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Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: -----to take some initiative-----

Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I have done that already.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Does the Ceann Comhairle think that would be a good way to go?

Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Does the Ceann Comhairle think the Adjournment is a possibility?

Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I refer to promised legislation relevant to the issues before us, namely, the Central Bank (Consolidation) Bill, the Central Bank (No. 2) Bill and the Financial Services (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. It is very important to give some indication to the international community that we are serious about these issues and bring this legislation before the House without delay. It is certainly...

Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I had hardly spoken when the Ceann Comhairle interrupted me.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: How could the Ceann Comhairle have understood what I was saying? He must be psychic-----

Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: ----- because he could not have understood what I was saying until I finished.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I am asking a simple, important and relevant question on the Order of Business, which I am entitled to do.

Order of Business (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Hear, hear. It is a regular occurrence.

Tourism Industry (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport the steps she has taken to enable the tourist industry to contribute towards the economic recovery of the country; the way this is likely to manifest itself over the various aspects of the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44089/10]

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: That is right.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: As well.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Not as much as I do.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak after my colleague and fellow member of the Joint Committee on European Affairs, Deputy Mary O'Rourke. I will certainly draw inspiration from many of her remarks. She referred to information gleaned at clinics. That is coalface information that can be obtained nowhere else.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Nobody can obtain it except one who deals with people on the coalface on a one-to-one basis.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: One obtains an understanding of circumstances at that level that one cannot read about or research. One cannot have the information imparted to one in any other way. I had a quick glance through the four year plan and noticed that many of the provisions of a punitive nature are to come into effect in 2012 and the year thereafter. It is like a boomerang in that it comes back and hits one...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: Deputy O'Connor would make a good Minister for social reconstruction. It is very important that we recognise that, by ignoring the circumstances I have described, there is a price to be paid. It may be a much bigger price than we anticipate. Let me refer to the transfer to FÁS. Some people see this in different ways. I am of the view that it could be a good development, provided it...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I am not sure about the future. I might not be here after the general election. One just never can tell.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2010)

Bernard Durkan: I am hoping that I and my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Áine Brady, will be back, possibly on different sides of the House. The Minister of State and I have a good relationship with each other. I hope Deputy O'Connor will also be back because I want to be in a position to slag him. I wish to comment on a particular notion which has developed about people with perceived...