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Written Answers — Garda Records: Garda Records (6 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 690: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is his position that any gardaí who took women and girls to the Magdalene Laundries or assisted in returning women and girls who had escaped from the laundries were acting entirely outside their authority as Gardaí and without orders; if so, his explanation for the witness and documentary evidence that gardaí in different...

Written Answers — Garda Records: Garda Records (6 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 691: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in view of the witness and documentary evidence that gardaí in different geographical divisions consistently took women and girls back to the Magdalene Laundries over a period of several decades, he will encourage serving and retired gardaí with relevant information to share it with Senator McAleese's Inter-Departmental...

Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (6 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 824: To ask the Minister for Health if the sale of prescription drugs by a person other than a pharmacist is a crime; the specific legislation involved; if he is considering additional legislation in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26597/12]

Written Answers — Pharmacy Regulations: Pharmacy Regulations (6 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 968: To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive expects to make available to multiple sclerosis sufferers here, the licensed and cost-effective drug, Gilenya, in view of the fact that it has been deemed cost-effective since September 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27290/12]

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (6 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 970: To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the long term illness scheme in order to include Fibomyalgia as a long term chronic illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27345/12]

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Bill. I agree with much of Deputy Paschal Donohoe said. That the ideas under discussion were unthinkable one year ago is the reason we are in this crisis. Had the nettle been grasped long before now, we might not be at the precipice. In the past few hours Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Cameron held a joint conference....

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: No, I am not proposing this in a partisan way, but the bondholders need to take a hit.

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: I was hoping to discuss this issue in a non-partisan way and we were doing so until the Minister of State came into the Chamber. If she wants to continue in that way, so be it, but that is my view three years down the road. This was the first country to enter a bailout programme, but we did not have the experience we are now having. The Labour Party parades itself and claims the last...

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Yes.

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: We are not hiding behind it. We are offering it as a suggestion for discussion in a constructive debate. That is what I always try to do.

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: We have not done what the Minister of State's party did, which was to run down the country at every opportunity it got. In the last Dáil the Labour Party took every opportunity, come hell or high water and in particular every Thursday, to claim the country was bust. It did not give a damn what damage was done to Ireland's reputation in order that it could move to the Government side of the...

European Stability Mechanism Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: The ESM has been debated sufficiently and in a united fashion for several weeks. Will it be large enough? We will not know until it is established. We are much better off having the fund and access to it. Whether we will need access to it in 2014 is probably beyond our control, given events elsewhere. It can be in our control only if the ECB and the European Union stand up to the markets...

Sentencing Policy (12 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: I wish to thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me and Deputy O'Donovan to raise this issue. While I have the utmost respect for the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, it is disappointing that the Minister for Justice and Equality is not present. Deputy Shatter was able to leave the Seanad 30 minutes ago to make a good news announcement but he cannot be here to listen to...

Sentencing Policy (12 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. The robust response he spoke about has been undermined, particular in rural areas, by a number of cuts the Minister, Deputy Shatter, has made. There has been a severe cut in the community alert scheme and we do not have the resources to launch new community alert schemes or expand existing ones. Second, as a result of the substantial cuts to the...

Written Answers — Job Initiatives: Job Initiatives (12 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 137: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress made in developing the pathways to work plan; if a decision has been made on the use of private contractors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28092/12]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (12 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress being made to issue new guidelines to assist in allowing landowners with land along national secondary routes to obtain access for planning purposes on such roads. [28005/12]

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (12 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost savings envisaged by the amalgamation of the Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority; the budget of the Human Rights Commission in 2011, the budget of the Equality Authority in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28147/12]

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (12 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional powers to be given to the new merged body of the Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28148/12]

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (12 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of staff in the new merged body of the Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority; the current number of staff in the Human Rights Commission; the total number of staff in the Equality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28284/12]

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (12 Jun 2012)

Dara Calleary: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality what the annual budget for the new merged body of the Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28285/12]