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Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: The Tánaiste should find out.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: I am never less than courteous.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: The Minister for Health and Children will not answer any questions.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: The Minister for Health and Children does not answer questions.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: A law was passed preventing her from answering questions.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: What year was that anyway?

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: It will not deal with that.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: Deputy Noel Dempsey might have put it in the dump.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: For the information of the Minister, very serious work is being done on this matter under the guidance and assistance of the Ceann Comhairle. A large measure of agreement has been reached on very important issues pertaining to Dáil reform and it is not a case of people playing funny games, as the Tánaiste described. We are not doing so; we are working very hard on the issue and are very...

Order of Business (21 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: So do I.

Written Answers — Animal Feed: Animal Feed (21 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she has taken to protect the industry against the threat of adventitious presence in feed imports from non EU approved events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7104/08]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to adequately fund the early services team in St. Raphael's, Celbridge, County Kildare, where at present 70 children are on a waiting list for assistance, with the average waiting time being 10 months. [7246/08]

Dáil Reform. (26 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: The need for Dáil reform is demonstrated by the fact that the questions being debated today were tabled on the agenda for the Dáil in September 2007. The need to deal with how we order our business is obvious from that alone. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the use of his good offices in bringing forward a tight package of proposals to address the essential issues affecting Deputies and...

Dáil Reform. (26 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: Two issues arise constantly on the floor of the House. We need to have a mechanism for Deputies to raise topical current issues. As the Ceann Comhairle and Minister of State, Deputy Kitt, will agree, Members currently use devices such as Standing Order 32 to try to place on record, in the barest of terms, constituency matters and various other issues. The Standing Order is in place for...

Dáil Reform. (26 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: It is democracy.

Dáil Reform. (26 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: We should get extra staff. That is democracy.

Dáil Reform. (26 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: I am disappointed that the Minister of State could not have been a bit more positive. I know he does not have the power to make the decision, but if he said to the House that he was convinced of the case and he would refer it to his seniors for a decision, I would be much happier.

Dáil Reform. (26 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: The Minister of State may agree with me that we cannot continue with the current situation with regard to agencies. The other day in the Dáil, the Taoiseach said that he would talk to two Ministers to see what they could do with the HSE. The HSE had more authority than the two Ministers and the Taoiseach put together. The only reason for that is that we in this House gave it that...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: The Government provided extra time on this particular Bill. There is a time constraint on when it has to be passed. On foot of that, we accepted the guillotine. However, we would not see it as the norm.

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (26 Feb 2008)

Emmet Stagg: Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people over the age of 65 who have registered for DIRT free accounts arising from incomes below the relevant threshold; if he has an estimate of amount of such tax outstanding due in refunds to such people; the number and the amount of DIRT refunds issued for each year from 2004 to date in 2008; and if he will make a...