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Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Feb 2003)

Fergal Browne: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Transport to come before the House to explain his policy of banning all trucks and HGVs from the city centre when the Dublin Port tunnel is opened? Is the Minister aware the country comprises more than just Dublin? What plan, if any, does he have for the remainder of the country which has to suffer the same difficulties with large vehicles travelling...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Youth Services. (11 Feb 2003)

Fergal Browne: I request the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to make a statement on the progress being made on the Carlow Regional Youth Service central youth facility. Carlow Regional Youth Service works to encourage and promote youth initiatives in the county. It offers a range of opportunities and supports designed to assist youth organisations and communities in the delivery of youth...

Seanad: Iraq Crisis: Statements (Resumed). (6 Feb 2003)

Fergal Browne: I thank you, a Chathaoirligh, for allowing me to speak on this matter and welcome the Minister of State. I was initially reluctant to speak because I feel I do not have the necesssary quailfication to do so. On reflection, however, I decided to avail of the opportunity presented to me. I agree with many of the previous speakers regarding the key issue. The two key words in this debate are...

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (5 Feb 2003)

Fergal Browne: Unfortunately, I do not share the enthusiastic support for the Government's record on road safety. The road safety campaign failed in its original target of reducing the number of deaths on the roads by 20%. The penalty points system was introduced in the tenth month of the fifth year of the five year strategy, even though it had been promised years earlier. Why was it not introduced earlier...

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (5 Feb 2003)

Fergal Browne: I hope that by the time I become Minister the practice of ministerial speeding will have been eliminated. In the past Ministers were driven too fast but it is now time to call a halt. The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, Deputy Treacy, refused to apologise when his driver was caught speeding. He tried to defend the indefensible. The Government must lead by example...

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (5 Feb 2003)

Fergal Browne: Recently, a lady from a haulage firm told me that most of those undergoing tests to drive lorries were from car backgrounds and had no practical experience of driving lorries. Given that many haulage firms are going bankrupt because of the Government's inaction on the issue of insurance, many drivers with practical experience of driving lorries would be more than qualified to examine drivers....

Seanad: Road Safety: Motion. (5 Feb 2003)

Fergal Browne: How many got away?

Seanad: Order of Business. (4 Feb 2003)

Fergal Browne: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Education and Science to come before the House as a matter of urgency to discuss the review of the education network prepared by the Centre of Management and Organisation Development which recommends the closure of nine part-time education centres and three full-time centres? This will have a massive effect on some 3,900 schools, both primary and...

Seanad: Order of Business. (29 Jan 2003)

Fergal Browne: Will the Leader request the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to come before the House to explain why the allocation for non-national roads was based on 1996 census figures and not on the most up to date figures, thereby short-changing many local authorities?

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Dec 2002)

Fergal Browne: I have raised twice before the need for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform to brief the House on the Good Friday Agreement, the release of prisoners, the funding that some prisoner groups receive and whether it is being used appropriately. In the light of the recently leaked document, it would be appropriate to have a debate early in the new year on these issues. The comments...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Dec 2002)

Fergal Browne: A reduction is proposed.

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Dec 2002)

Fergal Browne: The problem lies with the management and not the money.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2002)

Fergal Browne: I join Senator Kenneally in congratulating the ESB. County Carlow was one of the first rural areas to be electrified in the 1930s.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2002)

Fergal Browne: Carlow led the way, as usual.

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2002)

Fergal Browne: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Transport to come before the House to make a statement about the legislative programme for the forthcoming year? While he has been active in announcing plans for next year, I am concerned that some of them will not happen. It has been proposed that a national driver testing agency be established. A decision to reduce the number of learner drivers on the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (17 Dec 2002)

Fergal Browne: I ask her to organise a debate in the new year.

Seanad: National Development Finance Agency Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2002)

Fergal Browne: The Senator is admitting that there are broken promises.

Seanad: National Development Finance Agency Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2002)

Fergal Browne: I welcome the Minister to the House. I had the pleasure of meeting him recently at a function in Carlow. I am glad that everything in the Fianna Fáil manifesto has not been left out. Many of my friends and constituents in Carlow are still looking for the first-time buyer's grant and for a big increase in children's allowance. They are also frantically searching for the section in the...

Seanad: National Development Finance Agency Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2002)

Fergal Browne: The Minister talks a little too straight at times and that is a difficulty. However, he seems to get bogged down in detail. We seem to have created another layer of bureaucracy. I take comfort from the fact that Senator McDowell also finds the Bill confusing. I was completely baffled by it and I took time to listen to the debate. Are we adding yet one more layer of bureaucracy? No one can...

Seanad: National Development Finance Agency Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (17 Dec 2002)

Fergal Browne: The impression was given that it was completed.