Results 11,341-11,360 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: That is where we are. That is why we are doing it.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: It is proposed to take No. 4, Health and Social Care Professionals (Amendment) Bill 2012 - Second Stage (resumed) and No. 16, Statements on Philanthropy and the Arts. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the following arrangements shall apply in relation to No. 16: the opening statements of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for Fianna...
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: Yes. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter has introduced legislation. It has passed Second Stage and is at Committee Stage. It will deal with the personal insolvency service to provide for people who are struggling with their mortgages. I share the Deputy's concern about mortgages. Some 70,000 mortgage holders will be affected by this increase that was announced by AIB today.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: All I can say to the Deputy is that work is ongoing within the Department of Finance on this measure but legislation is not expected until next year.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The forestry Bill is due this session and all the issues the Deputy has raised can be debated during its passage.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I am told that the housing Bill per se will not be ready until next year but if the Deputy has specific questions regarding aspects of it I suggest he puts down a question to the Minister responsible.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I am sorry to hear that the Deputy has parted company with his colleagues.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I gather Deputy Ross is going to stay beside the Deputy and keep him company.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: With regard to the reform of local government, discussions are ongoing and I gather progress is being made and the matter will be brought in as soon as possible but we have no precise date yet for it.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I am aware the Deputy was one of the first Deputies in the House to advocate this issue and he has been doing it for a long time. I consulted briefly with the Chief Whip. Time will be found, with the agreement of the Whips, to have a discussion on this matter and the Deputy will be able to explore in detail the issues he has been pursuing for a long time.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: With regard to local government reform, the legislation to give effect to the education and training boards, which will unite Tipperary north and south, will be taken in this House in the next few weeks, unlike what was promised when the Deputy was supporting the party in opposition which intended to divide Tipperary into two.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: To indicate the joined up thinking within this Government, local government reform will be undertaken in tandem with vocational education committee reform in order that the same geographical entity will apply for local government and VEC-education and training board purposes.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The legislation is due early next year and all the complex issues the Deputy has correctly raised can be addressed during the debate on it.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: All of us have compassion for and understand the anguish that this community is going through. Proposals relating to the legislation referred to by the Deputy were brought to Cabinet in July but the final text of the Bill will not be ready until next year.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: With regard to the second question, I share the Deputy's concern. I imagine it requires small enabling legislation, which basically changes a date in the context of the privacy factor relating to the census. I will look into that because I have a deep interest in it and the Deputy's concerns are legitimate and shared by everybody else in the House. The legislation relating to the...
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The Government is not leaking anything relating to this matter. There is a lot of speculation but it is not as a result of Government leaks. I assure the Deputy that the only decision the Cabinet has made on this matter is that we authorised the Revenue Commissioners last July to be the agent of collection after they sought a decision to give them resources and authority to put in place a...
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: It is not normal. We will have a debate afterwards but the decision will be announced in the context of the budget.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The Deputy should table a question to the Minister for Finance on that matter.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: I am assured the second Bill to which the Deputy referred will be taken this session. There are ongoing discussions with the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, about the technicalities surrounding the seizure of the proceeds of crime so as not to provoke a constitutional challenge.
- Order of Business (3 Oct 2012)
Ruairi Quinn: The matter was brought before Cabinet on Tuesday. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has identified a number of sectors where there is a need for a voluntary early requirement scheme. In order to get the benefit from it and to provide certainty for everyone, the details will be accelerated as quickly as possible but I cannot provide a date.