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Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the name and location of every vacant building under his Department's ownership or control; the security arrangements in place in respect of each property; the cost of such security arrangements in respect of each property in the period 1 October 2005 to 30 September 2006; and if he will make a statement on...

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I move: That Dáil Éireann, acknowledging: the likelihood of major job losses in both the manufacturing and services sectors in the wake of recently approved gas and electricity price increases; the damage to national competitiveness that will ensue; and the recent international trends indicating a reduction in oils and gas prices, calls on the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural...

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: We should begin by identifying the sequence of events regarding energy prices in the past year or so. Political instability throughout the world, tempests, storms and hurricanes affected the availability of oil, gas and fuels in general, but any close observer of the industry would have noticed an abundance of those fuels on international markets in the past six months. The knock-on effect...

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: That is right.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: There is no doubt about that.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: We need to educate the Minister.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister would love that. Does he want all-party agreement on high energy costs?

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister's constituents are suffering from high energy prices.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister wants a high cost energy policy.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Minister should not be playing, either. He does not need to prove his ineptitude any further.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: The Government's policies are all in the future. It could not even produce a White Paper.

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: In that case, why is the Minister raising energy prices?

Energy Resources: Motion. (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Why does the Minister not justify the reasons?

Order of Business (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It was magic.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: That is provided the answer is correct.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: It is. That is a sure sign of it.

Order of Business (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: A year ago the postal services Bill was promised. Last week the Tánaiste said it was not promised. On the legislative programme published at the time, which I have, it was promised. Perhaps the Taoiseach will indicate how, in the space of a year, legislation that was promised is no longer promised and for what reason——

Order of Business (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: ——given, particularly, the need to address the issue of the postal services and the internal problems in An Post at any given time and the whole structure——

Order of Business (7 Nov 2006)

Bernard Durkan: I wish to raise two other items. I receive countless complaints, as I am sure everybody else does, from all over the country about ESB bills being estimated whereby the consumer has to pay the accumulated increases——