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Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (1 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: They should have provided it over the past five. We would not then be debating this legislation.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (1 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: I do not want to return to issues I raised earlier but, in connection with section 6, could the Minister explain to the House what happens if, once this legislation becomes operative, a foreign bank outside the State moves to take over one of the banks which will be covered by the legislation, in circumstances in which the proposed merger or acquisition is not necessary to maintain the...

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (1 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: Let the Minister speak.

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (1 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: Will the Minister answer the issue that Deputy Rabbitte and I raised?

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (1 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: The second question is on a reverse takeover with the headquarters based here——

Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (1 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: I will give my time to Deputy Bruton.

Written Answers — Liquor Licensing Laws: Liquor Licensing Laws (2 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the fact that restaurants can be subject to prosecution for serving wine to their customers with meals on Good Friday; if he will introduce amendments to the Licensing Acts to reform the law in this area. [32684/08]

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: I wish to be associated with all the tributes that have been paid. In particular, as I have previously done, I express my sympathy to Ann, Shay, Daire, Aoife, Sine, Breffni, Éanna and the extended Brennan family. While today must be a sad day for the family, I hope it is also a proud day. Séamus and I entered the Dáil on the same day in 1981, which now seems like an entirely different...

Schools Building Projects. (7 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: I am disappointed the Minister for Education and Science is not present for the debate. My concern relates to Holy Trinity national school in Leopardstown, which has 108 pupils. A further 70 have been enrolled for September 2009, which is the equivalent of two junior infant classes. The school has no permanent buildings and it operates out of five prefabs. It has no play or PE facilities...

Schools Building Projects. (7 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: Today it has 108 pupils.

Schools Building Projects. (7 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: That tells us nothing about the timeframe for Holy Trinity national school.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a five year waiting list for an appointment with a dermatologist at Tallaght hospital, that patients with serious conditions who cannot wait five years have no option but to attend the hospital's accident and emergency department and that they will not be treated by a...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (7 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, when Ireland ratifies The Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption those Irish citizens who are in possession of a valid declaration from the Irish Adoption Board will not be prevented from completing their adoption from Russia, in view of the fact that Russia has not ratified The Hague Convention and that there may be no...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (7 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if citizens who are in receipt of a declaration from the Irish Adoption Board which expires after one year and is then renewed, will not be prevented from completing their adoption from Russia, in view of the fact that Russia has not ratified The Hague Convention and that there may be no bilateral agreement in place. [33791/08]

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (7 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on delaying the ratification of The Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoption until such time as a bilateral agreement is in place between Ireland and Russia, in view of the fact that Russia is a primary country that Irish citizens adopt from and that not to delay the ratification of The Hague Convention would be to deny...

Written Answers — Adoption Services: Adoption Services (7 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 250: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether the effect of the ratification of The Hague Convention on inter-country Adoption, without a bilateral agreement being first put in place between Ireland and Russia, will be to deny Irish citizens the opportunity to adopt children from Russian orphanages and effectively condemn those children to a longer stay in a...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (7 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 22 April 2008, his views on whether the thrust of the question (details supplied) has been misunderstood; if he will have research undertaken to identify the local authorities who have been failing in this regard with a view to monitoring their performance; and if...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (7 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 505: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school pupils in Ballinteer, Dublin south who are in temporary or prefabricated buildings; the schools in respect of the pupils concerned; the locations where temporary or prefabricated buildings are rented; the annual rent applicable in each case; the locations where such buildings were purchased; the date of purchase...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (7 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school pupils in Stepaside, Dublin south who are in temporary or prefabricated buildings; the schools in respect of the pupils concerned; the locations where temporary or prefabricated buildings are rented; the annual rent applicable in each case; the locations where such buildings were purchased; the date of purchase...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (7 Oct 2008)

Alan Shatter: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school pupils in Rathfarnham, Dublin south who are in temporary or prefabricated buildings; the schools in respect of the pupils concerned; the locations where temporary or prefabricated buildings are rented; the annual rent applicable in each case; the locations where such buildings were purchased; the date of...