Results 421-440 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Prison Service (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is it correct to say that every prisoner receives a daily gratuity and those who undertake additional work are paid in vouchers?

Prison Service (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is it proposed to change that practice? I refer to the Irish Prison Service recommendation. For example, I am not paid in vouchers for my work as a TD and I am sure the Minister is not paid in vouchers for his work. I do not think it is fair to say that prisoners are being paid when they are given vouchers to spend in the tuck shop or whatever. I would not regard this as the same as being...

Prison Service (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: No one is suggesting we pay prisoners large sums for work they do in the prison system. I am sure the Minister is well aware that is not what I meant. Will consideration be given to moving from giving vouchers to those who engage in work in prison to giving them the value of the vouchers? As the Minister noted, some prisoners send money to family members outside the prison system. No one...

Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am aware that responsibility for this matter is being transferred. Will the proposed new facilities include a unit to help treat children with severe behavioural problems?

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he will not expand the remit of the Ombudsman for Children to cover St. Patrick's Institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37924/11]

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Dara Céim / Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: That is correct. I congratulate Deputy Catherine Murphy on introducing the Bill, which Sinn Féin will be supporting. We are of the view that it is important to engage in further discussion on this legislation on Committee Stage. That said, the Bill is far from the finished product and there is room for improvement in respect of it. I say that as a republican who considers all legislation...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is it still Ireland's intention to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and if so will it require additional legislation?

Business of Dáil (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: We are sitting until midnight.

Financial Resolution No. 5: Income Tax (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Like the previous speaker, I regard this as an attack on those who are sick and unable to work. The Minister said it is difficult to quantify how much it will yield and yet the Government is proceeding with it. It is a direct attack on those who, through no fault of their own, are out of work on illness benefit. It is a disgraceful decision and I ask the Minister to give a more...

Financial Resolution No. 5: Income Tax (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Government should know how much it will save.

Financial Resolution No. 7: Stamp Duties (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: I also have mixed views on this resolution. I have been thrown by the inclusion of farmland because I cannot take it in isolation. We must be very careful not to create a situation where another property bubble will be allowed to develop. I cannot take it in isolation because, taken together with the seven year holiday being given to property developers with regard to capital gains tax, it...

Financial Resolution No. 7: Stamp Duties (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: And the capital gains tax, Minister?

Financial Resolution No. 12: Life Assurance Policies and Investment Funds (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister indicated that he would raise capital gains tax by 5% but he did not provide a figure for what would potentially be raised.

Financial Resolution No. 12: Life Assurance Policies and Investment Funds (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is probably a missed opportunity because if we had increased the rate by another 5% we would have brought in €165 million which would have off-set some of the cuts to child benefit proposed by the Government. The measure does not go far enough. I inquired previously about the holiday on capital gains tax of seven years for property buyers. Does the Minister agree that it is a dangerous...

Financial Resolution No. 12: Life Assurance Policies and Investment Funds (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: I agree.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to cut second level teaching posts in County Cork over the next 12 months; and if he will provide details of same. [38324/11]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of students per teacher in each primary and secondary school in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38325/11]

Written Answers — Equality Issues: Equality Issues (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 261: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the standing committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution and a recommendation on the Declaration of Principles on Equality and the Activities of the Council of Europe at its meeting in Edinburgh, welcoming and endorsing the declaration which...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ratify Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38406/11]

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (6 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rate of resignation of female members from An Garda Síochána over each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38896/11]