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Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Hansard also includes a question on public safety on English transport networks which the minister, Mr. Sadiq Khan MP, answered. While the British Minister may not know the details, he takes responsibility for policy. The Minister will not do this and his disgraceful lack of parliamentary accountability contrasts with the accountability shown by many of his colleagues across the European...

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister's officials return them to the Office of the Ceann Comhairle. We all know how it works.

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: It is disgraceful. The motion highlights the role of the Committee of Public Accounts, of which I am proud to have been a member for the past seven years. The current committee chaired by Deputy Bernard Allen has investigated a wide range of inappropriate and unacceptable uses of public moneys, including in FÁS and the Health Service Executive. While the Committee of Public Accounts, a...

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I thank Deputy Morgan. I also have strong concerns about whether such a commercial semi-State company would be subject to freedom of information requests and the ombudsman while its competitions-----

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Fine Gael Deputy obviously wants to have many bus companies racing up and down the road, competing with Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus.

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: How can one commercial company be answerable to freedom of information requests or the Committee of Public Accounts while its competition on the same route is not? It does not make sense and it is a ludicrous suggestion. Why should public commercial companies be put at such a disadvantage and have every decision monitored if the ulterior motive is not to destroy any efficient public...

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: I have directed companies. I am not sure what experience the Deputy has. He does a lot of talk about it.

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Deputy has talked a lot about it but unfortunately he has shown himself to be an enemy of public enterprise. During the current financial crisis-----

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Perhaps the Deputy should go back to Germany in the 1930s. We have also seen some appalling practices in private companies which have had a much wider impact on their employees. For example, this morning Deputy Burton referred to companies such as Tesco and how they make pricing decisions. Many famous companies such as Ryanair got good starts because they received certain public contracts....

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Dublin Bus has one of the lowest urban subsidies in Europe.

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Deputy knows that with competition there will still be a situation whereby companies will be subsidised for a PSO, an issue to which the Minister might return. I thank Fine Gael for raising this important matter but the appropriate invigilation must be found to ensure that semi-State companies are allowed to be fully competitive and commercially flexible.

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Hear, hear.

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Minister publish it?

Accountability of Government Agencies and Companies: Motion (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Did the Minister know on Friday? Does the Minister do clinics on Fridays?

Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Taoiseach arrange for the Minister for Transport to make a statement to the House on the future of Aer Lingus? It is being said by the workforce that the Minister approved the decision to slash 700 jobs in Shannon and Dublin and that he has approved the greenfield plan which will effectively turn Aer Lingus into a UK carrier with conditions, terms of employment and connectivity...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: The Taoiseach is the Leader of the House.

Written Answers — Irish Rail: Irish Rail (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recently published and CIÉ commissioned Baker, Tilly, Ryan, Glennon Report on alleged irregularities in the procurement process at Irish Rail; the action he will take or has taken in view of the report's recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39537/09]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 48: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will undertake a review of the performance of the Railway Safety Commission and Irish Rail safety procedures in view of the collapse of the Broadmeadow Bridge railway line, County Dublin, and the flaws in the safety monitoring system that subsequently came to light; if he will review the level of funding allocated to the Railway Safety...

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: In the two most recent budgets, particularly the one introduced in April, the allocation in respect of transport was severely cut. There was a major cutback in the provision of public transport and some 300 buses were removed from the road. I was recently lectured by both Deputy Ciarán Cuffe and the Minister in respect of the Dublin city bus gate. However, both of them voted for a...

Departmental Expenditure. (5 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: In light of his track record as he perceives it, is the Minister prepared to inform the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance that if they do not retain key elements of the public transport and road safety budgets, he will resign? Will he take a strong line, indicate that he will not tolerate cuts and insist that the transport be protected?