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Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Richard Bruton: ——in respect of speeding, one of the key killers on our roads, is collapsing? A promised Bill will add further to the legislative burden whereas the current legislation is not being enforced. There is an issue of responsibility and the Cabinet should be accountable.

Order of Business (8 May 2008)

Richard Bruton: Says who?

Nomination of Taoiseach (7 May 2008)

Richard Bruton: I move: "That Deputy Enda Kenny be nominated for the position of Taoiseach." Today we come as 165 equal people elected by the electorate to make decisions about the future of this country in a very changed economic environment. We must decide what our priorities are and whether we will just go on as we have done or opt for radical change. In nominating Deputy Enda Kenny for the post of...

Nomination of Taoiseach (7 May 2008)

Richard Bruton: Honesty also demands that Members do not pretend the difficulties the economy now faces are of an international making. An international crisis did not build huge spending programmes on the back of property revenues that never were sustainable. An international crisis did not make Ireland the most expensive country in Europe. International forces have not caused Ireland to slide 17 places...

Nomination of Taoiseach (7 May 2008)

Richard Bruton: Where will the mandate for change come from? Where will the mandate for renewal come from? It has to come from us. We are the tribunes of the people, elected to represent the public. The decisions we make today will make a difference. Will we give a mandate for real change to someone? Will we commit to genuine change in the way we behave? The reforms we demand, the standards we insist...

Nomination of Taoiseach (7 May 2008)

Richard Bruton: We cannot persist with a system of government that feels it can move public servants around like pawns on a board, without devolving real power to the regions clamouring for an opportunity to develop. We cannot persist with Ministers who preen themselves at glitzy launches but are not to be found when it is time to take responsibility for those things that were not delivered. We have had a...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (1 May 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Gaza at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16656/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (1 May 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will publish clear guidelines in relation to the availability of home care packages and the thresholds of need that trigger certain provisions in order that families who are struggling to care at home would know the support they can receive; and if she is not in a position to publish such guidelines, if she will make a directive...

Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Richard Bruton: The Minister is responsible in particular for examining where there are employment traps. In terms of the proposed legislation on housing, does he accept the concept that one needs to be unemployed for 18 months before qualifying for the rent assistance system is inconsistent with the employment strategy he is pursuing? The second matter concerns the regulatory burden, which he is committed...

Order of Business (1 May 2008)

Richard Bruton: Will the Government vote through one in the meantime?

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (30 Apr 2008)

Richard Bruton: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are service sectors excluded from the remit of the Small Claims Court; if the rules operating in the Small Claims Court need to modify in respect of not handling the recovery of overpaid subscriptions in that a common source of complaint can be the failure of the service providers to properly terminate direct...

e-Government Services: Motion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2008)

Richard Bruton: It went straight to the ballot box.

e-Government Services: Motion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2008)

Richard Bruton: I wish to share time with Deputies D'Arcy, Terence Flanagan and Bannon. I congratulate Deputy Coveney on tabling this timely and appropriate motion. It is particularly fortuitous in the context of the e-Government report which is due. Having read the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Kitt's, contribution, I do not see any evidence of a new approach emerging. We have been told there will be a...

e-Government Services: Motion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2008)

Richard Bruton: I accept that and recognise it is in the motion. However, where in the motion is the issue of agencies not willing to exploit the opportunities of shared services which e-enabled government can deliver? It is quite explicit that turf wars and the attitude of "I hold what I have" is at the heart of it. Even with the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in a Cabinet...

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Richard Bruton: The OECD reported recently and made some valuable recommendations about the way in which the budgetary process is developed, starting with a statement of the medium-term prospects of the resources that would be available over the coming years, requiring the commitment to real targets by Ministers in their Estimates and forcing administrative efficiencies. With the Estimates process due to...

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Richard Bruton: It is, surely given that it concerns the ordering of business in this House. If what happened in the past is allowed recur, we will have the Estimates presented to us on budget day. That would be flying in the face of——

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Richard Bruton: We are entitled to know whether the Government intends to change its approach. It has said that it will examine this report, adopt changes that are realistic, and the change I mentioned is a core one. Why should the House not be privy to this information? We help shape the way the budget is taken here and we have a right to know the Government's intention in this respect and to try to...

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Richard Bruton: The Tánaiste is quite happy to answer this matter.

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Richard Bruton: The Tánaiste will never get a chance now to answer in the Department of Finance.

Order of Business (30 Apr 2008)

Richard Bruton: One waits all day for a bus and then three come along together.