10 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 219: To ask the Minister for Transport and the Marine the number of applications for exemptions from the prohibition on the carriage of munitions on civilian aircraft either landing or overflying this country for each year since 2000; the number of such applications that have been refused; the reason given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22953/07]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (11 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for Bord na Móna and in particular its role in the growth of energy crops; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23123/07]

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: What about MRSA?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32. (16 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil to discuss an issue of national importance, namely, the tragic death of Ms Katie Moyles, the young mother who lost her life in the multiple car pile-up that occurred in terrible driving conditions on the M7 motorway last March, and the urgent need for permanent overhead signs on all major roads to warn motorists of serious accidents or dangerous conditions...

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognising that Ireland continues to have one of the worst records in Europe for reducing road deaths according to a recent report by the European Transport Safety Council; recognising that drink driving is still commonplace and a major contributor to road accidents; alarmed that road deaths are up 35% in the past two months compared to the same period last year;...

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I ask the Acting Chairman to tell me when I have spoken for ten minutes. Is Deputy Roche here as the Minister?

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: I do not know whether to wait for him or start speaking.

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is nice to see the Minister of State back as a full Minister this evening. This is a very important motion. I do not know where the Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey, is tonight. If there is anywhere he should be it is here, and his absence is to be regretted, although that is no reflection on the Minister of State. I wish to put the record straight concerning the promises made...

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: He will hear it again. On 28 June last the Minister stated——

Road Safety: Motion (16 Oct 2007)

Fergus O'Dowd: The context is the Minister's reply to a parliamentary question, which states: The Road Traffic Acts provide that a member of the Garda Síochána may require a person in charge of a mechanically propelled vehicle to provide a preliminary breath specimen . . . Garda discretion in relation to the use of preliminary roadside tests in such circumstances is necessary, having regard to possible...