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Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: I want to raise two issues. Last week, I raised this issue vis-À-vis a matter which has serious implications for saving existing jobs and also revenue to the State at a time when we can do with every bit of revenue we can get. I recently met with the pilots of our national airline who told me that hundreds of jobs are at risk because of contractual arrangements-----

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: Yes. There is promised business. A budget will come to this House in a few weeks' time. I asked last week if the Minister for Finance was aware of the loophole where recruiting can take place outside the country for jobs in this country which has two effects. First-----

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: No, it is not. If I could be allowed to finish-----

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: This affects many people in the Ceann Comhairle's constituency. The reality is that 100 pilots' jobs and hundreds of other jobs are at risk in Aer Lingus because they are facing unfair competition from other competitors who can recruit outside the country. If Aer Lingus takes the same route, we will lose Irish jobs here and we will have an Irish airline here that will be staffed by-----

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: -----non-Irish people from abroad who will not pay tax in this country. The question to the Taoiseach is simple. Is the Minister for Finance aware of that position? Is it legal because I am aware Revenue is looking into it? If it is legal, will he close off that loophole? That is the first question.

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: It is urgent and if the Taoiseach does not want to answer it, so be it but the people who are at risk of losing their jobs are entitled to an answer from this House. This is the Chamber where these issues are supposed to be addressed. The second issue I want to raise is the ridiculous set-up where at least one person I know of from Glenbeigh, County Kerry - Deputy Tom Sheahan's constituency...

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: There are serious concerns-----

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: May I point to the legislation?

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: The legislation to which I refer, which is aptly named, is the Qualifications (Education and Training) Bill. I want to know if the Minister intends to persist with that when there is an article published today about the concerns of the professors that people who have shown scholarship skills by getting 600 points in the leaving certificate do not get into medicine while others get in with...

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: Yes. Will that matter be addressed under the Qualifications (Education and Training) Bill and when will it come before the House?

Order of Business (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: It should not be for people who reach 600 points.

Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: That is fine.

International Human Trafficking: Motion (Resumed) (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: I congratulate Deputy Naughten on bringing forward this motion to address the current weaknesses in the approach to trafficking, which is facilitating the development of the slave and sex trade in Ireland. It is generally seen that Ireland is a haven for the sex and slave trade. The illegal sex industry here is reckoned to be worth €180 million a year, with an estimated 1,000 men paying...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, with regard to private nursing homes approved under the nursing homes support scheme, if the €190 licensing fee per designated place in a nursing home was included in the detailed costing that formed part of the negotiations on the cost of care with the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding she will make available to the nursing homes support scheme in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42078/09]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: Question 179: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the role the county registrar will play in approving care representatives to the nursing homes support scheme; if county registrars have been briefed on the processes and procedures with regard to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42079/09]

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (18 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if patients registered under the nursing homes support scheme in public hospital care who do not have a medical card will be charged additional moneys for care services such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, special incontinence wear, special bandages and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: Were there raisins in it?

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: Yesterday I asked the Taoiseach a question he had difficulty in understanding so perhaps the Tánaiste might be able to help me, particularly because it falls within her remit.

Order of Business (19 Nov 2009)

James Reilly: It clearly relates to legislation. It relates to the Finance Act and whether the current situation, which allows a particular company to recruit off-shore and avoid PRSI, with uncertainty about whether those people, who are resident in Ireland, pay tax-----