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- Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: We were restricted.
- Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: This House did not have a chance to discuss this. This is the first opportunity we have had.
- Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: What is happening in this regard? The Minister has no details on the appalling performances on corporate governance in the banking sector. I will not go over the history of the failures throughout the years, like the Government backbenchers did. I mentioned one, namely, endowment mortgages. Those people were ripped off and the Minister and his party did nothing about it throughout the...
- Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: Young householders face stiffer and stiffer monthly mortgage repaymentsââ
- Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: ââand are barely able to make ends meet. How will the Minister help them? What is he doing for them in the context of this legislation? There is absolutely nothing here. As I said, we are effectively buying a pig in a poke and, personally, I am strongly opposed to it.
- Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: We have not had an opportunity in the discussion to put forward anything, but there are alternatives. As I stated, the Minister took a step a couple of weeks ago and has now sought to retrospectively protect himself by this kind of global legislation. We have the experience in Scandinavia in the 1990s, with Sweden, Norway and so on. The economics textbooks have been written about how to...
- Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: The Scandinavians did not embark on the adventure on which the Minister is embarking, whereby he is endangering the taxpayers and citizens of this country. I applaud the Labour Party amendment, which seeks to bring some facts and figures into the debate such that we will know what we are likely to face and what we can get back. I strongly support my colleagues' contention that we should be...
- Rail Services. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated completion date for metro north; if he has been informed of or has been in discussions on potential substantial changes to the design plans for metro north, including the proposed underground sections; the impact such changes will have on the current tendering and planning processes for metro north; if he has been briefed by the...
- Rail Services. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: Constituents in north County Dublin will be concerned by the Minister's statement that "no substantial changes" to the metro north plan are envisaged. The Minister for Finance's comments during the summer on the importance of assessing value for money have given rise to grave concerns. There is a general understanding of the need to assess the costs of all infrastructural projects, but...
- Rail Services. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: Does the Minister, Deputy Dempsey, agree that the kind of speculation and alleged leaks regarding serious changes to, or the termination of, the project are damaging to the process? As the Minister is aware, by the time the number of bidders is reduced to two tenders, very significant spending will have taken place. The Minister has given no indication of RPA spending in this area...
- Road Network. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Transport the contacts he has had with the National Roads Authority on the recent introduction of barrier free tolling on the M50; if he will direct the NRA, under section 41 of the Roads Act 1993, to review the operation of the barrier free tolling system, particularly in relation to the issuing of inaccurate fines and serious resulting problems for...
- Road Network. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: The first question I asked was the number of motorists who have been inaccurately charged or fined. Is the Minister saying it is 500 a day? Is that the Minister's information? A report in today's newspapers indicates that approximately 10,000 motorists a day are being inaccurately recorded or pursued for a fine. From the volume of letters and e-mails I get, it appears the situation is...
- Road Network. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: Will the Minister give me a break? The Chairman is Deputy Frank Fahey.
- Road Network. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: I have done that.
- Road Network. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: Is the Minister saying 200 driversââ
- Road Network. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: My colleague, Senator Hannigan, has suggested that the Minister should introduce a regulation whereby a fine of â¬50 is imposed on the NRA and the relevant tag company every time a mistake of this nature is made. Does the Minister agree that drivers and businesses which are treated badly should be able to avail of some form of recompense? Does he agree that the imposition of a fine of...
- Road Network. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: What is the cost of administration?
- Road Safety. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: I also welcome the downward trend in fatalities and injuries on the roads. However, the number of people and their families who suffer is still astonishing and a grave problem. Approximately three to five years ago, we heard from the brother of the Minister of State, the former Taoiseach, that a fixed network of 6,000 hours of speed cameras at 600 locations would be put in place. Five...
- Dublin Port Tunnel. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: Is the Minister denying reports that the final cost might be in the order of â¬1.25 billion? Can he provide us with any update? I understand that the NRA and Dublin City Council are in a legal action against Nishimatsu Mowlem Irishenco. What is the current state of play on that matter? What consequences could the outcome of that legal action have for the NRA, Dublin City Council and,...
- Dublin Port Tunnel. (1 Oct 2008)
Tommy Broughan: It is a subsidiary of the operator but it is not independent.