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Written Answers — Garda Vetting Services: Garda Vetting Services (8 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there has been recent interaction between his Department and the Gardaí regarding the advancing of the State's vetting capabilities to allow for checks on certain categories of volunteers. [22268/06]

Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: I think we have returned to the days of the temporary little arrangements.

Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: Perhaps the Minister is in the business of changing partners.

Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: The Minister suggested earlier that Opposition Deputies who question the value of an internal review of procedures in the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions because the review will be carried out by a civil servant are somehow denigrating that process. The reason for the concern and scepticism on the part of some Members on this side of the...

Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: It has been leaked on a large scale before the House has had an opportunity to consider its findings. How can Deputies be confident that the same thing will not happen in the case of the internal review of the workings of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Office of the Attorney General that has been promised by the Government? Can I suggest that the best way to deal...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (8 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government make a statement in this House on the statistics revealed in the publication of the annual report of the Cork Simon Community, which show a 12% increase in the number of people availing of emergency accommodation...

Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: He said it would be autumn. That is in the Official Report.

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (7 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the proposal by the public against road carnage campaign that all drivers involved in road traffic accidents should be automatically breathalysed, or have their blood or urine alcohol levels determined immediately after road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21886/06]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (7 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Transport if the North Esk rail freight yard will remain connected to the rail network following the forthcoming end to Diagio keg traffic on the line and the re-signalling of the Cork Cobh line. [21887/06]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (1 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the types of torture depicted in the documentary film The Road To Guantánamo have been confirmed as having taken place; and if the Government has made any formal complaint to the US Government regarding these occurrences. [21518/06]

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: Every Bill——

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: I am not sure. Deputy Joe Higgins might be in this slot.

Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: I will speak until they arrive or the time runs out. Every Bill has a context. The context of this one can be summed up by the phrase, "Time is money." The Government would present this as being public time and money, but any analysis of the colossal excess expenditure on public projects in the lifetime of the Government will show that the factors that have caused the excessive spending are...

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: The Tánaiste said it was unlikely any Member would have made a statement identifying the loophole in question and seeking to correct it. Is that not precisely what her colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, did as a Progressive Democrats Deputy when he wrote an article for the Sunday Independent in 1995? The Tánaiste was leader of the Progressive...

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: He wrote it in a newspaper article.

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: The Green Party also welcomes the fact that the House will sit next Wednesday and Thursday. It is a nonsense that the House is considering rising and my party would prefer if we had a full sitting week next week. On Friday's special sitting, I request that time be provided for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to make a further statement, preferably during today's sitting, in...

Order of Business. (1 Jun 2006)

Dan Boyle: There is a specific proposal for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to make a statement to the House. Is that being taken by the Tánaiste?

Order of Business. (31 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: There was another court decision this week, though not as serious as that rightly now preoccupying the House, which requires amending legislation. I appreciate the Government might not have had an opportunity of discussing it. Convictions against two men were quashed. This relates to amending legislation on illegal blood sports and the need to bring such legislation forward.

Wage Levels. (31 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Do the statistics indicate a casualisation of labour? To what extent does the CSO collect statistics on how casualisation of employment affects women? Are there separate statistics to show whether the gap between the rise in incomes and the rise in inflation in 2005 is more pronounced among women workers? Are specific statistics available on the average number of hours being worked by...

Written Answers — Salmon Management: Salmon Management (30 May 2006)

Dan Boyle: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the consultation process that is planned for the three person working group he has established to investigate the future of commercial drift netting for salmon; the administration system which has been established to assist this work; and the proposed timetable for the presentation of the groups recommendations...