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Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: That is too long.

Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: It is not a national Government.

Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: If the Minister is going to speak about the North he should at least get his facts right.

Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister does not know his facts.

Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: That is another falsehood. I ask the Minister to name one Sinn Féin Deputy who called for a boycott.

Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: By whom?

Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: That will not be the Minister's decision.

Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: That will be the decision of the Irish people, not the Minister.

Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will not be lectured by the Minister.

Confidence in the Government: Motion [Private Members] (11 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will not be lectured by the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (11 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the concerns set out in the recent Irish Refugee Council report on conditions in State-funded accommodation for those seeking asylum. [54474/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (11 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend in camera rules for court hearings in family law cases; and the timeline in which he intends to complete same. [54473/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (11 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an updated list, in tabular form, from 3 December 2012 of the numbers of students on a county basis who have received from Student Universal Support Ireland payment of their third level grant or notification of when it is to be paid. [55308/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (12 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: The usual allocation is two minutes, two minutes, one minute and one minute.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (12 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: I have two brief questions for the Minister. There is a request in at the moment for a trip to South Sudan, which is currently being evaluated. Will the Minister provide some more information about the number of personnel who may be involved? This allows me to come back in on a question I have raised in the past - that is, the use of Lariam. We tabled a question which was disallowed today...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (12 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: It does not.

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (12 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: If the decision is to participate in that mission, I presume the Lariam issue which I have raised a number of times in the past will arise again. Is the Department considering discontinuing the use of Lariam in favour of another drug? As far as I am aware, there are four compensation cases - there may be more - before the Department relating to the use of Lariam. I would welcome hearing...

Other Questions: Overseas Missions (12 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: No.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: There is a certain irony in our being lectured by partitionist politicians on the importance of country. Naturally, I will be supporting this motion tonight because I, like tens of thousands of fellow citizens, have lost all confidence in this Government's ability to carry out the mandate which it was given in February of last year. I do not have confidence in this Government to deal with...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (12 Dec 2012)

Jonathan O'Brien: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has examined the possibility of procuring smaller naval coastal patrol vessels for the purposes of intercepting drugs landings on Irish coastal areas. [54710/12]