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Leaders' Questions (3 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Tánaiste has no idea how expenses work.

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: He has no idea what he is talking about.

Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will begin by commenting on the breaking news in respect of the dispute at Vita Cortex, a dispute which should never have been allowed to happen in the first place. This Government and previous Governments, through their failure to legislate for the protection of workers, forced a situation where workers had no choice but to occupy a factory for 139 days to secure the ex gratia payment...

Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is still 16,000 too many.

Written Answers — Departmental Counsel: Departmental Counsel (1 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 153: To ask the Taoiseach in view of payments to a counsel retained by the State, the steps he has taken to widen the panels of counsel used by State Departments and agencies; the extent to which these steps were communicated to members of the Bar and solicitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/12]

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (1 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the salaries of each County Registrar, their names, grades, and counties in which they are based; if he will provide details of any expenses they have claimed and are entitled to claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21458/12]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (1 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the application for naturalisation will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied). [21406/12]

Written Answers — Immigration Status: Immigration Status (1 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a foreign national prisoner granted parole while serving a life sentence will face the possibility of deportation or will be allowed to remain within the jurisdiction, and if the latter, under what immigration status. [21724/12]

Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stage at which his plans are at for the county enterprise boards [20910/12]

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister spoke earlier about the level of misinformation and scaremongering that has taken place in this debate. In the absence of any clarity from the Government, that is bound to happen. We have had no clarity on the funding model, the charges, the free allowance or even the criteria to be used to ascertain the free allowance. The Minister referred to a conservative estimate of a 10%...

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: He accused us of doing one thing in the North and another in the South. The one thing we are doing in both the North and the South is trying to regain our economic sovereignty.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: If I could finish, I know sometimes the truth is hard to take but if the Minister listened he might learn something.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: In the Six Counties we are trying to regain our economic sovereignty from London. In the Twenty-six Counties, we are trying to regain our economic sovereignty from the EU and the IMF while Fine Gael's policies are making this possibility even more remote. Instead, it is introducing an austerity treaty which will give us no hope of regaining our economic sovereignty. In the Six Counties,...

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: How many public representatives does Fine Gael have in the Six Counties? None. I will take no lectures from anyone in Fine Gael about partition. The reality is partition suits the Fine Gael Party because it can use it as a cover to introduce all these charges and then, in some imaginative way, point across the floor to Sinn Féin Members claiming we are doing the same in the Six Counties.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: The only non-partitionist party is Sinn Féin.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: No one is suggesting that the borrower and lender should not engage. They should. If someone gets into mortgage difficulty, the first port of call should be to engage with the lender. The Minister asked whether we were getting value for the €50 million. We have invested billions of euro in banks to pay bondholders and have received no value in return. At least this €50 million has a...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Many more supports are in place.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: If the Minister has to tell herself that to justify her actions the State is in worse trouble than I thought.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: These amendments were published last Monday. While an impact analysis is carried out on all legislation when published, there was no impact analysis of these significant Committee Stage amendments, which is wrong. People are still trying to get their heads round the proposed amendments and their impact on the most vulnerable in society. Amendment No. 17 states that to qualify for mortgage...

Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Can the Tánaiste remember the day before yesterday?