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Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The issue is not at what age a child should be left on his or her own. As I have made very clear, there is no question of the Government legislating for children aged seven years to be left on their own.

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I repeat that there is a change - it is being done gradually - to the payment of lone parent's allowance.

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It will be coupled with the provision of child care.

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: We are talking about the children of lone parents in receipt of loan parent's allowance who are at work. There is a necessity to provide adequate child care services. The Government is introducing a reform which provides for a graduated reduction in the age at which the loan parent payment is made. It will be combined with the provision of child care.

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett used the word "dissociate". There is something from which he could dissociate himself - he has not yet done so - that is, the violent scenes in Galway last weekend.

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: People have a right to protest.

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: In fairness, the vast majority of those who were in Galway last week protested peacefully, but there was a minority who did not do so and Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett has yet to dissociate himself from their violent activity.

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett might take the opportunity to do so now. I can answer his question very directly. The decision the Government has made on the future of the water supply will not result in the privatisation of services. That is because the decision we have made is to establish a public State company, a subsidiary of Bord Gáis Éireann, to be the water utility. We have to...

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Boyd Barrett is wrong in several respects. One of the main purposes of a metering system for water is conservation.

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: There is a considerable degree of over-usage of water. We are all guilty of that. We turn on the tap without thinking about the effort and cost that goes into the delivery of water.

Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Water metering provides for water conservation. There is no point trying to find a big, bad wolf where none exists. The Government decision was taken on the basis of water remaining in public hands. That is the Government's position and the legislation to establish the water utility company will be framed in that way. A State company under Bord Gáis is being set up. Water is not going...

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 4, Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty and Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 5, Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed), to be taken at 8 p.m. tonight. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the Order of the Dáil of 22...

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: There will be plenty of opportunities to debate the arrangements the Government intends to propose to ensure the country has an adequate and clean supply of water into the future. As I made clear, the arrangements will not come into operation for two to two and a half years so there will be plenty of time to debate it in the intervening period.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The legislation to give effect to the measures will have to be brought before the House and that will provide an opportunity for debate. I am agreeable to the suggestion by Deputy McDonald that we make arrangements through the Whips for a debate.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: No. We have a very full schedule today, which the Government has proposed and which the Opposition intends to oppose. I am proposing that the House sit until 10 p.m. to deal with the important business before it. The Opposition opposes this. We will make arrangements for a debate on the decision the Government has made about the establishment of a State company under Bord Gáis Éireann....

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It would be helpful, in advance of debate and of decisions being made, that Members of this House would not whip up unnecessary fear among people.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: They have talked all morning about things that might or might never happen, but decisions relating to the practical arrangements that will be put in place for water services have not yet been made. There will be plenty of time to debate them and there is no need for Deputy Higgins to get over-exercised by quoting Percy French. Percy French would not have known Deputy Higgins but he had...

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: With regard to the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill, it is not intended to withdraw section 4. Obviously, issues relating to amendments and so forth will be dealt with by the Minister in the normal way. As regards the regulations arising from the waste water legislation, I do not have a date for their publication, but when a statutory instrument and regulations are made under any legislation...

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I found the photographs and story this morning quite distressing. The couple concerned live in my constituency but they have not been in contact with me. I am making arrangements through my constituency office to get some of the facts of the case. The personal insolvency legislation is on the "A" list of legislation to be published in this session. We hope it will be published shortly.

Order of Business (19 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The draft heads of the HSE governance Bill have been approved but there is still some work to be done on it. It is intended that the Bill will be published in this session. The question of the appointment of a director of mental health services is a matter for the Minister for Health.