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Order of Business (16 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Is the Ceann Comhairle asking me to put a question to the Taoiseach on the Order of Business for today as outlined by him?

Order of Business (16 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I have a question, if I can get the Taoiseach's attention. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, has said that proposed changes to the law on media mergers will be part of the forthcoming competition Bill. On the other hand, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, has indicated an intention to extract this matter...

Order of Business (16 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Does that mean the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural, Deputy Rabbitte, is out?

Order of Business (16 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: That is very interesting. I thank the Taoiseach for his clarity.

Credit Guarantee Bill 2012: Second Stage (16 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I am sharing time with Deputy John McGuinness. I listened to the Minister with great interest because I have an interest in this scheme. It is over a century and a half since the potato famine devastated the economy. The effects of the credit famine we are experiencing are somewhat less pernicious but no less devastating in their consequences for the economy. It is ironic that the same...

Written Answers — Preschool Curriculum: Preschool Curriculum (15 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to ensure the Aistear curriculum is being followed by pre school providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24010/12]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (15 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 535: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the costs incurred in the construction of the southern ring road around Limerick and outline the overspend as it relates to the works on the Nenagh and Limerick area and Anaholty bog, Nenagh bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23671/12]

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for the change he has introduced to this section of the Bill and the legislation now is much better than was the case on its initial introduction to the House. While technically, one can state that one cannot retrospectively give people rest breaks they did not receive at the time or give access to collective facilities, if one wished to be completely consistent one...

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I take it that the 1971 Act, to which this legislation is an addition, prohibits the charging of a fee at the commencement of placement whereas this legislation address the situation at the end of the process.

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: That is a progressive amendment.

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Minister for his remarks. I accept these amendments, which represent a considerable improvement on the Bill. I can understand from where the draftsman was coming in terms of the original legislation. However, the difficulty is that the more one tries to define the more loopholes open up. The Minister has taken the wise decision to stick closer to the wording of the directive,...

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: This is a reasonable amendment and I thank the Minister for bringing it forward. It seems reasonable that if an agency worker is employed for a long period of time, goes on a temporary break and is taken back after say a few weeks, the employer cannot more or less start him or her again and thereby ignore rights which he or she has accumulated or is accumulating because of his or her...

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: From the Seanad (9 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I will reiterate the Minister's comments. He introduced this legislation on foot of an EU directive and his job was to fashion the legislation within the directive's broad terms. On Second Stage, I stated that the legislation as introduced had all of the hallmarks of something that had been prepared quickly. This was reflected in some of the anomalies that we identified. I welcome the...

Order of Business (9 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: What are the Government's intentions in regard to the media mergers legislation? It is part of the consumer and competition Bill which, as I understand, will not be before the House until late in the year. Is it the Government's intention, as reported recently in some newspapers, to strip it from that Bill and to bring it in as stand alone legislation? If so, when can we expect to see it?

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (8 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the current delays in accessing civil legal aid on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22637/12]

Written Answers — General Medical Services Scheme: General Medical Services Scheme (8 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 364: To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including the drug pradaxa as one of the items on the general medical supplement. [22765/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (8 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 376: To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the current schedule regarding to nursing and dietetic posts at Limerick Regional Hospital; when advertisements for these posts will be placed; when he is expecting to announce the appointments; and if he will advise as to whether in the event of the posts not being filled by the end of this year the budget set aside to improve...

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (3 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 15: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the other State agencies that were reviewed in the independent internal assessment of agencies to take over Irish Water; the agencies that were requested to make and that made submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22085/12]

Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I want to ask the Tánaiste about legislation which is of great interest to people outside the rarefied atmosphere of this House, namely, the insolvency Bill. The Taosieach was asked about that last week and he stated there was a good deal of complexity around it, which I accept. He stated further that he was pushing hard to get the Bill finalised, and I accept that. I ask, on behalf of my...

Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I do not want to labour the point but can the Tánaiste give us any idea when the Bill will be in operation? It is not just a question of publishing and passing the legislation here in the House. A system will have to be put in place to make the Bill operable in practice.