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Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (30 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 605: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policies in place to secure portable electronic data devices in his Department; if those policies have been published; if so, the locations where they can be viewed; if a system of whole disk encryption has been rolled out to all laptops in his Department; the date by which he expects a satisfactory security policy on portable...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (30 Sep 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 606: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of Department-owned computer desktops or laptops or other data devices, such as blackberries and memory keys, reported lost, missing or stolen from his Department to date in 2008; the number of same later recovered or found; the number still missing; if sensitive or private data was compromised; and if he will make a...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: The Labour Party never said that.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: The road to Damascus is long but fruitful.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Exactly.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Exactly.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: I sympathise with the Ceann Comhairle's difficulties in managing this debate and will be as brief as possible. I have listened to the debate all morning and am pleased to be associated with the points made by my Labour Party colleagues. The Minister was not in the Chamber when my party leader, Deputy Gilmore, reiterated the conditions and provisions we seek to have included in the Bill...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will support the development of Luas systems for Cork, Galway and Limerick; the stage these plans are at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32514/08]

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (1 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the major excavation relating to metro north, the Dublin rail interconnector and the Luas link-up; if all of these projects will proceed on time and on budget; the agencies and companies he and his Department have recently met in preparation for the excavation works; when he will begin a public information campaign for...

Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Is it still Government policy to provide a mechanism whereby local authority tenants in corporation and city council flats and apartments will be able to purchase their properties? If so, when will the legislation which is required be brought forward to give effect to this policy position?

Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: I also asked whether it was still the policy to provide for the sale of local authority flats and, if so, if the Bill would be amended in the Seanad to provide for it adequately.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: That is the sort of argument that leads to the logic of the one-party state.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: I have a procedural question for the Minister of State. Seldom have we debated regulations in the House following the passage of primary legislation. In this instance, the text of the amendment states, "he or she shall cause a draft of the proposed scheme to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas". Perhaps the Ceann Comhairle, the Chief Whip or the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh,...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: The Government could by discretion remove that restraint.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Is there discretion in this matter or is it fixed in the Standing Orders of the House? We might get clarification on this point. We were in unique circumstances and the response from the Opposition could be greatly changed if there was some flexibility in the interpretation of that Standing Order.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: From the Seanad (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Spoken like a true mandarin.

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2008; the number of such cases in which prosecutions for murder were initiated; the number of such cases where convictions were secured; if he is satisfied with the level of detection and conviction in such cases; and if...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is expected that the promised legislation on civil unions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32852/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Statistics: Departmental Statistics (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1784 of 24 September 2008, the reason his Department does not have a readily accessible format in which to produce statistics to answer this Deputy's initial question; his plans to establish statistics on this matter which are presentable in a readily accessible format; when such a format will...

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (2 Oct 2008)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1835 of 24 September 2008, if he is satisfied that the universities in the third level sector who reported substantial deficits are not at risk of foreclosure or other threats to their stability and that they have adequate insurance to cover all liabilities; and if he will make a statement on...