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Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Joan Burton: Stirring the pot.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Joan Burton: Will the Minister give way? I did not think the Minister was racist but I thought he wanted to stir the pot on these issues.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Joan Burton: So gallant.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Joan Burton: Yes.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Joan Burton: The Minister could listen.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Joan Burton: But there is now.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Joan Burton: The Minister is a bit of a ham actor himself.

Written Answers — Drink Driving Convictions: Drink Driving Convictions (4 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of legal challenges to drink driving convictions which are under way following the successful case of seven drivers who had convictions quashed due to the absence of independent analysis of their breath specimens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12485/04]

Written Answers — Property Disposal: Property Disposal (4 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Transport if he intends requesting CIE to sell off some of its property, estimated at €500 million, to reduce its debt; if such a request is a precursor to reducing CIE's debt in advance of his plan to break up the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12486/04]

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: In the context of public concerns about overcharging by AIB and the proposed investigation and supervision by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, IFSRA, the Tánaiste will be aware that——

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: ——the proposed sanctions the IFSRA may impose are contained in the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill which is still before the House. However, no Order for Report Stage has yet been made in respect of that legislation. The IFSRA is a toothless watchdog because it has no powers of sanction.

Order of Business. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: When will the Order for Report Stage be made?

Hospitals Building Programme. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: I welcome the Minister of State who spoke on this matter on 9 October 2003. If the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, and his Ministers of State, Deputies Lenihan and Callely, were subject to penalty points on this debacle they would be long off the road and their ministerial cars would have been taken from them. Equally if they were contestants in this weekend's Eurovision Song...

Hospitals Building Programme. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: In Third World conditions.

Hospitals Building Programme. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Some €105 million has been spent to date.

Hospitals Building Programme. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: I was out there yesterday and——

Hospitals Building Programme. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: I mentioned that earlier.

Hospitals Building Programme. (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: One year later.

Written Answers — National Competitiveness Council: National Competitiveness Council (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made by the monitoring process established to consider and track progress in implementing the recommendations of the National Competitiveness Council's annual report for 2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13832/04]

Written Answers — Services Sector: Services Sector (13 May 2004)

Joan Burton: Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she intends to take in regard to her comments at the recent conference in Dublin Castle, Promoting Competition for the Benefit of Consumers, that there are too many barriers to entry to the professions and that such impediments are costing the consumer; and if she will make a statement on the...