Results 6,121-6,140 of 12,637 for speaker:Willie O'Dea
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: There are no prospects.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: When is it going to start?
- Order of Business (13 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: When will the residential tenancies (amendment) Bill be published? It is important legislation.
- Written Answers — Primary Care Centres: Primary Care Centres (19 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Health if he has been approached by companies with a view to funding the provision of primary care centres; if it is his policy to work with private companies to facilitate the provision of such centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29455/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (19 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an estimate of the cost of his Department's new website including hosting, designing, building and posting, the location at which the site is hosted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29262/12]
- Written Answers — Meat Slaughtering Plants: Meat Slaughtering Plants (19 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the legal obligations regarding certification for scales used for the purposes of purchasing livestock in meat slaughtering plants; the person responsible for the legal certification of the scales and the person who provides this service; the requirements in respect of the frequency which these scales must be...
- Written Answers — Invalidity Pension: Invalidity Pension (19 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: Question 302: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue regarding an application for invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [28988/12]
- Order of Business (20 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: As someone who is already in with Clare, I would like to ask the Taoiseach when is the legislation to amend the criminal legal aid system due? When can we expect to see the promised legislation to compel employers to pay the first four weeks of sick pay to employees who are off sick?
- Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (20 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: Can I comment on that?
- Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (20 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, to delete lines 13 to 19 and substitute the following: "6.âA credit guarantee scheme shall be debated by both Houses of the Oireachtas prior to sanction by the Minister.". We are basically dealing with an enabling Bill which provides that the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, introduce a scheme...
- Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (20 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: It ill behoves the Minister of State to say the time for policy-based discussions is at an end. The delay in respect of this legislation have been exclusively on the Government side. To date, there has been a delay of 15 or 16 months. All I am seeking is that we engage in a policy-based discussion, which might take no more than a couple of hours, before the scheme is finally signed off on....
- Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (20 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: No, I am not.
- Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (20 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: I would not be the only one to do so.
- Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (20 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: All Opposition parties submitted amendments regarding the 2% charge. In fairness to the Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, he accepted the spirit of these amendments and has made substantial modifications to the 2% charge which are very acceptable. I find it personally hurtful that the Minister of State has accused me of playing politics. I am not. I believe in anything that will improve the...
- Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (20 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: I am recovering already.
- Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (20 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: I move amendment No. 3: In page 9, line 14, after "time," to insert the following: "not later than 12 months from the commencement of the scheme,". Section 10 provides that the Minister may at any time conduct a review of the operation of the credit guarantee scheme. What I propose is that the review should take place within 12 months. That is not unreasonable and the timeframe is not too...
- Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (20 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: There is no danger that sufficient trends will not emerge within the first 12 months to enable the Government to review the situation. Although I accept what the Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, stated on Committee Stage, if that is the Government's intention, why not include it in the legislation? If the amendment is badly worded in the sense that it would force the Government to conduct...
- Credit Guarantee Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (20 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: We cannot upset the alphabet. That is the last thing we would want to do.
- Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (20 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the Personal Insolvency Legislation; the issues raised by the Troika in relation to this Bill; the timeframe for introduction to the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29743/12]
- Overseas Missions (21 Jun 2012)
Willie O'Dea: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Defence the current situation in Southern Lebanon; the role of Irish Forces there; the evolving challenges they face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29969/12]