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Official Engagements. (7 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Will the Minister be paid for his appearance on RTE?

Good Samaritan Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: I compliment Deputy Timmins on introducing the legislation at this time. Very few Members ever introduce a Bill. What better time to introduce such a Bill than in the Christmas season when many of our citizens will be involved in good samaritan work, for example looking after neighbours living alone or visiting the sick. Many organisations are involved in voluntary work like meals on wheels....

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (6 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the transfer of duties from his Department to the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37859/05]

Leaders' Questions. (6 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: How many hospital beds would that have provided?

Consultancy Contracts. (6 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Or Ivor.

Consultancy Contracts. (6 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: The Taoiseach should have another chat with Ivor.

Consultancy Contracts. (6 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: He stopped the traffic.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the delay in introducing the new arrangements for the diet supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37249/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the new arrangements for the diet supplement will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37248/05]

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: I will not be fooled by the spring in the step of Deputy O'Donovan or any other seaside Deputy just because the Bill will not be rushed through the Houses before Christmas. There is still no change and the Bill will still be passed. We would not be discussing the Bill if it were not to be enacted. As the Government has a majority, I presume it will go through. I cannot understand the logic of...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: You can clarify your own position. I am only going by the statements that have been made.

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: If everyone is against this Bill, why is it going through the Houses? Is it not significant that only one of our MEPs supports this Bill? Why does the Minister of State want the Bill to go through at this time? Does he know something we do not? If he does, he should share it with us so that we may see the light in what he is trying to do. I can see no logic in it. If he has acquired some...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: Why do foreign fishermen operating in the same areas as Irish fishermen get preferential treatment?

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: The EU report on behaviours which seriously infringed the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy highlighted the following fines. For fishing without a licence, on average one faces fines of €1,463 in Spain. In Ireland the equivalent amount is €21,400. Some fines proposed in this Bill are ten times higher than the current fines. For a logbook offence in Denmark, one would probably face a...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: The Minister of State will have an opportunity to speak when he is replying and he can spell out the real thinking behind the Bill.

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: This Bill will not be passed into law before Christmas.

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: The Minister of State is obviously under pressure given that he is trying to interrupt me. I am only a backbencher who only gets an opportunity to address this House once in a while.

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: I understand Committee Stage of this Bill may be taken during the Christmas recess.

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: If so, it will deny me, as a Member of this House, the opportunity to participate because I am not on the committee that will deal with the Bill. Committee Stage should be dealt with in the Dáil so every Member, the public and the press have an opportunity to see the amendments that will be made and rejected, or voted down by a Government majority. It is not right that Committee Stage will...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 Dec 2005)

Pádraic McCormack: It is only an attempt to pass the Bill without the press, the fishermen and public knowing what the Minister of State is trying to achieve. The Minister of State will have every opportunity to answer any points I have made when he or one of his colleagues is replying at the end of this debate. I challenge him to tell us clearly what is behind his attitude to this Bill. There is no use in his...