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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (7 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of national importance, namely, for the Minister for Transport to make an urgent statement to this House on the proposed new €74 million cost-cutting plan announced by Aer Lingus, including up to 1,500 proposed job losses and the massive outsourcing of ground operation jobs, and given the economic...

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I wish to ask the Ceann Comhairle if I can be involved in his generous offer of discussions on services at Valentia and Malin, given that the former Minister and the Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey, is sitting in the front row.

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I have indicated that Dublin, Valentia and Malin are the best combination of sites on safety grounds.

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: My question for the Taoiseach concerns the plans of Aer Lingus and the implications for jobs in north Dublin, the mid-west and the Shannon area. I ask him to arrange for the Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey, to brief us——

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: ——given that we are deep into a recession and may be heading into a depression——

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: ——if the Government remains in power much longer.

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: We urgently need to discuss all aspects of what is being planned at Aer Lingus——

Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: ——given the stated intention of its competitor, Ryanair, to take over and eviscerate the company.

Care of the Elderly. (7 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the grants available to groups involved with the care of older persons to provide social activities for the older population here; his views on such grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33502/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Budget: Departmental Budget (2 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which he plans to achieve a reduction of 3% in payroll costs for his Department, as announced in July 2008; if it is intended to effect reduction in staffing levels in his and his Ministers of State's private or constituency offices arising from the requirement to achieve a reduction of 3% in payroll costs; and...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (2 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the instructions given to the Garda personnel driving ministerial cars either by his Department or the Commissioner in regard to the need to observe speed limits; if no instructions are currently given, if it is intended to issue same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32839/08]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (1 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Transport the contacts he has had with Aer Lingus management and unions over new cost cutting proposals that may result in job losses of up to 1,300 people at the airline; the directions he has given to the Government appointed directors on the board of Aer Lingus on this matter; the mandate that the Government appointed directors have been charged with;...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: We are discussing section 6(4). The Labour Party amendment in the name of Deputy Burton clearly indicates what is wrong with that section, that is, the references, for example, to "such commercial or other terms and conditions", and that, "Without prejudice to the Minister's discretion ... all financial support provided shall so far as possible ultimately be recouped". That section, and the...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I want to make the point. Some 90,000 young families were ripped off in a callous way by institutions and I was told by the regulator, who has such a woeful track record, that what I sought could not be done. However, the Minister or his predecessor did not rush in here and try to protect householders and he is not rushing in here today to protect them. His motives are first and foremost...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: He is now coming in here with a pig in a poke and expecting us to sign off on this essentially bad Bill. I must ask why this was necessary in the first place. Two weeks ago, as Mr. David McWilliams correctly stated, the Minister implicitly gave a guarantee of all deposits. As he had already done that effectively, what was different yesterday and what is different about the legislation here...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: ——and we are still being treated like this here today because we still do not have the key information, which my colleague is seeking to extract from the Minister. At the end of the day, who will carry the can? How big will the can be? We do not have a clue. We do not know. Professor Morgan Kelly last night correctly sought to estimate the amount of toxic debt that was out there and...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: This relates to section 6(4) — what can be recouped, and how it will be recouped, for the taxpayer. I am addressing the amendment under discussion. As colleagues have stated, what about the other big day the Minister will have in a few weeks time, when we face one of the biggest budget deficits in our history and when this country will have to borrow? The Minister has seriously affected...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: What are we getting in return? Are there any major sections here on corporate governance? Are there major sections on performance-related pay?

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: They were not agreed on Second Stage.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Most of us got this Bill late at night. We got fragments of paper, we heard rumours.