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Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 34, after "text" to insert "in the English language". Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are contextual, while amendments Nos. 3 and 4 are more substantive. However, the Bill has been translated into a number of languages following the initial draft. This is a technical amendment. The Bill is described as being translated into the English language but the Bill...

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, to delete lines 18 to 30. I will take the Minister of State's response to amendment No. 1 as appropriate to this amendment and I will withdraw it.

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I move amendment No. 3: In page 11, lines 4 to 6, to delete all words from and including "liable" in line 4 down to and including "both" in line 6 and substitute the following: "liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine not exceeding €500,000 or both". The Minister of State referred to Committee Stage, which was the first time he was...

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I wish to raise a number of issues. On several occasions, I requested an explanatory memorandum to accompany the Bill, which was never provided. I was given a one-page sheet on the day the Bill was debated on Committee Stage.

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: The amendments are pertinent to this issue. The facilitation of the Bill has been very shoddy. An explanatory memorandum was not provided when the Bill was published. I requested such a memorandum and the Taoiseach said there would be a memorandum before the Bill reached Committee Stage. It was not provided. We received a one-page note with an outline of the legislation. A memorandum...

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I have the record of the Minister of State's discrimination between one and the other. Is he conceding that his current position is different from his position on Committee Stage, namely, that the Bill relates to nuclear explosions and bombs?

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Will the Minister of State explain what devices are there other than bombs?

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: With respect, we are discussing this matter due to the Department's failure to provide explanatory documentation. On Committee Stage, the Minister of State referred to another aspect of the Bill. I gave him grace because it was his first outing in his current position. However, I told him that, as he was unable to answer my question appropriately, I would raise it again on Report Stage....

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: We are discussing nuclear explosions and bombs. I welcome the Minister of State's late clarification because all of us on Committee Stage were of an understanding not shared by him. The proposition of the amendments is simple. The Labour Party seeks to amend the Bill in two respects. The Bill suggests that a year in jail or a fine of €5,000 is a sufficient sentence or penalty for...

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I will be succinct. The Minister of State's response had positive aspects and he identified problems in the legislation. While I welcome and take on board his comments concerning Seanad amendments, will he provide further information on them this afternoon? Amendments Nos. 3 and 4, while similar, are separate. The former's removal of a part of the Bill would rectify the issue and allow a...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I wish to raise two matters that relate to the brief of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley. It is unfortunate that he has just left the Chamber because he could have advised the Taoiseach on his reply. The first question relates to the social housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill. I believe the Minister, Deputy Gormley, is meeting tenants in...

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Does the Taoiseach have a date for when the legislation will come before us? The second matter relates to the planning and development regulations, which is secondary legislation that will come before the House tomorrow without debate. I wish to raise a number of matters in connection with the issue. The Labour Party is fully supportive of increasing renewable energy capacities but this——

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: ——should not be at the expense of transparency and due process. A number of issues are involved. Given that we are identifying a specific type of industry that would be exempt from planning permission, has the Minister sought legal advice on the matter?

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I refer to secondary legislation, a Cheann Comhairle. The other two matters are——

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: We accept that the planning system is far from perfect——

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: ——but what the Minister proposes to do tomorrow——

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: ——is to make changes to the legislation.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I strongly state my party's opposition to dealing with the matter in the House without debate.

Order of Business (25 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: Will the Taoiseach facilitate this side of the House to have the matter debated, given the extended consequences of the secondary legislation?

Housing Grants. (24 Jun 2008)

Ciarán Lynch: I seek from the Minister an assurance in response to the genuine concern that the housing aid for the elderly programme is about to collapse because it is a victim of its own success. There is real concern among people who are old, ill or disabled that the badly needed stair lift, bathroom conversion, downstairs toilet or extension will not happen because the money is not with the local...