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Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: For reasons of transparency, competition and fairness, the Government cannot declare an intention to spend a certain sum on a public project and no more. We have to let the market decide what the State must invest to deliver a public project. A project may change or be expanded and other extraneous influences could add to the cost. We often encounter trouble in that regard. However, the...

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: We have been consistent and have conformed to the law and convention on this matter. The original British-Irish Agreement Act was commenced by the Taoiseach because all the relevant bodies were interlinked under the Government. Responsibility for funding the bodies has had to be assigned to parent Departments. The Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission, for example, is funded on...

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: I used the word "sensitive" before the suspension. Out of due deference to the serious and critical negotiations going on in Northern Ireland, we will do nothing presumptuous until everything has been agreed so that the Assembly might move forward and the body continue with development. Taking everything into account, the signature will be applied at the correct time to ensure that money...

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: It was the first children's Bill.

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2006: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: I sincerely thank all the Senators for facilitating and co-operating in the passage of all Stages of this important Bill. It is technical legislation but important in underpinning the mandate of the Special EU Programmes Body and allowing it to continue its very valuable work. I have seen at first hand the projects that the Special EU Programmes Body has supported and the impact that it has...

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (29 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: The SEUPB.

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (29 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: It is a facilitation to ensure funding can be disbursed in an extraterritorial way.

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (29 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: I do.

Seanad: British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage (29 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: Is cúis áthais dom a bheith ar ais arís sa Seanad chun an Bille seo a chur faoi bhráid an Tí. The British-Irish Agreement (Amendment) Bill 2006 is a short technical amendment to the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999. The amendment concerns one of the North-South bodies, namely, the Special EU Programmes Body, SEUPB. I will outline the wider background to this Bill and to the Special EU...

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: How about 1.971-643%?

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: It is better than the 19.7% inflation we inherited in 1987.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: The public goes with whatever decision we make. It is very wise.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: What about the Cork-Limerick road?

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: We have a limited amount of land, we cannot make any more and it is a scarce commodity. It is a simple matter of supply and demand.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: We receive corporation tax and PRSI.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Motion (22 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: It is historical.

Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (21 Nov 2006)

Noel Treacy: The management of public health aspects of Legionnaires' disease is carried out in accordance with multidisciplinary guidance which was produced by the Health Service Executive — Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HSE — HPSC) and covers the prevention, environmental health management, contact tracing and surveillance of cases of Legionnaires' disease in both hospital and community...

Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2006)

Noel Treacy: I sincerely thank all Senators for their contributions to the debate on the serious situation in the Middle East, which is vital for regional stability and of important strategic interest for the European Union. In particular, I thank Senators Bradford, Mooney, Norris, Minihan and Ryan, and Senator Henry who is in the Chair. We have an obligation imposed by history and geography and a strong...

Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (18 Oct 2006)

Noel Treacy: I am grateful to the Members of this House for, once again, devoting time to consideration of the situation in the Middle East. It remains the most serious challenge to international peace and security. The events of recent months in Lebanon, Israel, Palestine and across the region, serve to confirm an essential point, namely, there can be no unilateral or military solutions to the...

Seanad: Current Situation in the Middle East: Statements (18 Oct 2006)

Noel Treacy: We shall deal with that later. The immediate priority must be to end the crisis in Gaza.