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Capitation Grants: Motion (Resumed) (12 Mar 2008)

Conor Lenihan: I must leave but I trust the Acting Chairman will contain the Ballymagash element in the Chamber.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Conor Lenihan: Deputy Ó Snodaigh claims to have been in a war.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Apr 2008)

Conor Lenihan: Nobody legitimised his war.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Apr 2008)

Conor Lenihan: I wish to share time with the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Michael Ahern.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Apr 2008)

Conor Lenihan: It is a personal pleasure to be present in the Chamber with the Acting Chairman, a constituency colleague of mine. Although his role is a non-speaking one, I am sure he will soon be back in full voice again. This referendum is ample testament to the courage and dignity of the Taoiseach in his leadership of the country and Fianna Fáil. It is a benchmark of the singular importance of the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2008)

Conor Lenihan: I have received a request from the project in question for further funding. I am examining the request in the context of the resources available and other competing demands.

Written Answers — Languages Programme: Languages Programme (9 Apr 2008)

Conor Lenihan: In May 2007, Circular 53/2007 was issued to the Management Authorities in primary and post-primary schools outlining the resources available to meet the needs of pupils for whom English is a second language. The limit of two Language Support Teachers per school was removed and the provision of language support was extended beyond two years, where a specific request is made. In fact, it is...

Asylum Support Services. (14 May 2008)

Conor Lenihan: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. Tralee refugee support services was allocated funding of €160,420 from the European Refugee Fund, amounting to 50% of a total project cost of €320,840, which was programmed for payment over the years 2006 and 2007. The purpose of the European Refugee Fund is to support and encourage the efforts made by member states in receiving and bearing the...

Written Answers — Languages Programme: Languages Programme (20 May 2008)

Conor Lenihan: To meet the needs of migrant pupils for whom English is a second language English Language Support Teachers have been appointed to primary and post-primary schools. There are now just under 2,000 language support teachers in the schools at a cost of €120 million per annum. Schools with less than the 14 such pupils needed to qualify for one support teacher are provided with financial...

Written Answers — Integration Initiatives: Integration Initiatives (20 May 2008)

Conor Lenihan: For 2008, an amount of €9.2 million was allocated to my Office in the Estimates. This is being used to create new funding lines and establish new integration structures as outlined in my recent policy statement, Migration Nation, as well as to support existing initiatives. In line with the policy I have announced, a special emphasis is being placed on funding membership organisations,...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (27 May 2008)

Conor Lenihan: Not particularly, no.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (27 May 2008)

Conor Lenihan: These amendments are designed to comply with current drafting practices. The normal form of drafting since the passing of the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1993 is to try to ensure where possible and appropriate that both sexes rather than the male sex are referred to explicitly.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (27 May 2008)

Conor Lenihan: The 1851 Act is more often honoured in the breach and, at least since the foundation of the State, it has not in fact been the practice of District Court judges to keep notes or records. An obligation to keep such notes or have stenographers formally record decisions and evidence would impose a significant administrative burden on the District Court. As a lawyer, Senator Alex White will be...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (27 May 2008)

Conor Lenihan: At present, it is entirely at the discretion of a District Court justice to keep his or her personal notes. I am sure some of them keep such notes for the purposes of clarity or, as with an aide memoire, to assist them, particularly in circumstances where cases involving similar matters might arise. The work of the District Court is extremely pressurised and varied. The 1851 obligation was...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (27 May 2008)

Conor Lenihan: These are technical drafting amendments.

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (27 May 2008)

Conor Lenihan: Each of these amendments relates to the Law Society's powers of investigation into alleged misconduct either by solicitors or by apprentice solicitors. The Law Society has, for many years, investigated allegations of misconduct by solicitors arising either from complaints made by clients or as a result of its own routine inspections of solicitors' practices. However, there is no express...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (27 May 2008)

Conor Lenihan: The Law Society is required by section 7 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960 to bring the report of the solicitors' disciplinary tribunal to the High Court in cases where the tribunal has found that there has been misconduct and where the tribunal leaves the question of the sanction to be imposed to be decided by the High Court. Typically this occurs in the more serious cases of...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (27 May 2008)

Conor Lenihan: These amendments are similar in purpose to amendment No. 13 in that they confirm the Law Society's powers to generate internally complaints against solicitors. The amendments confirm the statutory role of the Registrar of Solicitors in generating internally a complaint of misconduct against a solicitor and extend the definition of misconduct for this purpose to include "any other conduct...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (27 May 2008)

Conor Lenihan: Solicitors carry on business either as sole traders with unlimited civil liability or as partnerships with collective and individual unlimited civil liability. The provisions of section 7 of the Attorneys and Solicitors Act 1870 restrain a solicitor in seeking to limit his or her liability in a contract agreed with a client. This puts Irish solicitors at a competitive disadvantage in...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Committee Stage (27 May 2008)

Conor Lenihan: In effect, this amendment is proposing that a change to the law affecting business tenancies be made retrospective. The proposed change to the Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1980 contained in the Bill amends sections 17 and 85 of that Act. Section 17 deals with restrictions on right to new tenancy and section 85 covers void contracts. The purpose of these amendments is to enable...