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Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (3 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport his view on the recent report by the British Vehicle and Operator Services Agency that up to 55 per cent of Irish registered vehicles, including public service vehicles, travelling to the UK are in breach of safety regulations; the explanation for the discrepancy between the number of detections in Ireland and in the UK in view of the similarity...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (3 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport his proposed timetable for the linking of the two existing LUAS lines in Dublin City centre; and if he has a preferred routing for such a connection. [12716/07]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (3 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 480: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he will take to reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector, which have risen by 7% in 2005 as outlined in the recent EPA report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/07]

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Transport emissions increased by 7% last year.

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: It is taxpayers' money.

Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: All we hear from the Taoiseach is hot air.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (29 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when contracts for private hospitals on public lands will be signed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11998/07]

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: I am wondering are we entering into the murky world of bail bonds and shadowy neon signs flickering in the rain outside the courthouse. Is that the spectre the Tánaiste is opening up with this paragraph?

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: That is my worry.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: They might have his name in lights.

Criminal Justice Bill 2007: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: I may have misheard the Tánaiste but he said he was determined to leave no stone unturned. Given the rapidity with which he is progressing this legislation, there is deep seated concern and unease at his efforts to play to the gallery on the crime issue. It is farcical on his part to rush this legislation while amending his own proposals on the hoof, particularly when the Hogan report has...

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: That is not the issue.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: It is the Minister's colleagues we worry about.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Would the Minister say the same for his Cabinet colleagues?

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: It is worthy of discussion.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: This Bill is about merit rather than patronage. There are still too many village chieftains in politics. There are too many pork barrel politicians who dispense the spoils of office to those who have helped them along the way. For far too long appointments have depended on who one knows rather than what one knows.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Green Party is simply proposing that the best person is found for a job rather than someone who knows the person appointing him or her. For example, women only account for 25% of State board appointments when it should be 50%. It is happening because the Minister for Finance and his pals around him — mainly fellas — know lads whom they get appointed.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: That is why the Green Party is suggesting it should not be within the remit of the fellas in Dáil Éireann to make these appointments. The Green Party suggests it be taken away from the chieftains and given to an impartial body which can chose from the credentials of the right woman or man for the job.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Bill proposes the establishment of an appointments to public bodies unit, an Oireachtas joint committee on pubic appointments, and to provide for a Dáil vote of approval for special appointments such as those to international organisations.

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: An Bord Pleanála would do a better job if the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, did not have the final say on who was appointed to the board.