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Television Licence Fee (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Would it be possible for the Department, which has access to all the legal advice and so on, to provide a preliminary paper on the issues it is examining? It would allow us to come back with our thoughts on the matter to be added into the mix and fed into the process.

Gas Exploration (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister of State know the seanfhocal a dheireann, is é an bóthar mór an t-aicearra? The high road is the short cut and the short road is not necessarily the short cut. We are all aware of the difficulties that arose because of Corrib Gas. The Department is repeating the mistake by taking the narrow permission by permission approach without developing an overarching policy on...

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this subject tonight. The only way one can measure a Government is by the commitments it makes and how it honours them.

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Government spokespersons-----

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----can talk about the situation it inherited. The Government knew exactly the situation it was going to inherit because it had full access to all the books in the autumn of 2010. If one checks the record one will see its members said that autumn that things were a lot worse than they were. Now, of course, they are saying there has been a miraculous improvement because they followed their...

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The reality is that guidance counsellors help children of all ages and are more important, if I might say so, in the role they have played in encouraging children to complete school than in filling out the CAO form. At least, at the stage of filling out the CAO form, one has got them that far. As has been said by many of my colleagues, because of the much more complicated society in which...

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Good. There are many things I have to say here tonight.

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Unfortunately, I have to be selective in the things I want to say. The Minister is leaving to every school the obligation of complying with section 9(c) of the Education Act 1998. At the moment, the Department has control, because guidance counsellors are ex quota and controlled from the centre. From next year, how will the Department control the situation? How will it guarantee that this...

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What I am saying is very simple. Students who would go ahead and complete school if personal issues were dealt with and students who would make the right choice when going into third level education will not now have the supports that were available heretofore. Many of them will make wrong choices and more children will leave school early. The consequences of that are both personal and...

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá mé in an a rá leis an Teachta go bhfuil mo shaol caite ag obair do ghnáth dhaoine. Má chaith sé an oiread ama agus a chaith mise ag obair do ghnáth dhaoine-----

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know.

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have never acted in the interest of any builder or speculator. If the Deputy repeated that remark outside the House, I would bring him to court and I would win. That is absolutely guaranteed. My life, from the time I left school, has been dedicated to working for ordinary people.

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As I said-----

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy doth protest too much.

Private Members' Business. School Guidance Counsellors: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As I said, there are huge personal consequences but there are also significant national consequences of this. People will not get the chances they would have received and there will be more early school leavers. That will put a huge cost burden on society into the future. I ask the Minister to do what some of his colleagues have already done. In fairness to the Minister for Education and...

Written Answers — Gas Exploration: Gas Exploration (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he or his officials have had with the authorities in Northern Ireland with a view to agreeing a joint policy North and South on hydraulic fracturing on an all Ireland basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2626/12]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum Exchequer budget deficit he thinks is prudent for 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2807/12]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Finance the maximum Exchequer borrowing requirement he believes is sustainable for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2808/12]

Written Answers — Scéimeanna Scoláireachta: Scéimeanna Scoláireachta (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 82: To ask the Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil aon athrú curtha i bhfeidhm nó le cur i bhfeidhm ar scéimeanna scoláireachta 1916, agus ar na scéimeanna scoláireachta tríú leibhéal Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [2669/12]

Written Answers — Údarás na Gaeltachta: Údarás na Gaeltachta (18 Jan 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 132: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén uair dheireanach a bhí toghcháin ann d'Údarás na Gaeltachta agus an dáta deiridh de réir na reachtaíochta gur féidir toghcháin an Údaráis a ghairm; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [2812/12]