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Road Safety: Motion. (8 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Some 33 additional personnel have been allocated to the Garda traffic corps in 2005, giving a total current strength of 565. I can break the figures down by county. There is one additional garda for Clare, one inspector for Cork city, one garda for Limerick, one for Roscommon and so on. That is the reality. Let me deal with penalty points, which some people have described as a sham. They...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (8 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on introducing driver education into the post-primary curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32763/05]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (8 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the health and safety concerns expressed by the one-teacher support group; if she will address their concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32764/05]

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (8 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 402: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of efforts by the workforce of a company in liquidation (details supplied) in County Cork to secure a fair redundancy package from this company; his efforts regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32381/05]

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I refer to one item of secondary legislation and one item of primary legislation. Regarding the promised repeal of the Restrictive Practices Groceries Order 1987, announced today, when will that statutory instrument be signed and brought before the House? Regarding the promised amendment to the Competition Act 2002, announced today by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, when...

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Is the Taoiseach stating that the groceries order will stay in place until the amendments to the Competition Act are enacted?

Order of Business. (8 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Will both events happen at the same time?

Written Answers — Defence Forces Training: Defence Forces Training (3 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to criticisms voiced at the PDFORRA annual conference that the training and planning for Irish troops embarking on overseas deployment is poor; if his attention has further been drawn to the very real problems this can cause; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31996/05]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is his intention to introduce legislation to provide for the creation of a new offence of corporate manslaughter as suggested by the Law Reform Commission in October 2003 and recommended by the commission in its recent report to which a draft Bill is appended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31582/05]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the recent huge profits revealed for the insurance sector, he has satisfied himself that the industry is passing on the benefits of reduced claims to consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25440/05]

Social Partnership. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in view of the decisions of ICTU and SIPTU to defer entry to talks on a new social partnership agreement, the steps he has taken and the proposals he has formulated to address concerns regarding the protection of workers' jobs, pay and conditions of employment from displacement in favour of cheap labour involving the...

Social Partnership. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: The Taoiseach wrote to the president of ICTU outlining his views on the protection of workers. That was found wanting and both the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and SIPTU have declined the invitation to participate in talks on a successor agreement to Sustaining Progress. Has there been any further communication from the Taoiseach to ICTU to clarify his position? The Minister of State seems...

Social Partnership. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Were those meetings with the Taoiseach or the Minister, Deputy Martin?

Social Partnership. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: My question was about how many were in place.

Social Partnership. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: I will pursue that matter again. The Taoiseach told the House on 26 October, that the Attorney General was looking at a legal way to address this issue. Will the Minister of State give the House a progress report on that? Given the degree of urgency which should be attached and which I thought the Government attached to this issue which is the foundation of our economy in terms of the social...

Social Partnership. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Minister of State share the Attorney General's advice with the Opposition?

Departmental Appointments. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason applications for the position of chief science adviser were not invited and the position was not advertised; the number of such positions filled by his Department in this way without advertisement or competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31718/05]

Departmental Appointments. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Minister answer the question?

Departmental Appointments. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: In a previous reply to Deputy Hogan, the Minister referred to the appointment of the Director of Consumer Affairs as being of such importance that a worldwide search would have to be carried out independently by the Public Appointments Service, so critical was that job to the economy. Does the Minister regard the job of chief science adviser, one of the pillars of the approach of recognising...

Departmental Appointments. (2 Nov 2005)

Brendan Howlin: Why was the position not advertised?