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Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The quangos will be gone soon.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: They will be gone in 60 days.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: There are only 58 days left.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: What will they do for the next 58 days?

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to establish a task force on the future of the financial services sector. [8277/11]

Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to pursue the objective of obtaining a medium term affordable facility from the European Central Bank to replace emergency funding to Ireland's banks. [8278/11]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Finance, in view of the fact that the International Monetary Fund has revised downward its estimate for growth in this country over the next three years and the EU is expected to do likewise, if further expenditure cuts or tax increases will be necessary to meet the target of reducing the budget deficit to 3% of GDP by 2015; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Banks Recapitalisation: Banks Recapitalisation (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the €30 billion loans which he expects the recapitalised Irish banks to make over the next three years between small and medium enterprises, large corporations and mortgages. [8280/11]

Written Answers — Education and Training Programmes: Education and Training Programmes (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the new graduate and apprentice internship scheme will be established. [8276/11]

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to alleged serious irregularities in relation to the terms and conditions of employment on the site of a large extension to a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; in view of the fact that the State is paying for the extension if he will investigate this as a matter of urgency; and...

Written Answers — Export Trade Council: Export Trade Council (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the date on which the export trade council will be established. [8275/11]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects the promised national employment and entitlements service to be established. [8281/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (19 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will change the criteria for qualification for community enterprise schemes to accommodate individuals over the age of 65 years who wish to participate in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8186/11]

Order of Business (20 Apr 2011)

Willie O'Dea: When can we expect to see the consumer and competition Bill that will merge the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency?

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the total amount of funding the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland and the county enterprise boards received in the years 2010 and 2011. [9811/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the total funding Science Foundation Ireland received in each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. [9812/11]

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: He said that.

Order of Business (4 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I ask about the commitment in the programme for Government to introduce legislation to allow small and medium enterprises to restructure their debts without recourse to expensive court proceedings. Will that provision be part of the bankruptcy legislation or is a separate Bill planned and, if so, when can we expect to see it?

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this important matter. The kindest remark I can make about the document with which we have been presented is that it constitutes a gigantic anti-climax, particularly in the context of the boasting, pose-striking and breast-beating we witnessed and the grandiloquent phrases such as "Labour's way or Frankfurt's way" and "Not a red cent"...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (4 May 2011)

Willie O'Dea: This will be a very dog-eared document in about 12 months' time. I have one final question for the Minister. The programme for Government states that it is "committed to maintain the current rates of income tax, together with bands and credits". Yet page 32 of this agreement states that the Government is committed to a lowering of personal income tax bands and credits. In his reply, I...