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Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will-----

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: You are more than welcome, a Cheann Comhairle.

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The reality is that the Government will bludgeon the procedures, as they are, through, because they have a majority. We object to rushing the Social Welfare Bill through the Dáil. Many of the changes are only coming to light now. For example, I understand that there is a change to family income supplement, FIS, to the effect that if one's partner or spouse is a carer, one will lose €120...

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Now that Fine Gael has persuaded the Labour Party to row back on its outrageous policies on disability, perhaps if Fine Gael had extra time it could persuade the Labour Party to row back on some of its more outrageous proposals.

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is strange to think back to last year-----

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----at what the Labour Party said. It would have been strange to believe last year that it would take Deputy Michael Noonan of Fine Gael to give the Labour Party a conscience.

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is one big difference; we announced everything in the budget but the Government held back on many of the changes. They are hidden in the small print. We were up front but you are not.

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Government managed to hit people for hundreds of euro. That is something we did not do last year.

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On a point of order-----

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We object because the Dáil is adjourning tomorrow at 3.30 p.m. when it could continue until 10.30 p.m. or midnight.

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What we oppose is the Government cutting short the debate.

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Tánaiste should not try to twist it.

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have plenty of respect for the House.

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I was making a point of order to clarify the position.

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is there to be no Order of Business?

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I want to protest.

Order of Business (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I protest that, because the time was taken up for a vote, there will be no Order of Business. We will be looking for an agreement that time taken up for a vote not be counted. We will take up the matter formally at the Committee on Procedure and Privileges and presume there will be all-party agreement on what is a curtailment of democratic rights in the Dáil. When the Government promised...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations he has made on behalf of persons (details supplied) to the authorities in Britain and in Northern Ireland; if he is satisfied that their human rights have not been violated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39275/11]

Written Answers — Caiteachas Ranna: Caiteachas Ranna (8 Dec 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 18: To ask the Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe an mbaineann an ciorclán a d'eisigh sé, uimhir 109/247/74 maidir le táillí a íoc le comhaltaí de bhoird stáit, le baill d'údaráis éagsúla atá tofa go daonlathach ag an bpobal i dtoghcháin phoiblí; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [39241/11]