Results 6,861-6,880 of 12,596 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Job Creation (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: How many jobs has this Government created?

Job Creation (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: When will the Minister start to do that?

Job Creation (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Not one net job has been created during the past 12 months that the Government has been in office. The reality is that unemployment is literally at the same point it was at the start of the year. I have two simple questions for the Minister. First, can he give those who are unemployed and who are emigrating any succour by indicating whether he thinks if we are sitting here in the same...

Trade Relations (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the trade balance for goods and services with the UK, with the rest of Europe, with the rest of the world and with BRIC countries for each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and for 2011; his projections for the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4338/12]

Trade Relations (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I am trying to assimilate the host of figures the Minister has given the House. I cannot get my head around them just yet. An overall trade surplus has been projected for 2012. What increase does this represent on the trade surplus for last year? One of the many figures the Minister mentioned was the projected increase of 3.6% in exports next year. Is that correct?

Trade Relations (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Is he aware of the view of the Irish Exporters Association that a minimum increase of 5% in exports will be needed to meet the financial and employment targets that are implicit in the IMF-EU deal?

Trade Relations (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Does the Minister agree that we continue to rely heavily on traditional markets, like the United States and the rest of Europe? Can he indicate what percentage of our total exports went to the BRIC countries last year? How did that compare to the equivalent percentage the previous year? Can the Minister confirm that the increase in Irish exports to the BRIC countries last year was...

Trade Relations (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Yes.

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: In an uncharacteristic outburst of magnanimity the Minister for Justice and Equality has promised to pardon various members of the Irish Army who deserted to join the British Army during the Second World War. Can the Taoiseach advise if legislation will be necessary to make that pardon a reality or can it be done by way of statutory instrument?

Order of Business (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach wants to answer it.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: As the Taoiseach will be aware, it will be several months before the full impact of the €750 million in health service cuts will be felt in each area. To date, 1,500 people have left the health service and a further 2,000 are due to leave before the end of February. In anybody's book that is quite an exodus. Of the 1,500 who have left, several hundred were front-line nurses, while 50...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Is the Taoiseach in a position to provide the House with an assurance that the HSE and-or the Department have a contingency plan to deal with this issue? Will he assure us that the contingency plan is adequate and that it will be in place before the exodus to which I refer occurs at the end of February?

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I am aware of Dr. Burke who the Taoiseach has just accused of making outrageous comments. I am also aware that Dr. Burke happens to be the chairperson of the Limerick branch of the Labour Party, Fine Gael's partner in government.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I am simply asking the Taoiseach-----

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Yes, and that fact has been highlighted in the newspapers.

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Does the Taoiseach feel any sense of responsibility towards those who are suffering anxiety as a result of the cutbacks in maternity services? Is he aware that this is a matter of life and death?

Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Will the Taoiseach provide a categoric assurance that the maternity hospital system in place after the end of February will be as safe as that in place?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (24 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 314: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to change the regulations governing the awarding of rent supplement; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in many instances the Health Service Executive award rent supplement in respect of houses which are not registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board, and her plans to put an end to the practice....

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (24 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 384: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of community employment schemes will be unable to continue until the end of March due to lack of funding; her plans to provide emergency funding to keep those schemes in operation until the current review is completed at the end of March; her views on whether it is misleading to...

Written Answers — Witness Protection: Witness Protection (24 Jan 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of witnesses in criminal cases who have enjoyed Garda protection have had that protection withdrawn; if he will direct An Garda Síochána to maintain protection for vulnerable witnesses, particularly in gangland cases. [3339/12]