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Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)

John Halligan: Figures released this week in my constituency, Waterford, show that the number of home burglaries in January was up by over 30% on the figure for the same period last year. The rising statistic are on a par with figures throughout the country. In some areas the number of home burglaries has almost tripled in the past year. I suspect, given all the facts and figures, the real figure is a...

Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2013)

John Halligan: I believe the remarks of the Tánaiste are sincere and imagine many people throughout the country will be most comforted by them. They will send a clear message that there is a price to be paid if one violates the home of another. I am not here to make any direct attack on the Judiciary. However, I put it to the Tánaiste that throughout my political life I have spent a good deal...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (28 Feb 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Finance the further measures, if any, he proposes to take to force banks in which the Government own shares, to restructure or write-down distressed mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10632/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (28 Feb 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has done any analysis on the projected impact on consumer spending and the current mortgage crisis of his plans to introduce the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10633/13]

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: It does not include the land.

Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: The land must be included when valuing the house.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (5 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Authority site visits made to Waterford in 2011 and 2012; if he will clarify the number of those visits that were to Waterford City and the number to Dungarvan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11289/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (5 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant properties currently being leased by the Industrial Development Agency in Waterford city; the number being leased in County Waterford; if he will identify the location of each of those properties; if he will further state the timeframe each property has been lying idle; if he will provide details of the outstanding...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Numbers (5 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who took to jobbridge placements in Waterford city and county since the programme began; the number of those who completed a jobbridge internship in Waterford that went directly into full-time positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11291/13]

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: Last week, at the national conference of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, new figures emerged indicating that guidance counsellor hours in second level schools had been cut by 25%. The figures, which were provided by the Minister for Education and Skills, were an upward revision of estimates made previously by guidance counsellors. The Minister failed to address a more revealing...

Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: With respect, the Tánaiste misses my point. At issue is the provision of one-to-one counselling, not group counselling. For example, when a student presents who is gay or experiencing a problem of a personal nature at home, he or she does not want to discuss the matter in group counselling and will require one-to-one counselling. What is the point of supplying schools with documents...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Provision (7 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his plans to increase the student staff ratio in the further education sector in view of the damaging effect this will have on the sector in terms of job and skill losses, loss of courses and reduction of course places for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11998/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Provision (7 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact that the the planned increase in the student staff ratio in the further education sector will have on course offerings, specialist training skills and course places; and if he will make a statement on the matter [12000/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Regulations (12 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review regulations in relation to environmental impact assessments in view of the decision of a company (details supplied) to surrender its foreshore licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12836/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Regulations (12 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussion that took place between his Department and a company (details supplied) that led to the company surrendering its foreshore licence to drill an exploratory well in Dublin Bay, including details of the elements of the EU, EIA Directive that were apparently not transposed correctly into Irish law in 1999; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Road Maintenance (12 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the issue of road maintenance in Waterford city and county (details supplied); and the timeframe for same. [12308/13]

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: I have spoken on several occasions about what I perceive to be woeful neglect on the part of IDA Ireland in replacing hundreds of jobs lost in recent years, particularly in the manufacturing sector, and its failure to introduce employment investment, especially in the south east. It has been brought to my attention, from within IDA Ireland, that the organisation is wasting millions of euro...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan should be left out of it.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: I was taken to visit a cluster unit in my constituency which had been lying idle for 15 years. The position is the same in several other such units throughout the country and this has resulted in an outlay of €2.5 million in rent each year, with no return for the taxpayer in the long term. I am informed that the leases for these properties are unbreakable. I am also informed that...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

John Halligan: I will make two points. First, my contact within IDA Ireland is a conscientious chap and it bothers him to think that all this money is being wasted every year. He made the point to me that in respect of some premises around the country that were taken on 15, 16 or 17 years ago, IDA Ireland now acknowledges it has no hope of introducing multinational companies into those areas because of...