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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Adult Education (1 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to adult literacy and basic skills during each year since 2007. [42738/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (1 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the construction of the north ring road in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43021/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Compulsory Purchase Orders (1 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: 628. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a number of compulsory purchase orders needed to progress the construction of the north ring road in Cork; the estimated cost of completing these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43022/15]

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: The argument has already been made by previous speakers. We are under time constraint and there is a guillotine at 9 p.m. We should at least have the opportunity to vote on the amendments. Therefore, I will not speak further and I ask everyone else who is due to speak to limit it so we can at least have the opportunity to vote on the amendment.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: He is not talking about amendment No. 1. We would like to vote on it.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: What are they?

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is the Minister of State serious?

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: She is not and I tell the Minister of State that as education spokesperson for my party.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is about equality.

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: And we all support it.

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is the Deputy serious? In all fairness we should not have to listen to this crap.

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will start with some of the comments made by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government last night. If he is not listening the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, can bring them back to him. I wish to examine some of the solutions he claims to have brought forward. First, he has stated he has sent a directive to local authorities that they are to have a 50% allocation...

Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is not agreed.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Yes.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: Surely the Whip has other legislation that can be introduced today. It is not acceptable that the business for today will be collapsed because we finished it yesterday. Is there no other pressing legislation that the Government can introduce today?

Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: The House is sitting late next week and additional days have been added to schedule, yet the business for today will be collapsed at 2 p.m. because the Whip could not be bothered finding a Minister to come into the Chamber to discuss some pressing legislation. We have had guillotine after guillotine imposed and now today we have no business.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: There must be something be legislation on the priority list that the Government can bring in today.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: On a point of order, the fact that the legislation went through goes to prove that there was no need to guillotine the debate on the legislation yesterday.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: That was a proposal.

Order of Business (3 Dec 2015)

Jonathan O'Brien: I do not know if your Christmas night out is tonight and you want to have early of a half day.