Results 61-80 of 1,158 for speaker:Fiona O'Malley

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (25 Oct 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Question 347: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government's long-term strategy for the development of offshore wind resources, considering that no offshore project benefited from support in the recently announced support mechanisms for renewable energy projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30484/05]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (25 Oct 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Question 402: To ask the Minister for Transport when integrated ticketing will be available to public transport users in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31122/05]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Facilities: Telecommunications Facilities (25 Oct 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Question 552: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the new schools announced during September 2005 will be equipped for broadband; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30510/05]

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (25 Oct 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Question 553: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the resources which are provided for teachers and the curriculum to maximise the use of broadband in the classroom. [30511/05]

Electoral System. (26 Oct 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for choosing this topic for the Adjournment debate. The report of the Democracy Commission, published today and entitled Engaging Citizens, describes itself as a "timely audit of the state of democracy in Ireland". Indeed, it is timely, given that it is 18 months until the next general election and this report asks us, as the people who will run that...

Ferns Report: Statements (Resumed). (9 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: The Ferns Report teaches us much. It is essentially a damning chronicle of the appalling abuses of the most depraved kind inflicted on young children by priests who held positions of trust and authority in communities. It chronicles the wholly inadequate and thoroughly reprehensible response by the church to abuses when it was informed of them. It highlights the inner workings of the church...

Written Answers — Referendum Commissions: Referendum Commissions (9 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Question 376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of the referendum commission on a yearly basis since 2000. [33391/05]

Written Answers — Drift Net Licences: Drift Net Licences (15 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown on a county basis of the number of drift net licences which have been issued in 2005. [33987/05]

Written Answers — Commission for Energy Regulation: Commission for Energy Regulation (15 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Question 310: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the scope that exists to review the workings of the Commission for Energy Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34100/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (15 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a school (details supplied) in County Dublin has been refused the renewal of their grant under the equal opportunities child care fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34296/05]

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: I am astonished at Fine Gael tabling this motion and at its wording. Its track record leaves a great deal to be desired, and the Restrictive Practices (Groceries) Order 1987 is a case in point. Deputy Hogan said last night in that regard that the Minister had spun the story and that he was already in retreat on the issue. That analysis would send a shiver down the spine of any consumer. The...

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: ——was based on the failure of the Government to control prices, adding substantially to the ever-increasing cost of living, and its complete inability to tackle vested interest and antipathy to consumers. Is he for real? First, how does one square higher prices and reduced spending power with the year-on-year increases in numbers of new cars and foreign holidays, classic indicators of...

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Second, regarding taking on vested interests, Deputy Hogan will be interested to remember that in May 1996, the last time when Fine Gael was in government, it sought derogations——

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Yes, it was.

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: It sought derogations from an EU law to protect the monopoly of a State interest at the expense of consumers. It tried to protect Telecom Éireann's monopoly on telephone services for an extra two years, until 2000.

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Are the public and consumers somehow to believe that Fine Gael will take the right decisions for them — on those occasions when they will take a decision on an issue? Deputy Hogan well knows that the Restrictive Practices (Groceries) Order 1987 has become a major embarrassment for Fine Gael. It demonstrates the paralysis that has beset that party, which is trying to keep everyone on side...

Reform of the Competition Act 2002: Motion (Resumed). (16 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: ——yet it is subject to the most hostile and constant criticism from Labour, which would wish it out of existence. If that happened, the consumer would pay the same price as we once paid —£300 — for a return flight to London. That policy does not serve the consumer. Labour's attitude demonstrates that the benefits of competition provided to the consumer are coloured by the obligations...

Written Answers — Control of Explosives: Control of Explosives (22 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions which have been secured in relation to fireworks in the past two years under the Explosives Act 1875. [35203/05]

Written Answers — Control of Explosives: Control of Explosives (22 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Question 478: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the review of the Explosives Act 1875; if he intends to increase penalties in relation to the illegal use and importation of fireworks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35204/05]

Gender-Based Violence. (24 Nov 2005)

Fiona O'Malley: Tomorrow marks the beginning of 16 days of activism to eliminate all forms of violence against women. While to some this may seem a lofty ideal, if we do not aspire to this noble goal how can we even begin to achieve it? It begs the question how much violence is tolerable. I support wholeheartedly this campaign and I am glad to have the opportunity to raise it on the Adjournment. To coincide...