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- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: I am sharing time with Deputies Ruth Coppinger, Shane Ross and Clare Daly.
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this important debate on the future of Aer Lingus. The way this issue has been handled so far, and particularly last night, is a disgrace. I was attending a residents' meeting in Clongriffin, in my constituency, at about 9 o'clock last night when I heard the news. I then heard about the plan to have the rushed debate at 10.45 this morning....
- Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: Dublin Bay North.
- Midland Regional Hospital: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: I thank the Chair for the opportunity to speak on this very important debate on the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise. Before I go into the details of the debate, it is important to recognise that it is families that are involved here. It is babies, mothers, fathers and extended families. I extend my deepest sympathy to all the parents and families of babies who died at that hospital...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: 5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his proposals to utilise the learning from the prevention and early intervention programme and the area based childhood programme to extend these to other areas, and to mainstream the effective models that have emerged by resourcing their expansion to other communities. [20626/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: 11. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is his priority to increase quality in earlier years settings and to build professional development time. [20489/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Child Care Education (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: 13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider providing funding directly to the early years sector, while at the same time subsidising the cost of child care places to parents, in order to increase both quality and sustainability of services providing care and early education to young children. [20490/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Years Strategy Implementation (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: 15. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware of the Hands Up For Children campaign recently launched by the Prevention and Early Intervention Network, and if he will explore how to ensure that prevention and early intervention is a core commitment in the delivery of the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures policy framework. [20491/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Poverty (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: 33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will implement the plan to deal with the 12% of children who are living in consistent poverty and the 18% of children who are at risk of living in poverty. [20493/15]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: I promise I will not ask six questions like Deputy Collins.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: I have three short simple questions. The delegates are very welcome to the committee and I commend them for their work. A very important part of the work and the ISI report are the case stories presented in its submission to the committee. I refer to Siobhán's story who is a widow living on her own, in ill-health and with debts of €19,000. She turned to the approved...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: I am concerned because we get different figures in the House. There are 100,000 families in mortgage arrears and ISI has helped in the region of 2,000 debtors. What I am trying to figure out is whether it is 5,000, 6,000, 10,000, 20,000 or 50,000 people who are not engaging. I hear different figures in the Dáil and nobody seems to have a handle on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: The third question is this. I am trying to figure out where there is a large number of people doing private deals with the banks, people who are off the radar and not engaged with MABS or the ISI. Every now and again I receive a letter from an individual. Last week I had a letter from a customer of the AIB who has a major problem as it was trying to kick the person out of the house. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: Okay but I am praising this particular person but I am having a go at the banks because they engage when somebody intervenes. The question I am asking is whether there is engagement under the radar for which there appear to be no accurate figures.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: My final point is on the increase in the number of repossessions by the banks. To what extent have banks engaged with the process where there is a family home involved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Insolvency Services: Insolvency Service of Ireland (27 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: I thank Mr. O'Connor.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: What about IMPACT?
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: And the Government is finishing it off.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: So why is IMPACT not happy?
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Finian McGrath: That is right.