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Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2013)

Colm Keaveney: To conclude, I reiterate that young people, lone parents and those who are left struggling through adjustments in maternity pay would tell the Minister clearly that the budget is an utter disgrace. While I do not envy the Minister her difficult task when she goes to Cabinet, it is clear that many people are suffering from this awful budget.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Colm Keaveney: I support the amendment because it contains common sense in terms of giving people the opportunity to plan for a significant part of their lives. Like Deputy O'Dea, I oppose sections 5 and 6, simply because they are mean. The notion that we will take €32 per week from parents who want to take adoptive leave to enjoy spending time with a child they are about to adopt, thereby...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Oct 2013)

Colm Keaveney: I would have much preferred that the Minister had seen the amendment I proposed but which has been ruled out of order. It would have given her an opportunity to explain to the House the detail of the counter-measures that everybody disputes because there is no confidence in the House that the scale of the Minister's anticipated activation measures will meet the demand of the number of young...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (5 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with reference to the Government's capital investment programme which committed to the construction of a Gaelscoil in Tuam, County Galway, if the site has been identified; when construction will commence; if the school will commence operations in the academic year 2015-2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45640/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 1026. To ask the Minister for Health in reference to the statement (details supplied) which referenced the allocation of €20 million for investment in mental health in 2014, where she said, we, the mental health service, are getting €20 million this year and I have guaranteed that the additional €15 million will be available next year, if he will confirm that his...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (5 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 1255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects work to commence on the construction of the M18-M17 Gort to Tuam motorway; the funding model being used that has been agreed with the National Roads Authority and other relevant stakeholders; if a contractor has been identified and, if so, who; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45638/13]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: Hear, hear.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: Hear, hear.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: Does Deputy Durkan feel it?

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: The real Opposition. The "others".

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: I have a tough act to follow. Of course it is not easy to take money from children. Of course it is not easy to take money from child benefit. It is very difficult to take money from elderly people. It is very difficult when elderly people have to have their phones cut off. It is not easy to take money from those people who cannot protect themselves. Those dangerous young people put up...

Topical Issue Debate: Institutes of Technology Issues (7 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: In 2010, a number of lecturers within Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, became concerned about the treatment of allegations and instances of plagiarism and cheating within the institute. These concerns have been expressed in the local and national press. In 2011, an investigation was launched following a series of revelations in the Galway City Tribune about plagiarism at GMIT and...

Topical Issue Debate: Institutes of Technology Issues (7 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: I acknowledge the fact that the Minister made himself available today for this query. It is an important issue that the Minister has commented on. We are talking about 20 special needs assistants, 700 medical cards, a number of school extensions or 20 Garda cars. Some €400,000 has been spent investigating what I can only describe as an unacceptable allegation at GMIT. I welcome the...

Topical Issue Debate: Institutes of Technology Issues (7 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (12 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 155. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform following works carried out by the Office of Public Works to a bridge near a person's land (details supplied) in County Galway, his plans to rectify the drainage issues causing flooding to this persons property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47920/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Farm Assist Scheme Appeals (12 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 212. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Galway may expect a decision on their farm assist payment appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48183/13]

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (13 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: Hear, hear.

Health (Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: Here again we find a Bill which contains measures that will drive another wedge between the Government and the citizen. It is another sundering of the social contract that exists between citizens and the State and the intergenerational relationship. This is a predictable and deliberate result of the Government's engagement in the politics of division. It has encouraged different groups...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (14 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of persons broken down by payment and by year, in September of each year from 2008 to 2013 inclusive, in receipt in each of the following payments, illness benefit, disability allowance, the blind pension, injury benefit, disablement benefit, invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48586/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Nov 2013)

Colm Keaveney: 166. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that when printed matter is purchased and downloaded via the Internet it is considered to be a service within the meaning of electronically supplied services in the Fourth Schedule to the VAT Act, 1972 (as amended); in view of the fact that this has the effect of discouraging the use of e-books by schools in...