Results 961-980 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister spoke earlier about the level of misinformation and scaremongering that has taken place in this debate. In the absence of any clarity from the Government, that is bound to happen. We have had no clarity on the funding model, the charges, the free allowance or even the criteria to be used to ascertain the free allowance. The Minister referred to a conservative estimate of a 10%...

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: He accused us of doing one thing in the North and another in the South. The one thing we are doing in both the North and the South is trying to regain our economic sovereignty.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: If I could finish, I know sometimes the truth is hard to take but if the Minister listened he might learn something.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: In the Six Counties we are trying to regain our economic sovereignty from London. In the Twenty-six Counties, we are trying to regain our economic sovereignty from the EU and the IMF while Fine Gael's policies are making this possibility even more remote. Instead, it is introducing an austerity treaty which will give us no hope of regaining our economic sovereignty. In the Six Counties,...

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: How many public representatives does Fine Gael have in the Six Counties? None. I will take no lectures from anyone in Fine Gael about partition. The reality is partition suits the Fine Gael Party because it can use it as a cover to introduce all these charges and then, in some imaginative way, point across the floor to Sinn Féin Members claiming we are doing the same in the Six Counties.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: The only non-partitionist party is Sinn Féin.

Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (26 Apr 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stage at which his plans are at for the county enterprise boards [20910/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Counsel: Departmental Counsel (1 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 153: To ask the Taoiseach in view of payments to a counsel retained by the State, the steps he has taken to widen the panels of counsel used by State Departments and agencies; the extent to which these steps were communicated to members of the Bar and solicitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21356/12]

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (1 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the salaries of each County Registrar, their names, grades, and counties in which they are based; if he will provide details of any expenses they have claimed and are entitled to claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21458/12]

Written Answers — Citizenship Applications: Citizenship Applications (1 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the application for naturalisation will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied). [21406/12]

Written Answers — Immigration Status: Immigration Status (1 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a foreign national prisoner granted parole while serving a life sentence will face the possibility of deportation or will be allowed to remain within the jurisdiction, and if the latter, under what immigration status. [21724/12]

Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will begin by commenting on the breaking news in respect of the dispute at Vita Cortex, a dispute which should never have been allowed to happen in the first place. This Government and previous Governments, through their failure to legislate for the protection of workers, forced a situation where workers had no choice but to occupy a factory for 139 days to secure the ex gratia payment...

Protection of Employees (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is still 16,000 too many.

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Tánaiste has no idea how expenses work.

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: He has no idea what he is talking about.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (3 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 27: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to develop a strategy for dealing with almost 100,000 persons currently on the waiting lists for social housing. [22179/12]

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (3 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 54: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the report on the realignment of local government; and when same will be published. [22117/12]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (3 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 236: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the exact figures for the number of gardaí based in Limerick City District on 1 April of each year from 2006 to 2012 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22362/12]

Prisoner Releases (8 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to expand the functions of and adequately resource the Probation Service in view of proposed early release schemes in the Irish Prison Service strategic plan. [22993/12]

Prisoner Releases (8 May 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Minister for his reply and welcome the scheme which, as he said, comes on foot of the pilot project. I think only four individuals ended up returning to prison under the pilot project, yet some of the commentary surrounding the recent announcement was unfortunate. I do not know if it was something that fell through the cracks but some hysteria was created around it, which was...