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Banks Recapitalisation (18 Apr 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: That is a real additional cost.

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (27 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: I commend Deputy Michael McGrath for introducing this much needed Bill. It is good to see a rare episode of cross-party co-operation in the Government's acceptance of the legislation. This Bill is about the power to name and shame, at the heart of which is transparency in how we run the country and conduct our affairs. If there is one lesson to be learned from the events of last week it is...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (27 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 543: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made towards the meeting of emergency response time targets by the country's ambulance services; his plans to ensure that these targets are met across all counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16866/12]

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (27 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 644: To ask the Minister for Health if he will set out the success rate, that is, the percentage of ambulance arriving at the scene of an emergency within the target time by county or by the lowest organisation division for which the figures are available [16942/12]

Primary Care Centres (27 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the proposed Wicklow Primary Care Centre, which was due to go into construction in April, is built and opened as scheduled, and that any shortfall in funding will be provided or guaranteed by the Health Service Executive [16865/12]

Primary Care Centres (27 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: I warmly welcome the extension from the HSE, which is greatly appreciated and will buy some much needed breathing space. The centre in Wicklow town seems to represent best practice. It is a public-private partnership. It brings in multidisciplinary teams and high-end diagnostics, and in time there may be a nursing home there. It will create an additional 50 to 60 jobs. I believe some 50...

Primary Care Centres (27 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: I accept the Minister's point that he will seek alternative funding options for the roll-out of the primary care strategies in principle. However, my question is specific to Wicklow town. Given the Minister's extension, only three months or 12 or 13 weeks remain. Will the Minister and his officials undertake to explore alternative options to bridge the €271,000 shortfall specifically for...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the metrics used in choosing the schools to be included in the recently announced school building programme; if a ranking of schools according to these metrics was created as part of the process of designing the programme; if so, if the placing of schools in the announced programme followed exactly their placing in this ranking; and...

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (21 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the ongoing review of school enrolment, when he anticipates publishing the conclusions of this review and bringing forward legislation or regulations on same. [15094/12]

Written Answers — School Enrolments: School Enrolments (21 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 11 January 2012, the measures that were taken on foot of this advice to communicate it to parties to section 29 appeals; the measures that have been taken to standardise the process by which schools inform parents of their right to take a section 29 appeal and of the process and procedures...

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Who is offering?

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: It is an absolute disgrace.

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: I strongly support the motion before the House. What Permanent TSB is doing is straightforward rent seeking. Its variable rates are several percentage points higher than those of the other State owned banks. The variable rate mortgage holders are being squeezed again and again to pay the losses of professional investors, the bondholders. The Taoiseach said in Davos that what happened here...

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (Resumed) (14 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: These people need help now. They are losing their homes now and we must act now.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (13 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of measures included in the Finance Bill 2012 that were not announced in budget 2012; the cost or revenue implications of each of these measures; the details of any public announcement that had been made of these measures prior to the publication of the Finance Bill 2012; and, for each measure, details of any...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (13 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 7 March 2012 on Ireland's participation in discussions regarding access to the European Stability Mechanism funds being contingent on the ratification of the fiscal compact, in which he did not indicate the position taken by him in these talks, if he and or officials argued for or against the inclusion...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (13 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 7 March 2012 on Ireland's participation in discussions regarding access to European Stability Mechanism funds being contingent on ratification of the fiscal compact, in which he stated that inclusion of the provision was of particular importance to a number of partners, the partners to which he is...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: We need another suspension.

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: As I have only four minutes, I wish to speak specifically about Coillte. I listened to the Minister's statement with great interest. While I accept no decision has yet been made, it seems the ground is being set for a sale of the logging and timber rights. I understand the reason for the sale of State assets in these difficult times and how the money raised from their sale could...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: I grew up walking in the forests of County Wicklow and still walk in them with my two sons most weekends. People in the county have an emotional attachment to its forests and mountains. It is an attachment with which I empathised last night when I listened to the debate on turf cutting. Not only does access to the forests matter to people in County Wicklow, so too does the fact that we own...