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Grocery Sector (4 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy should put a question.

Grocery Sector (4 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Allow the Minister to reply to the question.

Grocery Sector (4 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Please allow the Minister to reply.

Grocery Sector (4 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: A final supplementary question from Deputy Doyle

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the farm waste management interest will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40630/10]

Written Answers — Food Industry: Food Industry (4 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of schools that have participated in the incredible edibles scheme administered by Bord Bia; the annual cost of the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40649/10]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (4 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, in view of the fact that there has been no change in the needs of children on the autistic spectrum in a school (details supplied) in County Wexford who were allocated special needs assistants on a 1:1 basis, the reason the allocation of SNAs for autistic children attending this school is to be reduced; if her attention...

Third Level Charges (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Allow the Tánaiste to reply to the question.

Departmental Agencies (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Through the Chair, Tánaiste.

Departmental Agencies (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: I want to get in a further supplementary.

Departmental Agencies (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Allow the Tánaiste to conclude, we are over time.

Departmental Expenditure (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: Members must understand only one minute is allowed for supplementaries.

Teaching Qualifications (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: I am anxious to move on to the next question.

Teaching Qualifications (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: A brief final supplementary question from Deputy McCormack.

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: — concerned that the sudden and calamitous change in our economic fortunes, coupled with revelations of waste of public money and resources, has undermined public confidence not alone in the present Government but also in the structures of government; — recognising that fewer and fewer people feel any sense of ownership of their politics and that we need to...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: I am glad to share my time with my colleagues. I am also glad to move this motion on reform in my name and that of the Labour Party Deputies. Thomas Jefferson wrote: "Government should be judged by how well it meets its legitimate objectives". "Good government" he wrote "is that which most effectively secures the rights of the people and the fruits of their labour, promotes their happiness...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: I have seen answers from the Department of Education and Skills, with which Deputy Quinn will be familiar, which advise the relevant Deputy to consult the Department's website.

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: That is not a way to deal with elected Members of Parliament. If the Oireachtas is the constitutional body charged with holding the Government to account, as is our solemn constitutional duty, the Executive must respect this role. Why would it do so if we do not assert these rights? These matters are fundamental to having a functioning Parliament. The Labour Party proposes that where, in...

Reform of Structures of Government: Motion (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: It should not be for the Department of Finance to decide on these matters.

Report on Magdalene Laundries (9 Nov 2010)

Brendan Howlin: I am afraid that is not possible, as the Deputy well knows.