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Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2013)

John Halligan: What about the rest of them when they were talking?

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2013)

John Halligan: Does the Ceann Comhairle give them the same instruction?

Leaders' Questions (25 Sep 2013)

John Halligan: They are the figures the Government was given by Fianna Fáil.

Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (25 Sep 2013)

John Halligan: I would welcome any progressive measures which optimise the potential for generating savings in the public sector. I have heard numerous stories over the years of State agencies in which people had no work to do or, in some cases, had no work to do for years on end. If that is the case, it is an appalling waste of resources not only in the current economic climate but at any time. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (26 Sep 2013)

John Halligan: 129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind the recent decision to impose an obligation on those moving from a VTOS payment to a back to education allowance payment to apply for a jobseeker's payment before being assessed for a the BTEA; if she will acknowledge this change in procedure is causing undue stress to those hoping to move to BTE in 2013; if she will commit...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (26 Sep 2013)

John Halligan: 181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers currently awaiting a decision; the average waiting time associated with applications for asylum; the number of residential establishments currently housing asylum seekers in the State; the weekly cost to the State to provide residential accommodation for each asylum seeker; during these placement's the attempts...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (26 Sep 2013)

John Halligan: 182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current guidelines covering the correct and appropriate use of pepper spray by An Garda Síochána; his views that the recent use of this agent against Irish citizens outside Dáil Éireann was both warranted or necessary; if he will make a commitment to review the use of pepper spray in the future; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (26 Sep 2013)

John Halligan: 210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the guidelines and parameters that have been set down by his Department to govern the oyster and mussel collection by a company (details supplied) at Woodstown Beach, County Waterford; if any restrictions have been placed on this company in relation to bringing heavy machinery onto the beach; the regulatory checks carried by his...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (1 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company has prepared a funding proposal in relation to the funding status of the defined benefit pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40888/13]

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: He is just trying to get an answer.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the closure of Gaza from both the Israeli and Egyptian sides, which has resulted in a severe shortage of medicine and medical disposables entering the Gaza Strip and which combined with electricity shortages has placed nearly one thousand patients at risk of death; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (2 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a large sewage treatment plant being constructed in Gaza with funding from the World Bank may not become operational due to a shortage of required electric power, and that an appeal for more electricity made to Israel has been ignored; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (3 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put pressure on banks to arrive at more permanent and sustainable solutions for distressed mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41473/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporate Tax Regime Issues (3 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce measures in budget 2014 to increase the tax contribution of highly profitable corporations through the introduction of a minimum effective corporation tax rate by closing off loopholes which facilitate aggressive tax avoidance by some corporations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41474/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (3 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm the rationale behind the decision to introduce the supplementary allocation panel for special needs assistants; the reason entry onto this panel is only open to special needs assistants who have been working for the past school year and were to lose their positions on 31 August; the way a panel such as this could so blatantly...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (8 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that he has indicated that he will continue to pay ASTI members the annual supervision and substitution allowance of €1,769, gross, the amount he intends to allocate for this allowance in Budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42184/13]

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: That is not true.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Issues (9 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: 5. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers currently employed here; the number of job losses which will be seen up to the end of 2015; his views on whether his plan to further reduce the numbers of public service workers is flawed and will ultimately result in already stretched Departments reaching breaking point; his views on whether having a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Issues (9 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: I acknowledge that the Government is adamant that the downsizing of the public service has saved the country a great deal of money, despite its catastrophic impact on public services. Many people are not buying the Government's line that the reduction of almost 30,000 in public service numbers since 2008 is a success story. Would the Minister agree that the exodus from the public service...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Issues (9 Oct 2013)

John Halligan: These are facts.