Results 15,781-15,800 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Industrial Relations. (16 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Just this point.

Prospecting Licences. (16 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: A few months ago the Minister said there were no licences.

Prospecting Licences. (16 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: What about the Kinsale profits?

Prospecting Licences. (16 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: May I add a tiny addendum?

Prospecting Licences. (16 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the Minister's answer to Deputy Cowley which is very informative. He told The Sunday Tribune a few weeks ago that——

Prospecting Licences. (16 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister said he would re-examine the regime but he seems to have changed his mind. Has he changed his mind on the matters raised by Deputy Cowley? Does the Minister agree it is valuable to report regularly on licensing terms and licences to this House? I remind the Minister that is another Labour Party Bill.

Fisheries Protection. (16 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Having read the instrument on the National Salmon Commission, is it the case that the new report contains a compensatory mechanism? Did I read it correctly? Could there be a compensatory mechanism, possibly mentioned here on budget day or whenever?

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: We have heard many strong comments from the Taoiseach concerning Irish Ferries workers. Did he get a chance to read the Labour Party mercantile marine avoidance of flags of convenience Bill?

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Does the Taoiseach believe the Government could take it over and have it passed quickly? Regarding the single market for electricity, which will take effect just after his Government has left office in the middle of 2007——

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: ——will it require legislation? Relating to the Taoiseach's reply yesterday when he told me that he did not know anything about the inland fisheries report, his very efficient Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Gallagher, announced it on the 9 o'clock news.

Order of Business. (16 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: It is extraordinary how the Taoiseach did not seem to be aware of this report, a major reformation of inland fisheries structures, when Deputy Gallagher suddenly announced it. What is happening?

Written Answers — EU Sugar Regime: EU Sugar Regime (15 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the response she has received to the letter sent by her and ten other EU Agriculture Ministers to the Agriculture Commissioner, Mariann Fischer Boel, urging a more balanced approach to the reform of the EU sugar regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34167/05]

Written Answers — EU Sugar Regime: EU Sugar Regime (15 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to the continued problems regarding the EU sugar regime, her plans to examine alternative uses for the beet farmers produce, especially in regard to the possible production of ethanol or other bio-fuels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34168/05]

Order of Business. (15 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Will the major consultancy report on inland fisheries be published this week? Will it be followed by legislation?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (15 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need for the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to outline what steps he proposes to take to safeguard the jobs of 543 Irish Ferries workers following the rejection of the Labour Court recommendation by Irish Ferries management yesterday.

Written Answers — Overseas Property Investment: Overseas Property Investment (10 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views of the legality of purchases of property and land in Turkish occupied Cyprus by Irish citizens. [33486/05]

Departmental Staff. (10 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of new staff members who came from the existing pool of civil servants and those who are contract staff among the intake of staff into his Department over each of the past five years; and if he will further indicate the number of consultancies undertaken by his Department in the same period. [33485/05]

Order of Business. (10 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: I have not yet asked the question. Will the Minister make time available for the excellent report of the Committee of Public Accounts, drafted by Deputy Rabbitte, on a new system of Estimates, whereby Deputies could have an input into budgetary considerations? I ask in view of the fact the Minister did not answer some recent questions.

Mercantile Marine (Avoidance of Flags of Convenience) Bill 2005: First Stage. (10 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make further and better provision in relation to the registration of mercantile shipping and to make provision in relation to connected matters.

Mercantile Marine (Avoidance of Flags of Convenience) Bill 2005: First Stage. (10 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."