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Standing Orders: Motion. (10 Feb 2004)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the issue of Dáil reform and I welcome the proposals outlined by the Government Chief Whip. However, I am disappointed by the narrowness of the Fine Gael motion in encouraging the Taoiseach to be present in the House on Thursdays. However, given the competent performance of the Taoiseach on Dáil questions and during Leaders' Questions, the Opposition...

Standing Orders: Motion. (10 Feb 2004)

Billy Kelleher: Often they must share time and have only two or three minutes. However, members of smaller parties receive more time to debate issues. Perhaps we should examine the possibility of introducing a system whereby more time would be given to larger parties in debates. That would be only fair in a democracy. On the issue of guillotines, in my short term as a Whip I have heard much bluff and bluster...

Standing Orders: Motion. (10 Feb 2004)

Billy Kelleher: And it needs an Opposition.

Standing Orders: Motion. (10 Feb 2004)

Billy Kelleher: Does Deputy Stagg actually believe what he is reading?

Commissions of Investigation Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2004)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill, which is very timely given what is happening in other parts of the city. There is no doubt that the public is very concerned. I do not wish to cast aspersions on any ongoing tribunal in saying that cynicism is creeping into the public attitude to tribunals, particularly because of the cost of payments made to the legal profession and third...

Order of Business. (30 Mar 2004)

Billy Kelleher: Because you know everything.

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (18 May 2004)

Billy Kelleher: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has satisfied himself with the level of accommodation provided at Brooklodge national school, County Cork; the reason its application for extra temporary classrooms was refused; the options now available to Brooklodge national school to address the serious overcrowding that it is experiencing; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 May 2004)

Billy Kelleher: Question 317: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has satisfied himself with the treatment offered to a person (details supplied) in Cork University Hospital on 1 May 2004; the reasons for the delay in attending to this person's injury; the measures the hospital is putting in place to ensure that this does not happen again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14233/04]

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the chance to discuss the Bill. Although it is narrow in its focus — Carrickmines — we must take a broader focus on public transport and development of our road and rail infrastructure. I take issue with Deputy Eamon Ryan. Most of the people I see on the roads are members of the public. The roads are a form of public transport and we cannot dismiss the fact that the vast...

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Billy Kelleher: ——high-rise developments and rezoning. People in Dublin in particular should ask Deputy Ryan where they are to live. Where can they live? If we adopted Green Party policy we would rezone no lands, we would not allow high-rise developments and we would run out of land very quickly. While we have difficulties with high housing prices at present, if the Deputy's policies were pursued,...

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Billy Kelleher: I would welcome that but to develop Cork, Galway and Limerick we would have to rezone lands. There were major objections in those cities to rezoning potential. It seems to be part and parcel of Green Party policy that regardless of merit, there is an automatic objection to any development, be it student accommodation or high-rise apartments. I could list a myriad objections. We have an...

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Billy Kelleher: As one travels between Cork and Dublin, I assure the Deputy the Rock of Cashel is a beautiful sight but I do not want to sit outside Cashel in a traffic jam for half an hour admiring it. I would prefer to take the new ring road to avoid the town and look at it from a distance.

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Billy Kelleher: If I want to visit the Rock of Cashel, I will be able to leave the bypass and enter the town. Traffic must be taken out of towns to improve quality of life.

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Billy Kelleher: Most members of the Green Party continually object to road developments, wherever they are proposed, regardless of their merit or whether a site of historic importance is nearby.

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Billy Kelleher: There have been footprints on our island for millennia. No matter where a road is proposed, a site of significant historical importance will be discovered and it may not necessarily be a national monument. If every site of historical importance was designated, a field would not be ploughed nor a motorway built.

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Billy Kelleher: I refer to sites of historical importance, including the sites of national monuments. We have a duty to move forward in an understanding manner. The Carrickmines project was taken to the courts. The courts uphold the laws passed by us. The court made its decision on the basis of outdated precedents and laws. The Government is trying to introduce legislation and debate it in a positive manner....

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Billy Kelleher: However, when the Minister brought forward proposals to ensure democratic accountability whereby no outside quango would make the final decision, the Deputy complained. That is difficult to understand considering the Green Party continually states democratic accountability is the most important issue. Rezoning is also important. House prices are causing major difficulties. The Green Party...

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Deputy.

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Billy Kelleher: It is important to hear the views of Opposition Members. They should be able to live by them. As soon as proposals for high rise or affordable developments in Dublin city that will allow for proper development of rail and bus transport, which the Green Party supports, are made, there is an objection. Objections to proposals for developments such as golf courses in rural areas are made...

National Monuments (Amendment) Bill 2004: Second Stage. (17 Jun 2004)

Billy Kelleher: The party has been exposed because most of its public representatives, particularly in the European Parliament, have objected to almost every proposal that has been brought forward in this regard. They were found out in Dublin in the recent election. Other parties who also object to every proposals will also be found out.