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Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: The Ceann Comhairle allowed great latitude to the male Deputies on this side of the House.

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Could I enjoy a similar consideration from the Ceann Comhairle?

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: I want to ask about the provision of buses, the public transport commission Bill and the 50 buses that are missing from Dublin West.

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Are the buses coming next year?

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Perhaps the Taoiseach will come on one of the missing buses.

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Are the buses coming next year?

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: The Bill is coming next year. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his graciousness.

Order of Business. (26 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: It is for clarification.

Written Answers — Fire Service: Fire Service (25 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role he envisages the Irish fire service playing in the proposed European international crisis management force as announced by Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner earlier in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30364/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (25 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will reassess his plans in relation to waste incineration in view of the Government commissioned report from the HRB which clearly identifies links between incineration and chronic health problems; his views on the advice given to the Government from the HRB, which was endorsed by the EPA director...

Written Answers — Garda Reform: Garda Reform (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent statements made by the president of the Human Rights Commission, Mr. Maurice Manning, when speaking at a conference on policing in a multi-ethnic society organised by Amnesty International at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties that a radical reform of the Garda Síochána was...

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: In view of what the Minister has just said, will he agree there is a need for legislation to deal with management companies? His comments were not accurate. County councils in the Dublin area do not take estates in charge unless developers request it. Developers normally do not request it for up to a decade. As a result, people are left languishing while being charged between €600 to...

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: I have volumes of correspondence from several Ministers who have served in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government who have handled this issue. Young couples, purchasers of affordable housing, are being fleeced by Fianna Fáil builders and developers.

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: I want to challenge the Minister's statement, which is highly inaccurate and misleading. I wish he would make a further statement to amplify ——

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: The Minister made a specific statement which was incorrect. I have, I believe, the liberty to challenge an incorrect statement.

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: No, there are not. I cannot do that.

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: I have volumes of correspondence from the people sitting on the Government benches. They write letters, but they do not do anything about it. They have thousands of people to write letters for them, but they do not take any action——

Order of Business. (20 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: ——just as the Minister has 96 people running an IT outfit in the Department of Finance at a cost of €7.5 million who have no oversight of the computers. This is our problem. We are paying but we are not getting a service.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (19 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the report on the outcome of the review of the national car test scheme; if so, when he received it; the main recommendations made; the action he will take on foot of this review; and the timescale involved. [29086/05]

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (19 Oct 2005)

Joan Burton: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will commission a comprehensive study to ascertain the comparable overall costs to the State of rail freight [i]vis-À-vis[/i] road freight, and the merits or flaws in providing a State subsidy to encourage the use of rail freight; the reason an adequate analysis was not conducted as part of the strategic rail review; and if he will make a...