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Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Hear, hear.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Absolutely.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: That is a gross misrepresentation by the Minister.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister is afraid of the Independents.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister should do something about it.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: We are not casting any aspersions on the commission.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I am not reprimanding the commission itself.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: The Minister wants more of them.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I am pleased to speak on this Bill. Its provisions reflect a shift of population from rural to urban areas as a result of the new commuter culture, principally in the counties around Dublin. It is obvious any further change in the future will reflect more an urban than a rural population. That is regrettable. Successive speakers have talked about the need to retain county boundaries. The Bill...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Members of political parties like to say that Independents are powerless. They say that Independents are single issue candidates but that could not be further from the truth. People were extremely disappointed when Deputy Twomey defected to the Fine Gael benches.

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: People saw the darkness because they felt they were going back into the Dark Ages——

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: ——and, unfortunately, they saw the train coming down the track. It is obvious that people recognise that Independent Members have the capacity, which they have utilised in the past, to exert an effect on Government above and beyond their numbers. One need only recall how Deputy Gregory made a multimillion pound deal with the then Government and the influence exerted by Deputy Healy-Rae to...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Hear, hear.

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I asked the Taoiseach about alternative practitioners and he told me about the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill. However, I have received replies to several parliamentary questions stating that it will cover mainstream practitioners and I note the Tánaiste has no plan to deal with alternative practitioners. Having got those replies yesterday, I am still confused. Will the Medical...

Order of Business. (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: It will not deal with alternative practitioners. When will that issue be dealt with?

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (12 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Government to front load the funding of the western rail corridor to ensure that Mayo is not deprived any longer of this essential railroad infrastructure and can benefit from the western rail corridor from the start.

Ambulance Service. (11 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this important matter on the Adjournment. It is scandalous that there is a continuing delay in the establishment of an ambulance base for the Mulranny, Achill and Ballycroy areas. I cannot understand how the western area of the HSE and the Minister for Health and Children can stand over the dangerous situation whereby the health of those residing in...

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (11 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 141: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the Dunne inquiry has cost €20 million, is not complete and is being wound up; her views on whether the lack of public sessions, the lack of a special adviser and the lack of press media briefings by the chairperson, all of which were part of the Northern Ireland investigation, had a negative part to play in...

Written Answers — Complementary Therapies: Complementary Therapies (11 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 153: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress she has made in regulating the situation whereby any person can practice as a therapist, alternative practitioner or so-called complementary practitioner without any statutory requirement to register; if, further to previous parliamentary questions, she has taken further steps to rectify the situation; the...

Written Answers — Coroners Service: Coroners Service (11 May 2005)

Jerry Cowley: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether a penalty of €6.35 is a grossly inadequate penalty for a person who refuses to attend a Coroner's Court when summonsed to do so; her further views on whether such action requires urgent reform of the Coroners Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15239/05]