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Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: ——after consultation by him with the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: I assume it is the Ceann Comhairle who would recommend to the Taoiseach.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: The issues we are considering were debated during the passage of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Act 2003. We have virtually replicated the arrangements which were put in place for both appointments and dismissals with the intention of reflecting the separation of powers, with which we all agree. We initially proposed to the Oireachtas commission that it would take the decision but...

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: The Oireachtas commission itself.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: Who is the chair of the Oireachtas Commission?

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (15 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: In other Departments there is a clear responsibility on the part of the Secretary General to his line Minister. It is not quite as clear in this situation. The Oireachtas commission has been recently appointed and it suggested and recommended that the Taoiseach would be the individual with this responsibility who would act on the recommendation of the Ceann Comhairle.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland have granted a licence to a mobile telephone company to install telecommunications equipment at the location specified.

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: The Office of Public Works plans to place the proposals to alleviate the flood risk on the Munster Blackwater River in Fermoy on formal public display, as required under the Arterial Drainage Acts, in the autumn of 2005. In recent months, the OPW has concentrated on the development of the early flood warning system for the Munster Blackwater River catchment. The warning system is vital for...

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: The Commissioners of Public Works are considering the purchase of a new site for a divisional headquarters Garda station in Wexford town. As soon as the formal approval of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Garda authorities is received, the legal formalities will be dealt with as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: The Commissioners of Public Works have prepared a flood relief scheme for the town of Ennis and it is intended to bring this scheme to statutory public exhibition stage before the end of the year. In the light of observations received arising out of the exhibition process, the scheme will be further reviewed and amended, if necessary, and the sanction of the Minister for Finance to proceed to...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 309 and 310 together. Since the major flooding in 2002, the Office of Public Works, OPW, in co-operation with Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and Meath County Council, has been implementing flood alleviation measures recommended in the River Tolka flooding study that was under way at the time. In carrying out those works in Dublin, the OPW and...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: The OPW is undertaking the Tolka flood relief works on behalf of Dublin City Council. All works requested by the city council regarding the protection of houses on Tolka Road arising out of the flooding of the River Tolka in November 2002 have now been completed by the Office of Public Works. I will bring the Deputy's question to the attention of city council officials.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: I do not understand what Deputy Burton is talking about either.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: When it comes to tetchy responses, I would not hold a candle to Deputy Burton. As regards my comment on her parliamentary question, her attempt to tar everybody in the Government with one brush by implying that they are not fully clear in their tax affairs is what upset Deputy Cowen. He made it clear that he did not take that on board.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: The Deputy made some references——

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: ——on which I did not pick up.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: Deputy Burton more or less accused everybody in the Government of not being compliant in their tax affairs.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: That is my recollection.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: The Deputy made a reference to the Virgin Islands which was very vague.

Civil Service Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (14 Jun 2005)

Tom Parlon: What was the reference the Deputy made to the Virgin Islands? I have no idea what that was about.