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Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: More and more cases are coming to light.

Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: :That will be a change.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Transfers (27 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 694. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will be transferred from Maghaberry Prison to Portlaoise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23080/14]

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: We want answers.

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: Just that day.

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: There was something along the lines of being accused of economic treason.

Order of Business (28 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Order of Business (28 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: The invisible man. The Taoiseach will be aware that there has been a great deal of speculation about changing or renegotiating the programme for Government or producing a new one, to which speculation he has contributed. Looking randomly at the current programme for Government-----

Order of Business (28 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I will not go through it.

Order of Business (28 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: There is a commitment to a tenancy deposit protection scheme, a commitment to allowing local authorities to issue social housing bonds, a commitment to establishing a civilian corps and a commitment to local authorities establishing older persons councils. This is just a random sample. I will not even refer to the strategic investment bank and various other issues. Is it the Government's...

Order of Business (28 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I could go through another few issues tomorrow.

Order of Business (28 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: The strategic investment bank is an example.

Order of Business (28 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I thought the Government was supposed to do it all. It is in the programme for Government.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (29 May 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 112. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a lack of funding and support for obesity, with only limited resources being put into weight management clinics in Galway and Loughlinstown, County Dublin; the reason the clinic in Loughlinstown is only funded and staffed to the 2005 standard even though the number of persons with a BMI over 50 has doubled since then; and if he will make...

Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I extend my good wishes to the Minister. There is a commitment in the programme for Government to change Standing Orders to provide for at least a fortnight between different Stages of a Bill. Six months ago, the Taoiseach told me this was about to be introduced but it has not been. When is it proposed to happen? The programme also states:We will raise the issue of payment of child benefit...

Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: I thought it was the Ceann Comhairle who ruled what was in order and what was not.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: One of the greatest myths perpetrated in Irish politics since the foundation of the State has been the notion that changes, or should I say reductions, in social provision for the past three and a half years have been dictated by the troika. We all know this is a gross distortion. The fact of the matter is that the members of the troika - I had occasion as part of my party's delegation to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Severe Weather Events Response (4 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 98. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if it is proposed to pay compensation to the victims of the recent floods in Limerick city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23841/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: 81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to improve services to those who depend on the respite care grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24272/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Respite Care Services (10 Jun 2014)

Willie O'Dea: The Minister will be aware that various suggestions were made to alleviate the effects of the cut in the respite care grant. I am trying to ascertain whether any of those recommendations has been implemented or is intended to be implemented.