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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Sep 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 1341: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the OECD report which shows Ireland's percentage of GDP spent on secondary level education to be higher only than the Slovak Republic. [29391/06]

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (6 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the measures that he intends to put in place to address the growing imbalance in regional distribution of tourism demand which has resulted in west coast regions having 3,298,000 fewer holiday makers, bed nights in 2004 compared with 1999 and attracting 50 per cent of all overseas holiday maker bed nights in 2005 compared to 75 per...

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (6 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will appoint a successor body to the Tourism Action Plan Implementation Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26669/06]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (6 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 474: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount allocated in CLÁR areas for the provision of flashing amber safety lights outside of schools each year to date, since the introduction of this scheme; the reason this scheme is not available nationwide; his views on extending the scheme to all areas of the country; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Regional Road Network: Regional Road Network (6 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: Question 737: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocated to the low cost safety improvement works scheme of grants for non-national roads for each year from 2000 to date in 2006; the number of locations which benefitted from this funding in each of the stated years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27352/06]

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: It certainly is not. It makes no reference to the general principles.

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: That is what we are discussing.

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: Exactly.

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: Will the Minister clarify whether he intends to amend the motion?

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: I move amendment No. 1: In the last line after "2006" to insert the following: ", and furthermore, Dáil Éireann resolves that— —the Minister for Finance shall gain the approval of Dáil Éireann before allowing any reduction of the State's shareholding in Aer Lingus Group plc below the 25.1% referred to in the general principles; —any approval granted by Dáil Éireann for the general...

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: On a point of order, I wish to draw the attention of the House to a serious flaw in the motion before us. On reading the motion yesterday, I noticed what seemed to be a disparity between the terms of the motion and what is required under the primary legislation. I have now received three separate sets of legal advice confirming that the motion is seriously flawed and does not comply with what...

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: May I lay the amended amendment with the Chair now?

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: I thank the Acting Chairman. Perhaps the Minister might like to respond to the matter.

Disposal of Shares in Aer Lingus Group plc: Motion. (6 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: Even a non-expert can realise that the Minister is not doing what is required in the legislation. I find it astonishing that he has had such eminent legal advice and could not come up with a motion in line with the terms of the primary legislation.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: Is amendment No. 28 also being taken at this stage?

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: My amendment No. 28 addresses the same issue as Deputy Cowley's amendment but I am happy to discuss it later. I resubmitted amendments Nos. 29 and 30 because they provide for mandatory drug testing. Drugs have been implicated in a number of accidents. The drugs in question were for the most part prescribed. The Minister outlined the difficulties involved in devising a foolproof comprehensive...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: I move amendment No. 28: In page 6, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: "5.—(1) A member of the Garda Síochána, present at the scene of a road traffic accident, shall require any person who was in charge of vehicle that was involved in the road traffic accident to— (a) (i) provide (by exhaling into an apparatus for indicating the presence of alcohol in the breath) a...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: Testing is carried out in many cases for the purposes of prosecution, but I seek testing for the purposes of information on which to base policy. People think accidents are caused by drink driving and speeding. Perhaps this is true, but we should seek to ascertain to what extent this is the case. I would like this amendment to be accepted. It seems nonsensical that we can stop and test...

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: I withdraw the amendment.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)

Olivia Mitchell: I second the amendment.