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Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: Bhí plé fada ag an Aire ar leasuithe Uimhreacha 1 agus 7 ar Chéim an Choiste. An pointe lárnach a dhein sé ansin ná gurbh éifeacht na leasuithe ná go bhfágfaidís gur Bille neamh-bhríoch a bheadh ann. Dá mba rud é nár dheineamar ach, iachall a chur ar Ostaí an Rí agus ar an Dlí-Chumann "toradh a spreagadh" a d'fhágfadh go mbeadh líon dóthanach abhcóidí agus aturnaetha...

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: Labhróidh mé ar dtús mar gheall ar leasuithe Uimh. 2 agus 8. Fágann ailt 1 agus 2 den Bhille faoi Óstaí an Rí agus an Dlí-Chumann a chinneadh conas a gcúrsaí i dtéarmaíocht dhlíthiúil na Gaeilge agus i dtuiscint téacsanna dlíthiúla Gaeilge a sholáthar. Deputy O'Shea argued strongly on Committee Stage that the course should be delivered bilingually. He may well be right...

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: Deputy Flanagan's suggestion seems to represent the best way forward. The Minister, Deputy Ó Cuív, has reflected carefully on this matter and has concluded that the approach we have taken will provide the best outcome for trainee barristers and solicitors. The same issues arise in regard to amendments Nos. 5 and 11. The duration of the course and the attendance requirements are entirely...

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: As the Minister stated, the duration of the courses and attendance requirements are entirely for the King's Inns and the Law Society to regulate.

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: I move amendment No. 3: In page 6, line 30, after "course" where it secondly occurs to insert "shall not be subject to examination and".

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: I thank Deputy O'Shea and as he stated, the Minister indicated on Committee Stage that he accepted the Bill must resolve the position of a small number of persons who have completed their training without meeting the current statutory Irish language requirements and who have not been admitted to practise. The solution he is considering will also deal with whatever transitional arrangements...

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: This is the position.

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: I move amendment No. 6a: In page 10, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "(c) As soon as practicable after the Council furnishes a report under paragraph (a), the Minister shall lay a copy of it before each House of the Oireachtas.". In response to Deputy O'Shea on Committee Stage, the Minister undertook to consider the possibility of publishing the annual reports which the...

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: I move amendment No. 9: In page 10, line 36, after "course" to insert "shall not be subject to examination and".

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: I move amendment No. 12a : In page 14, line 24, to delete "request.", and substitute "request.".

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: I move amendment No. 12b : In page 14, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: "(n) As soon as practicable after the Society furnishes a report under paragraph (m)(i), the Minister shall lay a copy of it before each House of the Oireachtas.",".

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: I reiterate what I said earlier, namely, that the Minister is in consultation with the various interests to address the matters which have arisen. The Minister for Education and Science — I do not know if this addresses the matter raised by Deputy Flanagan — is in the process of making new regulations to transpose certain directives on qualifications into Irish law.

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (30 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: The Deputy is correct.

European Council Decisions: Motion (8 May 2008)

Pat Carey: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion provided by Article 1.11 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to take part in the adoption of the following proposed measure: a proposal for a Council Framework Decision on the organisation and content of the exchange of information extracted from criminal records between member states, a copy of which proposed...

Written Answers — Migrant Statistics: Migrant Statistics (13 May 2008)

Pat Carey: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) includes a question on the nationality of the usual residents of the households selected. Based on the responses to the question, the results can distinguish the labour force characteristics of Irish and non-Irish nationals. This is done in Tables A1 and A2 of the QNHS release. The QNHS also allows immigrant and emigrant flows to be...

Fuel Poverty and Energy Conservation Bill 2008: First Stage (14 May 2008)

Pat Carey: No.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (14 May 2008)

Pat Carey: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Resolution of the Dáil of 14th June, 2007, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Defence, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government...

Standards in Public Office. (21 May 2008)

Pat Carey: There is confidence.

Written Answers — Live Register: Live Register (21 May 2008)

Pat Carey: The Live Register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming Jobseekers Benefit, Jobseekers Allowance and other registrants as registered with the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Figures are published for each county and each Local Social Welfare Office. The most recent information is for April 2008. The Live Register figures for the Tallaght local/Branch...

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (27 May 2008)

Pat Carey: The Live Register figures for County Carlow and County Kilkenny for each month from 1995 to date are set out in the following table. The Live Register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Benefit, Jobseeker's Allowance and other registrants as registered with the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Figures are published for each county and each...