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Order of Business (17 Jan 2012)

Derek Keating: Is there any intention to amend current legislation to help protect workers' rights? I am thinking of workers who have found themselves in a very vulnerable position, such as the workers in La Senza last week, and who are at the mercy of employers who have treated them with less than respect.

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Derek Keating: To be helpful, I only need one minute or 90 seconds.

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jan 2012)

Derek Keating: I thank Deputies Alex White and Ann Phelan for giving me some time following what was a misunderstanding with the schedule. In speaking on the protection of employees I am reminded of this Government's commitment and reiterated yesterday by the Taoiseach when he renewed his new year's resolution which is central to this Government's plan. The Tánaiste has referred on a number of occasions...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (11 Jan 2012)

Derek Keating: Question 868: To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene and review an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41065/11]

Job Losses (11 Jan 2012)

Derek Keating: The company made a profit of €100 million last year.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of her recent correspondence to an organisation (details supplied) in County Dublin, if she will reconsider this application and consider it an essential service based in the community and provide the necessary funding to keep this service functioning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40093/11]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (13 Dec 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a State-owned bank, PTSB, is charging its standard variable rate customers 6.5% APR which may be reduced to 5.9% after the ECB rate is implemented who are being funded in large part by the European Central Bank which is currently charging them 1.25%; if he has asked the board to review the interest rate charged; if he has asked the...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Dec 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 438: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39515/11]

Mental Health Services (13 Dec 2011)

Derek Keating: I am absolutely furious at the way this matter is being handled by the HSE and its treatment of these patients. I am of the view that this is possibly illegal and it is certainly immoral. It is completely unprofessional to lump five women into a unit which already caters for six patients. During the period of their incarceration they will have the use of a single toilet. Part of the...

Mental Health Services (13 Dec 2011)

Derek Keating: I acknowledge that the Minister of State's heart is in the right place and I have no doubt she will make a significant contribution to mental health services in the lifetime of the Government. Does she not have the power to direct the HSE to resolve this single sensitive and critical issue for five human beings at Christmas time?

Statements on Expenditure (5 Dec 2011)

Derek Keating: Deputy Fleming's party invented cronyism.

Written Answers — Local Authority Services: Local Authority Services (22 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 358: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the plans of Dublin local authorities to undertake a systematic programme of roadside drain cleaning and removal of the mounds of autumn leaves that are clogging up the water drains and also posing a risk to older persons; if he will appeal to householders to display some...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (22 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 604: To ask the Minister for Health the amount of public moneys awarded by him or the Health Service Executive to an agency (details supplied) in the past ten years in tabular form; the criteria for such amounts being awarded; if he is satisfied with the bona fides of this organisation; if this organisation publishes accounts; if he has had audited statements from this organisation...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 616: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in Counties Clare, Galway and Limerick included on the intellectual disability database in tabular form; the disability strategy for this region; the services offered to those persons on the database; the body that provides disability services in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35759/11]

Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I raise the issue of medical card cover for a patient who is retired and residing in the greater Dublin area but who, for example, has family in Cork, Galway or Donegal. Such a person may decide to stay with a family member for several weeks, for example, in the case of their going on holiday to the family home in these areas. It is important...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (10 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the justification of expenditure to decorate the Irish Embassy in Ottawa, Canada; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the initial estimate was €3 million and that tenders were signed off for this figure and that the current cost is in excess of €9 million and is not completed after initially...

Written Answers — State Visits: State Visits (10 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the Taoiseach's speech on 20 July 2011 following the publication of the Cloyne report, if he has been notified of any intention of the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, to make a pastoral or Head of State visit to Ireland in the coming 12 months; if he will consider inviting the Holy Father with a view to...

Road Safety (9 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the drivers forum who inform the National Road Safety Authority regarding the standards required for driving instructors is adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33241/11]

Road Safety (9 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the functions of the drivers forum which informs the National Road Safety Authority in relation to driving instructors and driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33240/11]

Leaders Questions (9 Nov 2011)

Derek Keating: Hands up.