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- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: -----was actually supported by the Deputy's party at local authority level in Dublin City Council.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: I am glad that the Deputy acknowledged the point about Gaelscoil Bharra. I agree that the pupils, families and teachers in that school waited for too long. Allow me to point to one simple fact. What Government finally made it happen? It was the last Government-----
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: -----using the proceeds of economic progress, the kind of progress the Deputy said would never happen.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: Let me reassure Deputy Barry the backbenches behind me, my party and colleagues such as the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, beside me, understand the social circumstances and social needs that are out there every bit as vividly as Deputy Barry.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: Deputy Barry has no monopoly on compassion. He has no monopoly on representation. The creed he outlines is the creed, to quote the Deputy, of antagonism. It is the creed of perpetual strife. The Deputy talks about the view of historians. Historians and commentators will make their own minds up and we will respect and acknowledge their right to do that. As the balance sheet is being...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: There are no princes or princesses in our party. We are a party that represents all levels of society, those with and those without. What we see from Deputy Barry and his party, day after day, is an attempt to advocate an agenda that does not represent or acknowledge the progress that has been made. I find it so ironic that the latest incarnation for Deputy Barry's movement is Solidarity.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: The last time I checked, Solidarity was a movement originating in Europe that sought to defeat communism but what we have from the Deputy is a movement and a party that is seeking to enforce some form of communism on people who deserve better. We are as aware of peoples' needs as the Deputy's party. We are aware of all of the challenges that still exist but we are also aware of what has...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: Let us look at the progress that has been secured in dealing with some of the issues that the Deputy has just raised. On the issue of pensions, we must acknowledge that the average level of public pension in this State is €23,000. By 1 January 2018, anybody earning a pension below €32,400 will see the public service pension reduction eliminated. The Deputy made reference...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: That has been delivered. In the negotiations on public pay that we will commence shortly, following the publication of the report of the Public Sector Pay Commission, we will be looking to build on this progress. We will be looking, if possible, to secure an agreement on public pay that recognises the contributions of 308,000 public servants to our country, society and economy.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for his gracious comments in response to the announcement made by the Taoiseach yesterday. All fraud is wrong and illegal and should be subject to the fullest possible enforcement response from the State. All of the issues raised by the Deputy with regard to white-collar crime and corporate fraud are dealt with by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: I am not sure if the Deputy welcomes the fact that we are now seeking to do more to tackle those who abuse the system that is meant to support those who are in need.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: I am not sure if the Deputy supports the fact that the number of reports of social welfare fraud has doubled since that campaign was launched. He is wrong to even infer that this Government, this party or any of those who are associated with it do not take seriously the issue of fraud in all its different manifestations. It all needs to be tackled. The Government is committed to doing...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Deputy for his comments relating to the Taoiseach and his family. I am a bit confused by the attitude of Fianna Fáil towards budgetary policy because on the one hand Deputy Michael McGrath is continually asking me to make sure we have no plans to bring in a supplementary budget but the Deputy is now asking me if we have such plans. We have plans in place to deal with Brexit...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: I acknowledge the open mind that the Deputy has demonstrated with regard to this report and what we are looking to do, including the support she has offered to date, although I know that is qualified. The Deputy, her party and its councillors have looked to engage in this progress and project. The Deputy asked whether the Taoiseach will seek to meet representatives of the community...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputy Howlin for his comments about the Taoiseach and his words yesterday. I am aware of the report and announcement made by GLEN on its status, specifically the decision it has made to pursue an orderly winding up of its activities. I also acknowledge the contribution it has made to social progress in our country and the way in which it looked to progress an agenda that we all now...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, is undertaking such a review. I cannot indicate to the Deputy when that report will be completed but I will ensure she is given this information.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: We have not destroyed community initiative. We are not looking in any way to frustrate the work of communities in responding to their challenges, in particular in the rural context to which the Deputy refers. That is the reason the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, has an action plan on the development of rural Ireland to which every Department is committed, and in which we are making progress....
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: The Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, is dealing with this matter and I will ask him to respond to the Deputy.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: I believe it will be published before the summer, as indicated by the Minister, Deputy Simon Coveney. Given the importance of the issue, like any piece of Government business, the legislation will not be affected by any debate that may take place within my party.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)
Paschal Donohoe: Like the Deputy, I acknowledge the needs of those who need a respite care service and the pressure they are under, but I am not in a position to update the Deputy on the supply of funding for a particular centre. If he raises the matter directly with the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, in a Topical Issue debate and so on, I know that he will respond. I will let the Minister of...