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Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: I wish to share time with Deputy Olivia Mitchell.

Public Expenditure: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: I congratulate the Comptroller and Auditor General once again on producing an excellent report, which is unique from a Government viewpoint in that there is no spin in it whatsoever. It is straight up, fair, refreshing and tells it as one sees it. It is important to take this opportunity to debate the report but, sadly, it has become a litany of Government failure and waste, which we are...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: In 1996, the Taoiseach, speaking after the McCracken tribunal report, said that the public is entitled to have absolute guarantee of the financial probity and integrity of their elected representatives, their officials, and above all their Ministers. They need to know that they are under financial obligations to nobody other than public lending institutions, except to the extent that they...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: There is no way in which these words could be interpreted in the manner in which the Taoiseach is now interpreting them.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: That is not an acceptable apology.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: The Taoiseach said, when his friends approached him about having a private function for him, that it would be wrong. He also said, when they suggested they would give him a gift, that it would be wrong. Why then, when it came to Manchester and this private function, was it a gift and apparently right? How did this change come about? A matter on which the Taoiseach had been very firm with...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: That is what it did.

Allocation of Time: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: On a point of order, there has been some confusion in the House as to whether the Taoiseach will provide a script. It would be useful for Deputies to have a clear understanding of what is being said rather than a misunderstanding or misinterpretation.

Allocation of Time: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: It would be helpful.

Allocation of Time: Motion. (3 Oct 2006)

Richard Bruton: It is important that the questions people want to put be put accurately and succinctly.

Written Answers — Rail Safety: Rail Safety (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he intends to take following the publication of the report on the collapse of the Cahir viaduct. [29710/06]

Dublin Transport Authority. (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport when a Dublin transport authority will be established. [29711/06]

Business of Dáil: Motion (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: The point of the discussion this morning was that an opportunity should be provided to ensure accountability, which would involve questions and answers. There are issues that must be answered directly by way of responses to supplementary questions. Therefore, a motion that did not make provision for Members of the House to ask the Taoiseach direct questions and get a reply to them is not...

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: It was a pleasure to be in the Tánaiste's company.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: On a point of order, surely the leaders of the Opposition parties deserve proper answers to questions they have put, rather than the smug, self-serving answers we have heard.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: We were lectured on the importance of the Houses of the Oireachtas being the place where accountability should occur. The Tánaiste then comes to the House and fails to answer any of the questions that were put to him. The Progressive Democrats has abandoned all semblance of responsibility.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: A debate was promised on radio this morning by the deputy leader of the Progressive Democrats but the leader of the party comes into the House and denies it.

Written Answers — General Practitioner Co-operatives: General Practitioner Co-operatives (27 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the out of hours co-op for north County Dublin is to commence operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29583/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Sep 2006)

Richard Bruton: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to her response to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 1 June 2006, if she is still confident that the Health Service Executive will be in a financial break-even situation by year end following reporting on expenditure at the end of the second quarter of 2006; the concerns which she has about projected overruns in the budgets of...