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- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: Can we get an answer to the question?
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: Am I entitled to an answer to the question?
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: He did not.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: That is avoiding the question.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Schemes (12 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his Department considered linking the requirements of those persons engaged in Springboard courses to the possible provision of State-supported child care facilities; if he will acknowledge that vast numbers of people are forced to relinquish places on such courses as they are unable to make provision for their child care needs; and if...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Expenditure (12 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: 65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 18 February 2014, if he will clarify the following discrepancies, €26 million difference between the figure noted in his reply to my question and the budget allocation noted on page 2 of the Capital Investment Programme 2012-2016; 50 school projects going into construction announced in press...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (12 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: 143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria laid down for entrance to An Garda Síochána; the system used to short list the circa 30,000 applications received for the recently advertised positions to 14,000; if any applicants who were already engaged in the reserve force were given any priority during this process; the number of applications if any received from...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (12 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: 151. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in the case of a person (details supplied), if he will confirm where an applicant for naturalisation holds a valid stamp 4, if the applicant may apply to have their stamp 4 permission amended to another basis prior to the expiry date of their current permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12347/14]
- Restorative Justice (Reparation of Victims) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill seeks to introduce a requirement for offenders to make reparation for damage caused by crimes. The reparation can relate to medical costs for victims or damage caused to property. The Bill also provides for recognition to be afforded to offenders who voluntarily make reparation prior to trial. It also provides for the making of...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (25 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: 689. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding the aligning of community projects like Waterford Traveller Community Development Project; the number of social inclusion officers that will be available to Waterford City Council to cover city and council areas (details supplied). [13488/14]
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: As usual.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: Someone did.
- Restorative Justice (Reparation of Victims) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: First, I thank all those Members, from all sides of the House, who made valuable and quite excellent contributions. I thank the Minister of State for her kind words earlier this evening and I thank my legal team, who helped me to put together the Bill. In addition, I thank members of the Garda Síochána, who were quite excellent in helping me with the Bill, as well as the many...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (27 Mar 2014)
John Halligan: 100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to revise the criteria for eligibility to make an application for internships; her views on whether adults currently dependent on their partners' claims and who are not permitted to take up internships would like to be permitted to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14507/14]
- Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)
John Halligan: Someone had €110 million written off.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)
John Halligan: Representatives of the Money Advice & Budgeting Service will be at the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform this afternoon. Perhaps the Taoiseach should speak to them. They will tell him about it.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)
John Halligan: Many people in this country who are €20,000 in arrears are not getting write-downs.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Apr 2014)
John Halligan: When the Government was in opposition, it called for an investigation into some of these cases. What is the difference now?
- Current Crisis in Ukraine: Motion (3 Apr 2014)
John Halligan: I am deeply disturbed by the tenor of the motion which is completely unbalanced. While one might reject the validity of the referendum in the Crimea, it should be recalled the Crimea was given to the Ukrainians in the 1950s without the consent of the people of the Crimea. Many of the latter still consider themselves to be Russian. My problem with the motion is that it is completely...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)
John Halligan: They are not happy.