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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: We will suspend the sitting for ten minutes to allow members to meet the Commissioner on the plinth.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: I remind members that Mr. Horgan is chairman designate of Bord na Móna. It is not fair to query him on specific matters; nor is it the duty of the committee, and particularly of this meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: In fairness, Deputy O'Mahony, Mr. Horgan is the chairman designate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: I will take all the questions first. That will be faster and more efficient. We need to be out of here by a certain time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: I apologise for cutting across the Deputy. A mobile telephone that has been left on is causing severe problems for the broadcasting unit. I ask everyone to make sure their telephones are turned off.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: I am planning to allow more members to contribute to the discussion at this stage. Is Mr. Horgan happy with that approach?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Business of Joint Committee (20 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: Senator Ned O'Sullivan sends his apologies. I welcome Deputy Michael Colreavy as a new member of the joint committee. He replaces Deputy Martin Ferris who was very active as a member of the committee and we wish him well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: The purpose of the first part of the meeting is to meet the chairman designate of Bord na Móna, Mr. John Horgan, to discuss the approach he will take in his new role and his views on the challenges facing the company. Members will be aware of the Government decision in May 2011 to put in place new arrangements for the appointment of persons to State boards and bodies. The joint...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bord na Móna: Discussion with Chairman Designate (20 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: To clarify, how many employees work in the company? What role does the chairman designate see for the increased number of employees and what challenges are there to create jobs within the company? How relevant are the qualifications mentioned by Mr. Horgan to his chairmanship of the board of Bord na Móna?

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: I wish to share time with Deputy John Paul Phelan.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: First, I am pleased to have the opportunity to say a few words on this important Animal Health and Welfare Bill. The welfare of animals is extremely important in Ireland and regardless of whether people have animals as pets, for commercial use, as farmers or whatever the case may be, it is important to introduce and have in place legislation. I am delighted this Bill has been allocated so...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: The researchers should be sacked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Penalty Points System: Discussion (19 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: I thank the various delegations that attended this committee meeting and I thank members for staying so long. It was a worthwhile meeting. The committee will draw up a report for next week’s meeting as the Minister is anxious for it. We all have a responsibility to ensure road fatality figures keep going down. It is of concern to hear Mr. Noel Brett say he is worried there will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Penalty Points System: Discussion (19 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: I invite Mr. Doyle to respond, although a great deal has already been covered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Penalty Points System: Discussion (19 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: I invite Mr. Faughnan to respond to any outstanding points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Penalty Points System: Discussion (19 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: Every member has had an opportunity to contribute and I now call on Mr. Faughnan to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Penalty Points System: Discussion (19 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: I urge the Deputy to ask a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Penalty Points System: Discussion (19 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: I thank the three witnesses for their good presentations. The penalty points system is a success story. The basis of all of the presentations was that it can be improved. There has been a change in the behaviour of drivers and the attitudes of people on the roads as a result of the introduction of the penalty points system. We should build on this success story.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Penalty Points System: Discussion (19 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: Thank you, Mr. Brett, for a comprehensive overview. I call Mr. Niall Doyle, corporate affairs manager of the Irish Insurance Federation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Penalty Points System: Discussion (19 Sep 2012)

Tom Hayes: I thank Mr. Faughnan for his solid overview of the Automobile Association's position. I now invite Mr. Noel Brett, chief executive officer of the Road Safety Authority of Ireland, to make a statement. I ask that he be as concise as possible because members will undoubtedly have a great many questions for the delegates.