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Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I hear what the Minister is saying but when he and his colleagues were on this side of the House, they gave short shrift to that type of defence of the unemployment situation at the time.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: On 30 June 2010, the Tánaiste said the biggest crisis facing the country at the time was the level of unemployment, which was then that a lower rate than now. He went on to berate the Government and said it should not spend another week in office because of the level of unemployment. What has changed?

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Labour Party is soul searching again.

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: When the previous Government left office in February 2011, 350,000 more people were at work than when it took office. I doubt this Government will ever be able to make that boast. Is the Minister for Education and Skills aware of the statements this morning from across the social spectrum, including the statement from ISME that the Government's job policy is a shambles? ICTU called on the...

Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I asked the Minister if he agreed the problem is being effectively tackled.

Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister is aware of the plight of a number of trainee pilots who have been stranded in the United States after their families paid a king's ransom in fees for their course. Has the Government had any engagement in the situation, in particular the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade? Will the Government arrange for the consular section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade...

Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: -----to them and to arrange for them to be brought home? The Minister wishes to comment.

Written Answers — Banking Sector Staff: Banking Sector Staff (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with the banking sector in relation to planned redundancies; the way the employment prospects for the affected staff can be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32705/12]

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has been contacted regarding an arrangement brokered by the Impact Trade Union, whereby four persons who were working for Limerick Regeneration on fixed term contracts would be employed by the Health Service Executive when their contracts expired; his role in this arrangement; if not, if this...

Proposed Legislation (10 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Please explain, Taoiseach.

Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: When is it proposed to publish the legislation to establish SOLAS? Second, there is a Bill to be published by the Taoiseach's Department entitled "Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of the Seanad) Bill". Has the Government signed off on that Bill yet? Third, when is it proposed to introduce the legislation on Cabinet confidentiality which is promised in the programme for Government?

Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I did not receive any answers.

Written Answers — Pilot Training Courses: Pilot Training Courses (10 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 553: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that up to 80 students from Ireland, some of whom are from Limerick, have potentially lost more than €80,000 in fees following the termination of a training contract involving a Florida based college and the Waterford based Pilot Training Centre of Ireland; if he will investigate...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: We will take a lesson on health history now.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Hear, hear.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach is wondering all the time.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Look in the mirror.

Jobs Initiative (12 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will prepare and publish an evaluation of the jobs initiative for its effect on jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34010/12]

Jobs Initiative (12 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: I apologise for my late arrival in the Chamber. I note the Minister's response but the figures are pretty damning. The recent official statistics which, if anything, understate the case, point to a level of unemployment which is the highest in 20 years. They also indicate that half those people who are now unemployed have been unemployed for a year or more and one third are unemployed for...

Jobs Initiative (12 Jul 2012)

Willie O'Dea: Everything seems to be turning the corner and going ahead, but the problem is growing. Allied to that, as has been mentioned, approximately 200 people per day are leaving the country. If one takes the statistics for the number of people who were employed in this economy from the time the Minister's party left office in 1997 to when it returned to office last year, a total of 325,000 more...