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Departmental Bodies. (28 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he was informed by the Equality Authority in advance of the detail of the poster campaign being sponsored by them together with the Health Service Executive and the National Council on Ageing and Older People for the Say No to Ageism in 2008 campaign on 19 to 23 May 2008; his views on whether the posters offensively...

Departmental Bodies. (28 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: Does the Minister accept the authority comes under his remit and he funds it? Does he agree it was an outrageous misuse of public funds to spend €225,000 on reinforcing stereotypes of old people and not challenging them? Does he further agree this foolish and ill-conceived campaign could do nothing other than promote ageism as opposed to counteract it? Does he further accept putting up...

Departmental Bodies. (28 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: Does the Minister acknowledge that if the Equality Authority were to decide to run a similar campaign to counteract racism, religious discrimination or discrimination against people because of their sexual orientation and put up posters of poor photographs of people with insulting labels attached to them, that would result in a national outcry? What is the Minister's personal view of this...

Departmental Bodies. (28 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: We have an obligation to ensure that public moneys are not spent in this way.

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: After 11 years in Government, is the Taoiseach responsible for anything?

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: It is just a bigger bureaucracy.

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (27 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, as a consequence of the Government failing to implement promises made on the pupil-teacher ratio, a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 will lose a teacher for the academic year commencing in 2008 and instead of a reduction of the pupil-teacher ratio this will mean an increase in...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (27 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 347: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as a consequence of the Government failing to implement promises made on the pupil-teacher ratio a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18, will lose a teacher for the academic year commencing in 2008 and instead of a reduction of the pupil teacher ratio this will mean an increase in...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (27 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 348: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as a consequence of the Government failing to implement promises made on the pupil-teacher ratio a school (details supplied) in Dublin 18, will lose a teacher for the academic year commencing in 2008 and instead of a reduction of the pupil-teacher ratio this will mean an increase in...

Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: I congratulate the Government on finally bringing forward this Bill. I was a Member of this House when my former, sadly deceased, colleague, Jim Mitchell, brought forward legislation in 1986 to set up a Dublin transport authority to resolve the problem of the fragmentation of transport services in Dublin. Unfortunately, that legislation was scrapped by Fianna Fáil in 1987. The Fianna...

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Motion (22 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: I will start at the point at which my colleague, Deputy Brian Hayes, started by saying I agree entirely with everything he said and I hope to add to it. This commission of inquiry, which has been sitting for a long time, has the important task of looking to the past and reporting on what occurred in our residential institutions. In the context of the investigation committee, it will seek to...

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: There are two matters I would like to raise with the Tánaiste today. The first matter, Sir, arises out of the legislative proposal to provide for a judicial council, which has been around for some time. There were proceedings yesterday in the courts in which a rape conviction was sustained and a sentence imposed of five years, suspended for three, which will result in the offender having...

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: That is what I am coming to. I believe there is a need for such legislation. In the light of what occurred yesterday, will the Government give any consideration to the enactment of such legislation? At present, victims can only get compensation if they bring separate court proceedings. I will be briefer on the second matter, which is also a matter of legislation. Following the publication...

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: ——as compared to only 7% in the southern area.

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: Child abusers in the southern part of this State are scot free and have practically open season to abuse children.

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: When will the report be published on the review of the applications of the Children First guidelines? Does the Government intend to make the guidelines statutory and can the Tánaiste provide assurance to people outside this House to guarantee the safety of children who are at risk of abuse in circumstances where we currently have hundreds of cases that are not being allocated to social workers?

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: Can this House guarantee that no child will die or suffer serious injury as a consequence of the failure of the HSE to apply the Children First guidelines?

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: A Cheann Comhairle——

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: I return to the legislation on the Children First guidelines. Would the Tánaiste agree that it is a national scandal that there are hundreds of children——

Order of Business (22 May 2008)

Alan Shatter: ——at risk of abuse whose cases are not being investigated?