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- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Derek Keating: Unfortunately, I am in the same boat as Deputy McConalogue. I missed the printout of that document. What section is the capital programme under?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Derek Keating: I welcome the Minister, the Minister of State and the officials. This is a very useful and welcome debate. I cannot help but being struck by the improvements that have taken place and the increased allocation to education. We have come a long way in the past four years. I want to make a general point on the capital programme but I do not want to get too parochial because each of us will...
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Derek Keating: I seek clarification. When did the Minister say she hopes to make that announcement?
- Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 26 - Department of Education and Skills (Revised) (4 Mar 2015) Derek Keating: That will be a completely new programme?
- Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important piece of legislation. When I became a Deputy four years ago, I had certain aspirations, plans and ideals. Perhaps this is not an issue I would have considered at the outset, but in the past four years, I have come to realise that often legislation that affects a small number of people affects society at large, and what is good for a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: I wish to make a brief comment before the meeting begins to apologise in advance. I am speaking in the Dáil in a few minutes and apologise for having to leave to our guests, the Vice Chairman and the members.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: I will try.
- Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (10 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this issue and I also thank the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, for her attention. The Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service is one of the oldest in the world. In 1899, the service dealt with approximately 520 calls but today it deals with approximately 80,000 incidents annually. The...
- Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (10 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: I thank the Minister of State for her reply and take special note of the fact that the new arrangements mean that the people of Dublin will get a better ambulance service. She made reference to delays, which are clearly a resource issue. It is my understanding that the DFB was allocated one additional ambulance during a period of approximately 20 years. I may stand corrected, but that is...
- Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: I am pleased that the Government has moved swiftly to close off the legal lacuna that has emerged since the decision of the Court of Appeal today. Like many others on hearing this news, I feared a return to the situation that existed in the past when so-called head shops would openly sell unregulated substances to our young people as so-called legal highs which in reality were near lethal...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: Amendments Nos. 2 to 7, inclusive, 10, 11, 13 and 16 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: Amendment No. 9 in the names of Deputies Coppinger, Murphy and Higgins is deemed to be out of order. It does not arise from committee proceedings and raises a potential charge on the Exchequer.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: Amendments Nos. 12, 14, 17 and 22 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: Amendments Nos. 18 and 21 are related and will be discussed together by agreement.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: Amendments Nos. 19, 20 and 23 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: Amendments Nos. 24 and 82 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: Amendments Nos. 25, 29 and 81 are related and will be discussed together.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: Amendments Nos. 26 to 28, inclusive, 30 and 80 are related and will be discussed together.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: Amendment No. 35, in the name of Deputy Lucinda Creighton, is out of order because it does not arise from committee proceedings.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Derek Keating: Amendments Nos. 36 to 38, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.