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Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: If it is factual, yes.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: From where did the Minister get his figures?

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: On this section, we need more meat on the bone because what is being proposed is vague. What we do know is that the commission will establish a forum and its membership will be between 12 and 60. That is a wide variation in numbers. The section states that the Minister will elect a chairperson and a chairperson designate in the absence of a chairperson and it lists the functions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (16 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 412. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated to early intervention schemes for 2014; the amount allocated for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48044/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Funding (16 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the education and training boards currently in receipt of overdraft facilities and their value; the education and training boards which have notified her or her Department of their intention to apply for overdraft facilities; the stage at which these processes are currently; and her plans to address the deficits in funds of the education and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Education Review (16 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the funding available under the special education support service is under way; the date on which this review will be finalised; the number of schools in receipt of SESS funding during each of the past three years; and the number of schools which have applied for but not received SESS funding during each of those years. [47828/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Provision (16 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a SOLAS course; and if a company has been paid to provide a service it will not now have to provide . [47925/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Programme for Government Implementation (16 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: 568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the commitments under the programme for Government for which her Department is responsible; the progress made to date with regard to each commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48045/14]

Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Ask him.

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: This day next week will be Christmas Day, a time when families come together to celebrate the holidays. Over the next few days many loved ones will be returning from all parts of the world to celebrate with their families. Unfortunately, some will not be able to return home and there will be many empty chairs around dinner tables next Thursday. Many of those who are unable to return hold...

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: While I cannot speak for other Opposition parties, Sinn Féin Members have consistently raised the issue of the state of the economy.

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: Then the Government has not been listening.

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: If the Tánaiste wishes to set aside time to discuss the economic situation, she will not be short of Opposition speakers.

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: While the two referendums are on important issues, marriage equality and lowering the age limit for those who wish to stand in presidential elections, a number of issues were discussed at the Constitutional Convention. Does the Tánasite believe it would be right to extend voting rights to Irish citizens who have been forced to emigrate and are living in America, Australia, Britain and...

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: However, we are not creating enough jobs.

Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: The number of people who have been forced to emigrate as a result of the financial crash and the continuing implementation of austerity by this and previous Governments means that it will be a very long time before they will have an opportunity to return home. Does the Tánaiste agree with her colleague, the Minister of State with responsibility for the Diaspora, Deputy Jimmy Deenihan,...

Order of Business (18 Dec 2014)

Jonathan O'Brien: On behalf of myself and my party, Sinn Féin, I wish the Tánaiste and her colleagues in both this Chamber and the Seanad a very happy Christmas and a prosperous new year. I hope she has a very peaceful holiday. I also extend our best wishes and holiday greetings to all the staff who work in the Houses of the Oireachtas. Given the success of the Convention on the Constitution in...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (14 Jan 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I do not need to explain to the Minister the crisis in the emergency departments, in particular in the past week or so, and the record number of patients lying on trolleys. There is a number of reasons why that is happening. In the vast majority of hospitals the number of people awaiting discharge but who do not have the necessary step-down facilities is ever increasing, be it due to the...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (14 Jan 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Minister for his reply. As I said in my initial contribution I do not believe it is just a question of finances because it is also down to the need for planning, co-ordination and integration to achieve a solution. The purpose of the emergency departments task force was to examine the situation in a holistic manner and to come up with long-term solutions. However, short-term...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed Circuit Television Systems (14 Jan 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 424. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 9 April 2014 when a reply will be provided. [1082/15]