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- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (14 Sep 2011)
Damien English: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the competitive process that was undertaken in order for the Irish National Teachers Organisation to be given partial funding for teacher training courses given by the National Centre for Technology in Education; if other organisations or private sector education providers can apply to receive funding for courses given by the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (14 Sep 2011)
Damien English: Question 989: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 42 of 5 May 2011, the cost in 2009 and the last quarter of 2010 of the involvement of the Office of Tobacco Control in the survey into illicit cigarettes conducted alongside the Revenue Commissioners; if he will detail the qualitative and or quantitative methodology used for this survey; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (27 Sep 2011)
Damien English: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 21 June 2011, the position regarding the acquisition of a site for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25664/11]
- Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Oct 2011)
Damien English: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Bill and also to offer some general comments on the subject to which it relates. It is good that we are engaging in this debate and I thank Sinn Féin and Deputy TóibÃn, my constituency colleague, on bringing forward the Bill. We might not necessarily agree with everything that the Bill contains but we certainly agree that there...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2011)
Damien English: Question 256: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total departmental expenditure as a percentage of GDP for each of the years 2006 to 2009, inclusive; her estimate for same for 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29927/11]
- Written Answers — Action Against Tobacco Industry: Action Against Tobacco Industry (25 Oct 2011)
Damien English: Question 531: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Australian Government has introduced legislation requiring plain or generic packaging for cigarettes from 1 July 2012; if he is considering introducing plain packaging on cigarettes here; if he or the tobacco policy review group have sought legal advice on whether such legislation would be...
- Written Answers — Action Against Tobacco Industry: Action Against Tobacco Industry (25 Oct 2011)
Damien English: Question 532: To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce the necessary regulations requiring graphic health warnings on cigarette packets as provided for in the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2011; the allotted time period after the regulation has been signed for industry to comply with the new law; if he will ensure that all deadlines are met; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Action Against Tobacco Industry: Action Against Tobacco Industry (25 Oct 2011)
Damien English: Question 533: To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce the Tobacco Products (Control of Advertising, Sponsorship and Sales promotion) Regulations 2011; if this regulation will set a mandatory pricing level below which cigarette prices cannot be lowered; his views that this mechanism will ensure that cheap tobacco products do not now become available on the Irish market; and if...
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Damien English: I thank my colleague for the chance to say a few words. I know by the motion that those who put it down understand that the Minister will try to tackle this because most of the stuff to which they refer is decisions made in 2008, 2009 and 2010 - all before his time. I accept all those decisions have made an impact and need to be addressed, but it is a bit unfair of them to state that the...
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Damien English: Naturally, we will fight to keep it for as long as we need it and as long as we can for many other reasons, but the medical practitioners who advise us state this is okay if it is planned properly. In fairness, the Minister has stood up to most officials in the HSE stating that with any more closures, he wants to know about it and we will plan it and do it properly. Closures, rearrangement...
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Damien English: It is already working in some hospitals in my area. The concept is right. It will be worth the hospital's or medical centre's while to take you in because every time you come through that door to get something done, you will earn it money. That is a one-tier health system that can work because it will be equal.
- Health Services Delivery: Motion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2011)
Damien English: I accept there are different ways of funding it, but we are going down one route. It will be equal, and that is the bottom line. It will take more than six months.
- Budget Statement 2012 (6 Dec 2011)
Damien English: It was also a five year plan.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Damien English: We did. We told them about the cuts.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Damien English: Dramatics.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Damien English: The previous Government did not implement them.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Damien English: They are being fulfilled.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Damien English: It is Fianna Fáil's mess. The Deputy should not forget that.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Damien English: â¬3.1 billion.
- Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Dec 2011)
Damien English: As Chairman of the committee that covers this area, I compliment the Minister on managing to keep the reductions down to â¬475 million. Others, including some on this side of the House, had planned that we would be heading for a reduction of nearly â¬1 billion in this Department. It was never going to be easy for any Minister to find reductions of â¬475 million. We need to get real...