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Personal Insolvency Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: This is important legislation and has the potential to be one of the critical parts of the recovery of individuals, families, businesses and the State in general. I welcome the Bill as a much needed change. I congratulate both the Minister on a robust, quite radical legislative measure and his officials, who have been working very hard on this over the last year or more. I consider it a...

Written Answers — Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments: Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments (17 Jul 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 62: To ask the Taoiseach with regard to all legislation initiated by him since coming into office, the number of Bills that have completed the legislative process; the number of occasions on which amendments proposed by members of the opposition have been accepted; the number of Bills for which regulatory impact analysis have been published; the number of Bills for which poverty...

Written Answers — Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments: Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments (17 Jul 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 63: To ask the Taoiseach if he will clarify the procedures operating in his Department for identifying when a bill requires a poverty impact and or regulatory impact analysis and when it is exempt; the procedures for conducting and publishing that analysis, when applicable; and if he will identify, by rank or position, the officials responsible for managing and making decisions on...

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: On Committee Stage, the argument we heard was that political parties get millions of euros extra funding because they have special duties and special things to do that Independent Deputies do not have to do. I wonder what they are if we think about what we all contribute to parliamentary democracy. My office comes up with policy, has plenty of administration, conducts local meetings - we...

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: I reiterate that I applaud what the Minister is doing with this Bill and its passage today is an historic event in Ireland. No one desires quotas and I do not believe women coming in to politics seek them. However, as Members are aware, the evidence from all over the world shows that in a political system such as that which obtains in Ireland at present, which has systemic discrimination...

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: I do not think there is any irony in a Member of the House advocating for the representation of women in politics, whether the Member is in a party or not. There is nothing ironic about me standing up here at all. In terms of political form in this country, it is the single most important thing we need to do, although I think there is a lot we need to do. I believe passionately in it and I...

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (19 Jul 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: On behalf of the Technical Group, I extend my thanks to the Ceann Comhairle and his entire team for all of his and their work in serving the Dáil this term. I understand we forgot to say that earlier on today. It is self-evident that the same arguments for female representation at national level should apply at local government level. From the debate on this Bill, it is my understanding...

Written Answers — Personal Insolvency Bill: Personal Insolvency Bill (19 Jul 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Finance if, further to Parliamentary Question No 114 of 5 July 2012 if it is the case that the Personal Insolvency Bill was discussed with representatives of the banks in the period between it being approved by Cabinet and the briefing of Members of the Oireachtas on 29 June ; the names of the representatives of the banks present; the banks represented;...

Written Answers — Equality Tribunal Cases: Equality Tribunal Cases (19 Jul 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 580: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases in which his Department is a respondent to claims by staff members that are currently before the Equality Tribunal or Labour Court; if he will state in each case when his Department was first notified of the claim; if he will state in each case if his Department was invited by the Equality Tribunal to engage in...

Written Answers — Palliative Care: Palliative Care (19 Jul 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: Question 741: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that general practitioners in Wicklow have been advised that, in palliative care cases, they are only to refer patients that are actively dying to the Wicklow Community Specialist Palliative Care Team, due to staffing shortages and or cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36286/12]

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: This is not democracy.

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: If this is someone's idea of democracy, it is a disgrace.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Oct 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will instruct the National Transport Authority to provide a subsidy for the No. 2 Bus Éireann route which under proposed changes will no longer serve St. Vincent's Hospital, curtailing access to healthcare for the people of Arklow, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41333/12]

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: That is untrue. That is absolutely untrue.

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: It is an outrageous statement to make.

Address by H.E. Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament (4 Oct 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: I too welcome President Schulz to Ireland and Dáil Éireann. All of us, as European citizens, have much of which to be proud. There has been relative peace across the Continent for decades now for the first time in a long time and a growth in Europe's voice on critical issues such as inequality, social justice, climate change and so on. Unfortunately, the current economic crisis,...

Address by H.E. Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament (4 Oct 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: I often hear expressed in the so-called creditor countries the common view that Ireland mismanaged its internal affairs, made mistakes and is now looking for other people's hard earned money to correct those mistakes. A mixture of economic and moral sentiment is expressed. During a recent conversation I had with a German economist he pointed out to me that the German translation of "debt"...

Address by H.E. Mr. Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament (4 Oct 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: -----and Ireland is not looking for aid or benevolence. We need our money back in order that we can contribute to the recovery of Europe.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Guarantee Scheme (4 Oct 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will identify the unsecured AIB bondholders who were paid €1,000,000,000 earlier in the week; the steps he has taken to date to identify them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42591/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Guarantee Scheme (4 Oct 2012)

Stephen Donnelly: The Minister made various points, to which I will try to respond. The scale of the €1 billion paid out, at current borrowing costs, is €60 million per annum forever. That is what it would cost us to fund €1 billion, which is equal to what it would cost to pay 2,400 new teachers every year forever. The Minister said that former ECB president, Mr. Trichet believed it was...