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Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Yes, it is.

Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Yesterday the Taoiseach told me the heads of the personal insolvency Bill would be considered by the Cabinet next week. However, the question I actually asked was when was the Bill expected to be published for debate in the House. What is the earliest date on which Members can expect to see its introduction in the House?

Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: It was promised in the programme for Government.

Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Will the legislation be made retrospective?

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: That was then.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: If they did what we have done, they would not have these measures.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: It is illegal.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: It is not making much of an impression.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Unemployment is rising.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: It was faint praise.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The talk is all one way.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: They will be paid the dole.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: They will get €200.

Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Unemployment is rising.

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: With the permission of the House I wish to share time with Deputies Timmy Dooley, Brendan Smith and Michael Healy-Rae. I congratulate my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, on his initiative in bringing forward this urgent and necessary legislation and on the energy, time and effort he has undoubtedly put into it. In so far as I can I will approach the matter in an non-partisan way but I am...

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Lo and behold what happened last weekend? The Keane report was published. I contacted all the constituents who had been in touch with me. I have a large file on the matter which is growing every week, the Government will be pleased to hear. I informed them about what was in the Keane report. Their reactions ranged from shock, dismay, disbelief and despair that eight months down the road...

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I do not understand the point of the Keane report but I know what the Government's reaction will involve: the setting up of another committee to kick the can further down the road and make people suffer more. This time it will be a 165 person committee; I presume the Ceann Comhairle is excluded. Now, the 165 man committee consisting of the Dáil is supposed to examine the report and come up...

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: There have been three reports after eight months. Deputy Lynch was a good person to stand up for the working class people who were struggling to pay their mortgages and to get by from week to week. She has forgotten her base. She went into Government like the rest of the Labour Party.

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: One word I have heard Ministers use consistently with regard to this problem is "urgent". The word "urgent" is defined in any dictionary as compelling or requiring immediate action or attention. Apparently, that is not in the Government's dictionary. All one finds in the Government's dictionary is "interdepartmental committee" or "no definitive timeline". The Government's dictionary...

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Given that is clear the Government must act, why put hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children through unnecessary suffering? Even if Deputy McGrath's Bill was accepted by the Government and passed immediately, it would require the establishment of major infrastructure, as would the enactment of a Government Bill. In that case and based on the Government's timetable, it will...