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Sittings and Business of the Dáil: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, yesterday, on the Order of Business, the Taoiseach said that the Water Services (Amendment) Bill was required by the troika memorandum.

Sittings and Business of the Dáil: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: He went on further to say that it had to be "implemented before the end of the year".

Sittings and Business of the Dáil: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Taoiseach was wrong, factually. I ask him to come to the House and correct the record of the Dáil, which is incorrect. Furthermore-----

Sittings and Business of the Dáil: Motion (1 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am giving the Tánaiste, Deputy Gilmore, an opportunity to make an honest man of the Taoiseach, as the Taoiseach wanted to make of him last week.

Departmental Funding (1 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the capital projects he will undertake in 2012. [38037/11]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (1 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in relation to a proposed school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38146/11]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (1 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total amount of money spent on property acquisitions and construction costs and rents associated with the decentralisation programme announced in budget 2004, and the amount of money saved or received from the sale of property or the cessation of leases in Dublin as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (1 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to introduce a pension scheme for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant advisors in line with Labour Court recommendation LCR19293; if she intends to provide the necessary funding to scheme sponsors to fund the pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38186/11]

Written Answers — Exploration Licences: Exploration Licences (1 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the legislation that authorises him, as the regulatory body, to issue licences for the exploration phases associated with hydraulic fracturing; if further legislation will be required in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38185/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (1 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if non-eligibility for disadvantaged area scheme payment due to low stocking density can affect eligibility for the single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38160/11]

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the budget. We should lay out the direction we want to take in the future. Having risen to great heights in terms of expenditure and services and having improved services beyond recognition, we are all anxious to maintain those services as far as possible and to protect those who depend on them. Listening to the debate in the Dáil yesterday, I...

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Deputy Buttimer got what he wished for, but maybe he does not wish for what he got. The problem with the budget is that it does not provide a stimulus. The Government took the easy option of cutting capital expenditure, but some capital expenditure can be self-financing. It increased VAT, an easy option, but not one that will stimulate consumer confidence. The irony is that VAT and the...

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I gave and Deputy Buttimer knows that.

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We ran budget surpluses in the years I gave the money. That is a fact. By the way, most of those opposite were quick enough to come into the House to tell me to spend more. They were queuing up at my door looking for more money. Let us look at what the Government has done with mortgages. It has taken a scatter-gun approach.

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Some of those opposite should re-read their manifestos for 2007. The Government has increased mortgage interest relief. Somebody under no financial pressure and with plenty of money to buy a house in the defined period will get extra relief. I hope a good proportion of that money will help people who have mortgage difficulties but as I said, it is a scatter-gun approach. We should be...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Beidh cruinniú mullaigh ann don Aontas Eorpach amárach. An EU summit will take place tomorrow. As Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade is the Tánaiste concerned that EU policy is being proposed by Ms Merkel and Mr. Sarkozy instead of by the Commission? What they propose will not deal with the current crisis but is driven by a federalist agenda. Fianna Fáil has stated time and again...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am reassured that the Tánaiste realises the method of operation of the European Union is by the 27 member states and proposals by the Commission. I hope the Taoiseach will make it absolutely clear, in public, that it is unacceptable that two countries should try to dictate European policy. It is contrary to the whole spirit of the European treaties. The Tánaiste spoke about a letter...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As regards tax harmonisation, every time people mention CCCTB, I am reminded of the old nursery rhyme "The spider and the fly". We know what happened to the fly when he got into the web.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As far as we are concerned, Europe's acquiescence to the CCCTB proposal is buying the proposition that was put to the fly in the famous nursery rhyme.

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not agreed. I oppose the proposal but I will not call a vote on it because votes on the Order of Business become a device by the Government to stop backbenchers raising issues on the Order of Business.