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Noise Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: The dog would not eat the Minister of State.

Noise Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Pardon?

Noise Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: I thank Deputies on all sides of the House for the constructive discussion of this Bill and the support they have shown for it. We have had a good debate and the Green Party is flattered and a little taken aback at the approach Fianna Fáil has adopted to it. We are not used to such support and may be a little coy in our response as they say one should beware of Greeks bearing gifts....

Noise Bill 2006: Referral to Select Committee (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Environment and Local Government in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.

Noise Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: "Shall" might involve a charge on the Exchequer.

Noise Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: We do not want the Deputy to commit to us yet.

Noise Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: That is what we are worried about.

Noise Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: He should sing "The Sound of Silence".

Garda Reform: Statements (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Ireland's police force, the Garda Síochána, was established on the foundation of the Irish Free State in 1922 as the guardians of the peace. The force has proudly served the people for the best part of a century. In recent years, however, An Garda Síochána has experienced a number of extremely damaging incidents, including the corrupt and dishonest policing in County Donegal, the...

Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Did the Tánaiste check the assurances?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a specific and important matter of public interest that requires urgent consideration, namely, the fact that the European Commission is set to reject the Government's plan for greenhouse gas reductions on the basis the plan is deemed insufficient to meet Ireland's obligations under the Kyoto Protocol on climate...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: An essay was put into the record by the Deputy beside me.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: I will take that on board.

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (28 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 202: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount and type of fuel used by each Government Minister's car for the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40344/06]

Noise Bill 2006: Second Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I propose share my time with Deputies Boyle, Gormley, Morgan, Healy, Cowley and Finian McGrath. It gives me great pleasure to introduce the Noise Bill 2006 to the House. It is hard to find peace and quiet in the new Ireland. If it is not jack hammers, it is car alarms. If it is not the roar of traffic from the bypass, it is the noisy party...

Noise Bill 2006: Second Stage (28 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: It is a little late for the Minister to shut the stable door.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (28 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the proposal by Government to purchase €5 million in the Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development that will reduce emissions in countries such as Albania, Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan, otherwise known as the...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: It is opposed. No. 11 deals with a serious issue, yet it is being rushed through this House and being referred to committee. It refers to a decision by Ireland to purchase carbon credits to the value of €5 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the purpose of compliance with the Kyoto Protocol in the period 2008 to 2012. In essence, we have three ways of...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: The point is that we are acting like St. Augustine on this — in other words, make me holy but not just yet. We are dealing with projects elsewhere but not cleaning up our act in Ireland. We need to reduce emissions at home and we need to debate the matter in the House.

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (23 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the re-opening of diplomatic ties between the EU and Uzbekistan, the welcoming of the Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to the EU in November 2006 and the planned meeting with the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, in the EU capital in December 2006; the implications of these meetings for the EU's Central Asia...