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Central Bank (Mortgage Interest Rates) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Jun 2015)

Derek Keating: Several factors militate against the untimely and opportunistic proposal by Deputy Pearse Doherty and his party. Since the recession and the sea change in the Irish mortgage lending market, there has been a decrease in the number of institutions offering mortgage products. This is not a healthy situation for the market, for the country or for borrowers. The Minister for Finance and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (11 Jun 2015)

Derek Keating: I welcome our guests. We see this as a healthy and important exchange. I have only recently become a member of the committee. Why do the delegates think we have not reached agreement on the TTIP? Mr. Redmond referred to Ireland’s pharmaceutical industry, one of our stronger industries. I understand further testing needs to take place in the United States, which is very costly....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases (17 Jun 2015)

Derek Keating: 168. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive has now opened the National Rare Disease Office, the scope of the conditions that will be dealt with there; if a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has the condition Alkaptonuria, which is extremely rare and of which this person is one of only two sufferers here, will have her condition...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (23 Jun 2015)

Derek Keating: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on the issue of rehabilitative care for persons with an acquired brain injury in Ireland, and I thank the Minister of State for being present. Due to the advances in medicine and technology, brain injury survival rates in this country have improved. Advanced imaging and surgical techniques mean that early intervention can lead to...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (23 Jun 2015)

Derek Keating: I thank the Minister of State. I fully appreciate that she is not in a position to comment in any way on a specific case, but I am sure she understands that bringing such an example to the Dáil today helps to emphasise the need for progress on an issue such as this. I appreciate the Minister of State's statement on behalf of the Minister for Health. I recognise that the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Derek Keating: The next speaker is Deputy Stanley, who has just stepped outside for a moment.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Jun 2015)

Derek Keating: I ask the Deputy to address the Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (2 Jul 2015)

Derek Keating: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that an investigation pursuant to section 19 of the Education Act 1998 has been carried out in a school (details supplied) in County Dublin, if she will confirm that recommendations have been made, and fully implemented, and that a copy of these will be provided to this Deputy and to parents of pupils who were interested or affected by...

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Derek Keating: Thank you, Deputy.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Derek Keating: Deputies will direct their comments through the Chair and we will have only one speaker at a time.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Derek Keating: Deputy Peadar Tóibín to continue, without interruption.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Derek Keating: The Deputy to continue, without interruption.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Derek Keating: Please allow Deputy Peadar Tóibín to continue, without interruption.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Derek Keating: Excuse me, there are to be no interruptions. This applies to everyone. It would be helpful if Deputy Tóibín directed his comments through the Chair and not across the floor to another Deputy. There is to be fairness on both sides.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Derek Keating: The Deputy should be allowed to continue without interruption.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Derek Keating: I presume the Deputy is heading towards the Bill on which we are speaking. That is where the debate and the scope of the debate should be.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Derek Keating: I ask the Deputy to direct his comments through the Chair and I ask him to stick within the scope of the Bill that is being discussed today.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Derek Keating: And the Bill.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Derek Keating: With respect, the Deputy has been speaking for more than five minutes, but I have not heard him address matters relevant to the Bill.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Derek Keating: I wonder what relevance that has to the Bill. It has relevance in other areas, but not in the context of this particular Bill.