Results 81-94 of 94 for 5 million speaker:Tommy Broughan

Urban Development Project. (30 Oct 2008)

Tommy Broughan: ...development. Although the huge north fringe new urban quarter stretching from Clonshaugh through Belcamp, Belmayne, Clongriffin, Donaghmede, Baldoyle and Portmarnock to the sea was to encompass 25,000 or more housing units and massive ancillary commercial development, the district is not a statutory strategic development zone, unlike Adamstown, Hansfield, Balgaddy and other much smaller...

Dublin Port Tunnel (25 Sep 2008)

Tommy Broughan: ...call on the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Deputy Noel Ahern, to initiate a full independent investigation into all aspects of safety at the Dublin Port tunnel to reassure the 5 million motorists who use it that it is safe. People need reassurance that, for the 98 or 99% of the time the tunnel has been open since its formal opening, their lives have not been in danger...

Water Pollution. (5 Jun 2008)

Tommy Broughan: ...act. In more general terms, he has failed the State because of possible damage to very costly infrastructural developments. Why has the Minister not yet ordered a full traceability audit of the 2 million tonnes or so of infill from the affected quarry owned by the Irish Asphalt division of the Lagan Group? Only 100,000 tonnes, or 5%, of this aggregate has been accounted for so far, in...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (21 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: .... I will table amendments in this regard on Committee Stage. In the context of traffic management, I hope the Minister will finally address the ongoing issue of the current tolling regime on the M50. As the Minister knows, readers of the Evening Herald have been making their voices heard in their thousands on this issue. The M50 fiasco is simply one of the worst and most costly deals...

Building Regulations. (4 Oct 2007)

Tommy Broughan: ...used in their estates. Media reports indicate that at least eight builders other than Menolly Homes have reported the problem to Homebond and that houses at the vast Castlecurragh Estate in Dublin 15 built by Shannon Homes have also tested positive for a high pyrite infill content. At a recent meeting of the North Fringe Forum, a consultative group on the huge urban region being built...

Shannon Airport: Motion (27 Sep 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Heathrow Airport is an amazing, mighty global hub, with more than 67 million passengers passing through each year. Recent media reports in the UK state phase 1 of terminal 5 is set to come on stream in April 2008 with phase 2 following a few years later. The airport's capacity will, therefore, increase. Heathrow provides a vital aviation artery for Irish travellers and business people to...

Foyle and Carlingford Fisheries Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (6 Feb 2007)

Tommy Broughan: ...Inishowen that there had not been sufficient consultation regarding the Bill. The key stakeholders, including, we heard, people employing more than 20 members of staff and investing perhaps €2 million, were not adequately consulted and there was a feeling that the Loughs Agency implementation plan, based on a Centre for Marine Resources and Mariculture, CMAR, study, was considered...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Instruction to Committee (Resumed) (18 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: ...This will facilitate the establishment of an employee share ownership plan which, in the absence of the introduction of plc legislation, I warmly welcome. The employee shareholding will comprise 5%. At the time of its 2005 annual report Bord Gáis Éireann had more than 700 employees, up from 694 in 2004. It is clearly the wish of those employees to have an employee share ownership...

Social and Affordable Housing. (6 Jul 2006)

Tommy Broughan: ...that almost 3,000 families were on the social and affordable housing lists for the north central area alone, including the Donaghmede, Artane and Clontarf city council wards. This is approximately 5% of housing applicants in Ireland. There are 1,569 families and individuals on the housing list, including 229 families on the priority list. The number of north central households on the...

Energy Sector: Motion. (9 May 2006)

Tommy Broughan: ..., took the first steps towards ending Ireland's dependence on oil. The new EU strategy presented on the 8 February calls on each member state to take more action to reach the 2010 target of 5.75% of market share, a modest aim. The next Government should be even more ambitious. The EU programme makes some useful proposals but I am still waiting for the Minister to tell us when he plans to...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage. (22 Feb 2006)

Tommy Broughan: ...faces major problems and we must create a sustainable industry while protecting vulnerable stocks. We must also ensure that the blue treasure of our nation, which encompasses something like 1 million km2 of seas, is preserved for future generations. Above all, we must ensure a future for the 8,000 people or so — according to Marine Institute figures — who go out to sea on a daily basis...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage. (17 Nov 2005)

Tommy Broughan: ...Decommissioning Requirements for Ireland's Demersal and Shellfish Fleets, published last July, lay out some of the key requirements for sustainable and dynamic Irish sea fisheries. In February 2005, according to the second report, 1,415 vessels were registered under the new licensing system, with a further 755 traditional in-shore vessels, all less than 12 metres long, then being...

Postal Services. (30 Jun 2005)

Tommy Broughan: ...must be discharged by the company. It is true that there have been difficult times in An Post, especially in 2002 and 2003. However, its annual report last year reported a profit of more than €7 million. The sale of major UK subsidiaries has realised something in the region of €85 million and there is also the projected sale of the SDS premises on the Naas Road. I understand that SDS...

Maritime Security Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (13 May 2004)

Tommy Broughan: ...to terrorism until these issues are addressed. I am proud that I recently raised the issue of the people of Kurdistan and the need to allow them to follow their own destiny, as we did. There are 30 million Kurds. Most of them are in Turkey but there is also a Kurdish population in Iraq where they were savagely murdered by the terrorist dictator Saddam Hussein. Whatever happens in regard to...