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Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: The post offices are being closed down.

Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Members should at least get a reply.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: It surely constitutes grounds for the adjournment of the Dáil.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: That did not happen when the Tánaiste was on this side of the House.

Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Is it intended to incorporate in promised legislation a means by which the public can be protected from the antics of Ministers who propose expenditure which is unwarranted, unjustified and unjustifiable?

Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: I will quote the legislation, Ceann Comhairle. I refer to the electronic voting debacle. Will action be taken to ensure such activities are not repeated? Such a measure could be incorporated in the ethics Bill.

Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: As a man who has often boasted of his anxiety to comply with ethical requirements, is the Tánaiste prepared to bring forward an amendment or appendage to the ethics Bill which would protect taxpayers from the antics of certain Ministers?

Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: There must be an answer to my question.

Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: I know what it is.

Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: The Tánaiste has been like Rip Van Winkle during the past five years. He was part and parcel of all of that.

Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: May I raise a point of order?

Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: The Tánaiste has made reference to the length of time taken up by the Order of Business.

Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Does he remember that on the last day the House sat before the Christmas recess he walked out in the middle of the Order of Business, insulting the House and the people who elect the Members?

Written Answers — Skills Requirements: Skills Requirements (31 Jan 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 1130: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if job skills here are on par with those available in the various countries to which Irish jobs are relocated in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3037/07]

Written Answers — Skills Requirements: Skills Requirements (31 Jan 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 1131: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals to upskill the Irish workforce in line with modern requirements and particularly in order to compete with the skills available in other economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3038/07]

Written Answers — Skills Requirements: Skills Requirements (31 Jan 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 1132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if adequate training, educational and upskilling opportunities are available here to enable the workforce meet modern demands in terms of skills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3039/07]

Written Answers — Manufacturing Sector: Manufacturing Sector (31 Jan 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 1134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself regarding the ability of the manufacturing here to compete on world markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3041/07]

Written Answers — Manufacturing Sector: Manufacturing Sector (31 Jan 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 1135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the cost base relative to manufacturing industry here is sufficiently competitive to ensure the continuity of the sector in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3042/07]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (31 Jan 2007)

Bernard Durkan: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the corrective action he proposes to take to stem the flow of the relocation of jobs from Ireland to more competitive economies; if an evaluation has been carried out into the contributory factors causing such relocation in each instance in the past five years; the conclusion reached; the remedial action undertaken to...