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Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Bill 2006: From the Seanad (3 Apr 2007)

Tommy Broughan: These amendments provide for the deletion of section 53V(2). Will the Minister of State explain the impact of this?

Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Bill 2006: From the Seanad (3 Apr 2007)

Tommy Broughan: In regard to legislation the last time we left it we thought we had finished with it and it came back to us again. At the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the cathaoirleach and one of our spokespersons was going to look at the debate in the House of Commons in the order in council process. I am interested to know where that is at as we were trying to finish...

Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Bill 2006: From the Seanad (3 Apr 2007)

Tommy Broughan: I join with the Minister of State in thanking the civil servants for their original important briefings on this area and the help they gave us at the initial stages of the Bill.

National Development Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report Stage (3 Apr 2007)

Tommy Broughan: The Labour Party is minded to support Deputy Bruton's amendment. It seems reasonable that the assumptions underpinning the cost-benefit analysis should be transparent. Our party's finance spokesperson, Deputy Burton, referred at length on Second Stage and Committee Stage to a draft report on this matter by the Committee of Public Accounts. It dealt in particular with the kind of practices...

Written Answers — MRSA Incidence: MRSA Incidence (29 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made with plans to combat infection rates in view of recent MRSA figures; her views on MRSA rates in private and public nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12064/07]

Written Answers — MRSA Incidence: MRSA Incidence (29 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether overcrowding in hospitals here must end in order to halt the spread of MRSA through the hospital system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12076/07]

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (28 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide details of his recent visit to London for the St. Patrick's Day 2007 parade and celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11728/07]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (28 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of waiting lists encountered by adopted people and natural parents who wish to trace and by those seeking assessments for suitability to adopt, and the sensitive and specialised nature of the work involved, it is the intention of the Health Services Executive southern region to lay off staff working in its adoption...

Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Would the Minister like this to be his obituary?

Written Answers — National Emergency Plan: National Emergency Plan (27 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on inter Departmental efforts to create a tsunami warning system for Ireland; if it will be in place before the end of May 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11364/07]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (27 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 155: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of postal units that have closed down since 1997 and their locations; the breakdown of these closures on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11345/07]

Written Answers — Garda Training: Garda Training (27 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 198: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a list of all available courses at Garda headquarters or Templemore Training College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11102/07]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (27 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all Garda stations in the Dublin region which applied for major works to be carried out in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11102/07]

Written Answers — Licensed Premises: Licensed Premises (27 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of all licensed premises in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11103/07]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (27 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 348: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will introduce a system of postcodes; if he will publish the National Postcode Project Board's feasibility study and cost-benefit analysis on the potential introduction of postcodes; if the report puts a price tag of €80 to €90 million for the full implementation of postcodes; the amount of same...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 351: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on increasing the penalties for persons dialling 999 and providing false or misleading information to the emergency services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11104/07]

Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 25: In page 12, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: "(c) fails to provide at least 24 hours of prior notice for the withdrawal of any electronic communications service or electric communications product to an end user.". This amendment proposes an insertion into the new section 13D which concerns the power of ComReg to obtain information from a...

Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: This section is clearly welcome, amending the principal Act of 2002 to include these new sections 24A to 24C, relating to whistleblowers. As I stated on Committee Stage, the Labour Party would have preferred if Deputy Rabbitte's Bill, which was brought before the House to Committee Stage a number of years ago, had been brought forward as a whole. In other words, whistleblowers, in certain...

Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Why is "whistleblower" not defined in the Bill? We know what one is. For example, we know what an elephant is, but it is difficult to describe. What is a whistleblower? This and issues regarding vexatious claims comprised the point of Deputy Rabbitte's Bill. For example, someone may have had a row with his or her boss or may not have been carrying out his or her work properly. While the...

Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: We know what it is. It comes from sport.