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Order of Business. (5 Apr 2006)

Tommy Broughan: I have a question each for the Ceann Comhairle and for the Taoiseach. The Ceann Comhairle ruled out a swathe of questions I proposed for tomorrow on energy.

Order of Business. (5 Apr 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Are we allowed to discuss the Commission for Energy Regulation in this House? The Ceann Comhairle seems to have ruled that anything a regulator does is not the business of this House.

Order of Business. (5 Apr 2006)

Tommy Broughan: The Ceann Comhairle is wrong on that matter and he should allow the discussion take place.

Order of Business. (5 Apr 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who looks after the regulators, if not ourselves?

Order of Business. (5 Apr 2006)

Tommy Broughan: I would like the Ceann Comhairle to read those questions again so that we can have a genuine debate. I have one brief question for the Taoiseach regarding the backpayments for the pensioners and workers at An Post in respect of Sustaining Progress.

Order of Business. (5 Apr 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Taoiseach come back to the House on that issue?

Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (4 Apr 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contacts he had with Irish emigrant groups in the United States over the St. Patrick's Day period; if he has raised with US political leaders proposed new anti-immigration legislation that would have potentially disastrous consequences for tens of thousands of undocumented Irish living in America; the response he received; and if he...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (4 Apr 2006)

Tommy Broughan: I read with interest the Minister's speech in response to this valuable legislation produced by our Fine Gael colleagues. The Minister often appears inside and outside this House as somebody who trained his entire life to be a Minister in the Cabinet. It is obviously a job he would like to continue doing after this time next year. It is regrettable that he told us that the Minister for...

Order of Business. (4 Apr 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Deputy Sargent is right about the importance of the Forfás report. We have also received an Ernst & Young report on the Government's failure in the area of renewable technology.

Order of Business. (4 Apr 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Today, the European Commission announced it has taken action against Ireland on the issue of energy.

Order of Business. (4 Apr 2006)

Tommy Broughan: On the Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill which I understand has been scheduled to be taken in the House on Thursday. with two other energy Bills on the legislative programme, is it not time to draw up a comprehensive energy Bill and hold a proper debate on energy, perhaps after Easter?

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (30 Mar 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the Exchequer returns for the first two months of 2006. [12373/06]

Hospitals Building Programme. (30 Mar 2006)

Tommy Broughan: The most disturbing aspect of this is that the redevelopment of Temple Street was put on hold for so long. It looked like it was making progress until the HSE report recommended that all paediatric surgery converge on one location. Some €46 million has been spent on redevelopment, planning and preparation for construction. My colleagues have referred to the Machiavellian manoeuvring between...

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2006)

Tommy Broughan: I refer to the carbon credits Bill and the failure by the Government, particularly the Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, to do anything in the past nine years about renewable energy or biofuels. When will the Green Paper on energy be published? Before Christmas and following a great deal of strife and difficulty, it appeared that the industrial relations problem in An Post was settled and that...

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2006)

Tommy Broughan: It is profitable now.

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2006)

Tommy Broughan: There was an agreement made.

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2006)

Tommy Broughan: What about the pensions?

Written Answers — Sugar Industry: Sugar Industry (29 Mar 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the distribution of the compensation package arising from the demise of the sugar beet industry here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12233/06]

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (29 Mar 2006)

Tommy Broughan: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action her Department takes to ensure Irish entities conform to European standards on enforceability, animal health and welfare and consumer protection; the amount which is spent each year ensuring such compliance; the number of people who are engaged in investigating degrees of compliance with EU law in these areas; the...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Tommy Broughan: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on these amendments. It is extraordinary, just over two years after this Bill was presented, that we are finally getting around to deal comprehensively with it in the House. I strongly support these amendments. I reiterate at the outset the nub of my party's policy, which is tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime. In my constituency and...