Results 14,801-14,820 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I did not refer to monopolies.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister will eviscerate the ESB. He should call a spade a spade.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I have some sympathy for Deputy Durkan's proposal. It is a bit like the discussion we had last week on NORA, the National Oil Reserves Agency. The Minister wants to give reasonable flexibility to the Department and to CER, in this case, with regard to the development of the generation system or the possibility of an interconnector. Clearly it could have a fundamental impact on our...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: With reference to amendment No. 63, the Minister is following the 1999 Act closely with regard to the interconnector and the terms laid down for the generation stations previously. I have some sympathy for the general position outlined by Deputy Durkan. In the past there has been concern about the beauty contest route being used with regard to public infrastructure. I recall the 3G...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: As Deputy Durkan said, this amendment seeks to amend the 1999 Act. It stems from our experiences in recent years when we noted the crisis between Russia and Ukraine which threatened European gas supplies. Until gas from the Corrib field comes ashore, we are at the end of a long pipeline. This is clearly a key area that the Minister has rightly inserted into the Bill. I am not sure if the...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister must have been a schoolboy then.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Poor old Jack Lynch, a decent guy, was driven out of office.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I see that.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister cannot have it both ways. He said he would be in control.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister does not have to run it.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister is responsible to this House.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I forgot to refer to amendment No. 70. The Minister accepted the phrase completely and it improves the section because it clarifies that when the Minister orders a person to do something, that person is responsible to the Minister. This issue of ministerial and Cabinet responsibility has been discussed way back by Mr. Walter Bagehot and various political philosophers in the 19th century....
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Did the Minister receive yesterday's CER report?
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: The peak availability was approximately 10 MW. It is tight.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 72: In page 22, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(4) In the event of a sudden crisis in the energy market the Minister is responsible for the maintenance and full functioning of the national energy system."
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I was going to ask Deputy Eamon Ryan, who originally proposed this amendment, whether the Minister could appoint another chairman or continue with the same one if he did not want to operate that system. We are operating a similar system with ComReg. Would he still have that flexibility?
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 76: In page 23, line 38, after "and" to insert "the Public Accounts Committee". This amends the Schedules of the 1999 Act. This relates to the accounts and the submission to the Comptroller and Auditor General. We had an esoteric discussion on it and the Minister contended he has covered my point. The Minister, the Fine Gael spokesperson and I were all members of the...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: That is true, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: Parallel lines never meet.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)
Tommy Broughan: With regard to the three amendments tabled by the Green Party, amendments Nos. 58, 60 and 61, I have reservations about the formula. Amendment No. 57 is reasonable enough to include the definition of EirGrid as the TSO. My basic belief with regard to interconnectors is that they should be considered as part of the transmission system. That is the reason amendment No. 59 seeks to delete...