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Jobs Initiative (12 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Government is making a very poor job of it.

Sick Pay Scheme (12 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation his liaisons with the Department of Social Protection on possible changes to the system of sick pay and employers PRSI; if he considers that any such changes would impact on competitiveness and employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34246/12]

Sick Pay Scheme (12 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I take it from the Minister's reply that his officials attended a presentation on an information campaign organised by the Minister for Social Protection. However, I am inundated with correspondence from small employers who are hanging on by their fingertips and who are extremely worried about proposals emanating from the Department of Social Protection, whose Minister is saying there is a...

Sick Pay Scheme (12 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I agree with the Minister's last point but the answer is surely not to solve the problem by loading more costs on the backs of employers, which will inevitably create more unemployment and put more pressure on the social insurance fund. The Minister said in reply to question No. 2 that one of the centrepieces of the Government's employment strategy is the halving, in certain instances, of...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: We will take a lesson on health history now.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach is wondering all the time.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Look in the mirror.

Written Answers — Pilot Training Courses: Pilot Training Courses (10 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 553: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that up to 80 students from Ireland, some of whom are from Limerick, have potentially lost more than €80,000 in fees following the termination of a training contract involving a Florida based college and the Waterford based Pilot Training Centre of Ireland; if he will investigate...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: When is it proposed to publish the legislation to establish SOLAS? Second, there is a Bill to be published by the Taoiseach's Department entitled "Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of the Seanad) Bill". Has the Government signed off on that Bill yet? Third, when is it proposed to introduce the legislation on Cabinet confidentiality which is promised in the programme for Government?

Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I did not receive any answers.

Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Please explain, Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Banking Sector Staff: Banking Sector Staff (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the banking sector in relation to planned redundancies; the way the employment prospects for the affected staff can be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32705/12]

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has been contacted regarding an arrangement brokered by the Impact Trade Union, whereby four persons who were working for Limerick Regeneration on fixed term contracts would be employed by the Health Service Executive when their contracts expired; his role in this arrangement; if not, if this...

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I welcome the fact that Ireland is attempting to re-enter the bond market, albeit in a small way, and I wish the NTMA the very best of success.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: However, back in the real world that we encounter everyday, the problem of unemployment gets steadily worse. In October of last year, the Tánaiste and leader of the Labour Party, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, said "There has been a significant reduction in unemployment. The jobs initiative is working."

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The latest statistics from the CSO indicate that, at 14.9%, unemployment has reached its highest rate in 18 years. More than one in two of those people has been unemployed for more than a year and one in three has been unemployed for two years or more. We welcome the fact that more people are now on training schemes but that masks the real rate of unemployment. Some 75,000 people per year...

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I hear what the Minister is saying but when he and his colleagues were on this side of the House, they gave short shrift to that type of defence of the unemployment situation at the time.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: On 30 June 2010, the Tánaiste said the biggest crisis facing the country at the time was the level of unemployment, which was then that a lower rate than now. He went on to berate the Government and said it should not spend another week in office because of the level of unemployment. What has changed?

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Labour Party is soul searching again.