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Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: This is an issue of data protection as well as privilege.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: With all due respect, the Ceann Comhairle and the Tánaiste must investigate the fact-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: -----that we are unable to do our work as public representatives.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: This involves private and confidential information that another Deputy has referred to the Minister.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: It is now being circulated like snuff at a wake.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: The Ceann Comhairle has the responsibility to ensure Ministers are acting lawfully. In this instance-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: -----I submit to the Ceann Comhairle that there is a real danger-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: -----that the Minister is acting unlawfully.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: Issues of data protection are at stake.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: That has nothing to do with it.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: This is about accountability in Parliament.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: Cases of this nature have never arisen in the past.

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: On a point of order-----

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: This is the final intervention I will make. The situation in which we find ourselves is most unusual and unprecedented. Will the Tánaiste indicate if it is the intention of the new Minister for Social Protection to continue the brutal practice of returning representations made by Deputies on behalf of constituents who are in desperate need?

Order of Business (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Written Answers — Detention Facilities: Detention Facilities (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the report of the expert group on children's detention services which recommends the development of 167 places for young persons detained by the courts; if the provisions of this number of places is still his objective; if not, the number of places it is proposed to provide and the basis for this...

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the report of the Rape Crisis Network Ireland, Rape and Justice in Ireland, which found that just 7% of rapes reported to the Garda resulted in convictions; his proposals to deal with this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13000/10]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (25 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the commercial ban on bass fishing; the position regarding bass fishing; if he has received correspondence from angling clubs in relation to concerns over bass fishing; his further views on same; the way he proposes to ensure that bass is not over-fished here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...

Departmental Committees. (30 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: While I thank the Taoiseach for that reply, I am concerned it shows a disconnect between his perception of the experience Ireland underwent in the period around Christmas and the reality. Is the Taoiseach seriously suggesting the response was satisfactory and that the damage that has been done does not need further investment? What are the lessons that may now be learned from what was,...

Departmental Committees. (30 Mar 2010)

Liz McManus: I agree with the Taoiseach that the community response was magnificent, as indeed was the work of local authorities' staff. The work of the staff of the local authority of my own county of Wicklow was exemplary during very difficult circumstances. Does the Taoiseach accept the reason we did not run out of salt is because the secondary roads were not made passable? When the snows...