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Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Martin Mansergh: ——and to make the task of teachers easier.

Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Martin Mansergh: Last Tuesday morning a man came up to me on the street in Tipperary and in the course of a short conversation he remarked, quite unprompted, that the Minister, Deputy Hanafin, is doing a good job. I could only agree.

Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Martin Mansergh: No.

Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Mar 2008)

Martin Mansergh: I welcome the Student Support Bill 2008. The expansion of the third level sector over the past 20 years, building on earlier progressive developments in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has been a major success story. We have moved from a relatively low rate of third level participation in higher education to a relatively high rate. In recent years, we have also begun in earnest to develop...

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Martin Mansergh: I welcome the Bill and the White Paper, which I look forward to studying. Membership of what is now the European Union has been, during the past 35 years, a vital factor enabling Ireland, following centuries of vicissitudes, to make dramatic progress fulfilling its destiny as a nation. According to Dr. Hillary, Emile Noël, former Secretary General of the European Commission, once described...

World Trade Organisation Negotiations: Motion (17 Apr 2008)

Martin Mansergh: After dairying, the beef sector is the main staple of Irish farming. The margins are tight and often practically non-existent, even at the moment. Much of the production comes from part-time farms. If viability was to collapse, it would be devastating for rural Ireland and the agrifood sector. The job losses would be large, but are difficult to quantify. We have seen what has happened to...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Apr 2008)

Martin Mansergh: Question 323: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the present legal status of the Good Friday Agreement and its relationship to the St. Andrews Agreement. [13979/08]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (17 Apr 2008)

Martin Mansergh: Question 556: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda stations in south Tipperary which are manned on a 24 hour basis. [13980/08]

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (EirGrid) Bill 2008: Second Stage (24 Apr 2008)

Martin Mansergh: I welcome the Bill and the Minister. Interconnection has a history going back at least 30 years, or as far back as the Cork to Midleton railway line, for example. I used to be an official dealing with energy in the Department of Foreign Affairs in the late 1970s and top of the agenda at the Taoiseach's Department at that time was east-west interconnection. It was politicised to the extent...

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2008)

Martin Mansergh: Without doubt.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2008)

Martin Mansergh: Quite right.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (29 Apr 2008)

Martin Mansergh: In my experience few subjects or policies have been more comprehensively discussed, debated and analysed than neutrality, certainly since 1981. It is quite difficult to listen to lectures on militarisation from a party that still has a military wing albeit, thankfully, no longer active. It tries to present itself as the champion of Irish neutrality. If any movement has been more guilty of...

Business of Dáil (29 Apr 2008)

Martin Mansergh: Hear, hear.

Nomination of Comptroller and Auditor General: Motion. (13 May 2008)

Martin Mansergh: I thank the Acting Chairman. I also thank Members for their kind remarks and contributing to the debate. Every Member paid tribute to the outgoing Comptroller and Auditor General and spoke highly of him. I would like to be associated with their remarks in paying tribute to Mr. Purcell who has played a defining role. The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General has an outstanding...

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Martin Mansergh: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "—welcomes the Government's firm commitment to position the economy for sustainable development over the years ahead, while adapting to the reality of more moderate growth in the future; welcomes the Government's commitment to improving national competitiveness, as demonstrated by its...

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Martin Mansergh: The north side has had many improvements in infrastructure.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Martin Mansergh: I presume Deputy Burton is familiar with the metro north plans and the Luas extensions that will be on the north side.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Martin Mansergh: I am delighted to have interruptions from my good friend, Deputy Burton.

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Martin Mansergh: Spending on human and physical capital under the national development plan will help boost the productive capacity of the economy, remove critical infrastructural bottlenecks and facilitate the re-positioning of the economy in the production of knowledge-intensive goods and services. This is how we will become an even more knowledge-based economy and lay the foundations for future...

Irish Economy: Motion (13 May 2008)

Martin Mansergh: The train goes through Drumcondra in north Dublin. Maynooth is the destination.