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Order of Business. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: There is a maritime Bill. However, it does not relate to that issue, it relates to transport-related matters.

Order of Business. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: In 2006.

Order of Business. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: They do not tell me that.

Order of Business. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: As the Deputy said, it is No. 1 on the list. A total of 1 million people have used the centre over the past few years.

Order of Business. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: He did not say that.

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I am very pleased to have this opportunity to address the House on recent developments in the peace process. I do so, not in a spirit of elation, but fully conscious of the long and difficult history of our island and the enormous burden placed upon it and our people in recent decades by the threat and use of physical force by the Provisional IRA. Finally, after many false starts, the IRA has...

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy should read the rest of the text and stop messing. We have made it absolutely clear.

Northern Ireland: Statements. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy should read the full text.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I am as concerned as the Deputy about the particular point he has made whether the former workers are legally entitled to redundancy if the jobs are going to be filled again. I am seeking advice on that issue. I am not satisfied about this within the normal terms that I would consider it but we are taking legal advice. In the context of the international situation of workers on the sea and...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: For those who may not know Gerry Hickey, and I thought there was a rule that we do not mention people who are not present in the House, he is my adviser who worked with the company ten years ago.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I accept that, but he worked with the company ten years ago and what influence he would have on Mr. Rothwell or any of his colleagues now is irrelevant. The company states that it has a serious problem with its cost base. It is in all our interests that be addressed urgently. I urge the company, as I would any company that has a problem with its cost base, to work with the unions, to engage...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I am answering Deputy Rabbitte, and speaking to the company at the same time if I can do that, which it is perhaps useful to do. We have a collective industrial relations system and it is not done by diktat or Government enforcement. It is and has been done since 1946 on the basis of people coming together and it has worked fairly well for almost 60 years. That is what happens. On the...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: As usual, Deputy Joe Higgins knows that what he says is not true.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Most of what the Deputy said. They got the consents under the Foreshore Acts, Gas Acts, Continental Shelf Acts——

Leaders' Questions. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: ——Energy (Miscellaneous) Acts, Mayo County Council and An Bord Pleanála.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: All of those permissions were given by Acts that were passed by this House of which the Deputy is a Member. He is making a poor show of playing to the Gallery in trying to say that Shell moved without regard to these Acts.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: I am answering the question. As regards the second issue raised by the Deputy, the five people concerned are in jail because of a High Court decision. There is a separation of powers in this State between the Executive and the Judiciary and despite the Deputy's attitude, I would not do anything to breach a decision of the courts. As regards helping through mediation, I have already answered a...

Leaders' Questions. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: Because the Minister believes the men had a point on the safety issue, he ordered a comprehensive safety review of the onshore, upstream gas pipeline to be carried out by Advantica, independent, internationally recognised experts.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The safety review will examine critically all the relevant documentation relating to design and construction.

Leaders' Questions. (28 Sep 2005)

Bertie Ahern: The safety review will examine critically all the relevant documentation relating to the design, construction and operation of the pipeline and the associated facilities, which was the point that Deputy Joe Higgins made.