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Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (2 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: I move amendment No. 22: In page 31, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: "(6) A disclosure under this section or section 22 shall be recorded in a register together with particulars of any interest of members of the Authority or persons to whom section 22 applies, and the register shall be available to public inspection during office hours.".

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (2 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: I welcome the inclusion of amendment No. 23. It goes as far as anybody would expect a Minister to go in terms of the issues I raised about protecting children. I appreciate that the Minister has taken the points on board. I will withdraw my amendment in support of his. It is telling that we have the functions of the authority set out in an amendment on Report Stage. It took approximately...

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit (2 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: I move: "That , pursuant to Standing Order 130 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Broadcasting Bill 2008 be recommitted to the Select Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. It is important that we take seriously the requirement of the Government to ensure that whatever new structures are put in place, they will not be cumbersome, inefficient and...

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit (2 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: I am being brief. It is quite a complex issue, but it is very important. I appreciate that the Leas Ceann Comhairle has given me a moment. The Minister's letter to me on this issue reiterated the old argument. If he is open to today's needs, then I urge him to support this motion. It seems to me that he is trapped in his Department. He has an agile mind and he understands the industries...

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit (2 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: The broadcasting industry does not believe that is the case.

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (2 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: I move amendment No. 6: In page 17, line 4, after "Act" to insert the following: "shall be estimated and planned by the Minister on a multi-annual basis and". The amendment raises very important issues in respect of the costs of setting up this quango. I propose that the costs of administration should be estimated and planned by the Minister on a multi-annual basis. It creates some...

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (2 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: An bord snip nua.

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (2 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: The Minister should give the House a break. No one is arguing against regulation or standards. The Minister is establishing a costly body, although that is a guess because the Minister seems unable to provide us with even a ballpark figure of how much it will cost. Will it cost €7.2 million or €10 million? Broadcasters are on their knees. RTE and TV3 are struggling with large holes...

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (2 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: I move amendment No. 7: In page 17, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: "5.—Any order, scheme, rule or regulation made pursuant to this Act shall be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and, if a resolution annulling the order or regulation is passed by either such House within the next 21 days on which that House has sat after the order...

Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: Today some carers are coming to make their case on the circumstances in which they find themselves. These are the people who look after the elderly, the sick and children.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: They feel they are under attack and are very concerned that the forthcoming budget may undermine their position further. Will the Tánaiste ensure that the status of carers is recognised in law? The health (miscellaneous provisions) (no. 2) Bill should acknowledge in law the valuable health care and social care that carers provide to those who need it, such that their interests will be...

Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (1 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the Forfás report published in December 2008, which found that while retail costs are higher here, this differential could not account for the significantly higher prices being charged for many key consumer goods here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13355/09]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (1 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislative or other measures she will take to uphold the right to collective bargaining and in particular the right to a trade union to represent its members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13354/09]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (1 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: Question 159: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will ensure that the two special classes at a school (details supplied) are maintained in September 2009 in view of the fact that the special class numbers in this school are not falling but have been increasing steadily over the past few years and the fact that the school is situated in an area designated as disadvantaged;...

Media Mergers. (1 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: Many people did not know the report was launched.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: The town of Bray was deeply shocked yesterday at the news that 240 jobs would be lost at Schering Plough. We all believed it was a good company and we knew it had a good workforce.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: Conscious of the fact that we have seen a series of major job losses, at AO Smith and Dell, there are now semi-derelict buildings in Bray as a result of such job losses.

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: Can the Taoiseach ensure the Industrial Development Bill 2008 currently going through the House is amended to deal with the issues relating to the inaction by the IDA, the lack of an enterprise centre in my community——

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: ——and the lack of support from Enterprise Ireland to ensure people can go back to work?

Order of Business (1 Apr 2009)

Liz McManus: I asked a question about legislation.