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Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: It was not. I think it was a GAA draw. The first prize was a Volkswagen Golf and the second a video recorder. They were that close together at the time. It came in a box and somebody who knew about these matters asked me whether it was a betacord or VHS recorder. I told him it was a betacord recorder and he told me I ought to get rid of it straightaway because it was old technology. In...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: It might be called off.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: When the main broadcasting Bill, or the large broadcasting Bill, as we have been calling it, was published last September, a question that occurred to everyone concerned the whereabouts of the DTT section. It soon became clear, as Professor Colum Kenny of DCU predicted rightly, that the Government would need to publish a second Bill to amend the main broadcasting Bill and to provide for DTT,...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Sneaking away.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: An each-way bet.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Perish the thought, drifts of snow.

Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: I seek your advice, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. There has been a trend in recent times for Ministers to reply to parliamentary questions on areas over which they have responsibility, stating that they have no responsibility to the House. I put down a question on a matter last week——

Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: It is because it is about the way we conduct business in the House.

Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: There is no other method whereby this can be discharged.

Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: One of my questions asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to indicate how he calculated the legal costs of the Mahon tribunal. I do not understand how that cannot be a matter for the Minister in the House, because he has spoken about it everywhere but in the House. It is about time he accepted his responsibility. I also wanted to ask the Minister for the Environment,...

Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister has responsibility to the House. He funds the local authority. He provides every single penny of capital grants required for the local authority. I strongly object to this growing practice whereby Members of the House are excluded from the information which is then being fed to Government Deputies and candidates on the ground ad libitum.

Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Why are we having just one question?

Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: The Tánaiste has gone silent again.

Order of Business (22 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: This is important legislation and the Opposition agrees that it should be processed quickly, but the length of time provided for the debate on this broadcasting Bill is deplorable, cynical and despicable. I protest the proposed guillotine strongly.

Written Answers — Light Rail Projects: Light Rail Projects (21 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposals to increase the daily capacity of the Luas in advance of Transport 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6900/07]

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (21 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Transport his vision for the future development of air transport to and from Ireland with particular reference to the role he envisages for Dublin Airport, Aer Lingus or other carriers; if he is satisfied regarding the degree to which passengers can gain fast and efficient access to and through the airport; the groups, bodies or agencies, public or...

Written Answers — Rail Services: Rail Services (21 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 133: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will direct or authorise an interim augmentation of commuter rail services serving Dublin and the adjoining counties with particular reference to increasing the number of carriages, the frequency of services and the capacity of the respective rail stations where possible notwithstanding the Transport 21 proposals but with the objective of...

Written Answers — Asylum Applications: Asylum Applications (21 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 196: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6905/07]