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Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to say at the start, as there is no capacity for us to raise this matter, that I want to give notice that we intend to raise next Tuesday our belief that the Tánaiste has misled the House and that belief is based on an e-mail from Deputy Colm Keaveney this morning in relation to the recent issues-----

Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: -----that there is another context to the story that he has not been able to articulate publicly. It is clear that the Tánaiste withheld information and we will raise this issue next Tuesday.

Assaults on Emergency Workers Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, the Ceann Comhairle and the Government Whip for facilitating the debate on this Bill. It is designed to protect our front-line emergency workers from grievous harm as they keep our streets safe, fight fires, look after injured victims and protect our safety. Gardaí, nurses, firemen and accident and emergency department personnel are all on the front...

Other Questions: National Monuments (3 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when he expects to make a decision on allowing a new development near the Moore Street national monument, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41781/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority Staff (3 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any new vacancies will arise at the Road Safety Authority with the introduction of the new plastic card drivers licence in 2013; if these new positions will be advertised to the public; if he will outline the application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42330/12]

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: It had nothing to do with the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: I believe it was from inside the Taoiseach's manifesto.

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: Like the Taoiseach did not know about the primary care centres.

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: No one believes him.

Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: It is all in Galway. Nowhere else has received it.

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, for his earlier remarks. The Minister referred to the IDA's record year in 2011. The authority has also had a very successful nine months in 2012. One of its big announcements was of 1,000 jobs, but 500 of those jobs had to be filled from outside the State. Meanwhile, 306,000 people are unemployed, of whom 60% are long-term unemployed. We...

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: Irish Water will employ existing county council workers. There will be no new jobs.

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following figures in the most recent quarterly national household survey, his views on whether the jobs plan is successful in tackling long term unemployment; the new and additional steps he will take to tackle long term unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41646/12]

Other Questions: Youth Unemployment Numbers (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: The Acting Chairman has been quite tidy for me up to now. The Minister cannot believe the answer he has given. He had a considerable track record going into this Department. We have a 30% youth unemployment rate. The rate in Europe is 23%, the common rate having regard to all labour market conditions in Europe. Therefore, have a serious problem, yet we get more words and verbiage. The...

Other Questions: Youth Unemployment Numbers (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: My question was whether this goes far enough in tackling youth unemployment. Youth unemployment is what I am interested in here. What is being done about it?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: It has been nominated to me.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: I have no objection to that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: We all share the Minister's wish to improve the competitive nature of enterprise. The difficulty with the proposal is that the Minister for Social Protection has form. Last year, she pushed through substantial changes to the redundancy rebate payment system. She justified this on the basis of the argument that large companies can afford to make the payment. Nobody disagrees with that but...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: We all agree there is a danger of dependency on illness benefit but the Minister is still dodging the question on the rate in the public sector by comparison with that in the private sector. Is the problem far greater in the former than in the latter? In asking this, I am not pitting one against the other but pointing to the nucleus of the problem. The Minister for Social Protection,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sick Pay Scheme Expenditure (2 Oct 2012)

Dara Calleary: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will respond to the continuing concerns of thousands of small businesses here regarding the Minister for Social Protection's proposal for a mandatory sick pay scheme; if he has carried out an impact assessment on the effect that a mandatory sick pay scheme would have on small and medium enterprises in terms of additional costs and...