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Report by Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (Resumed) (3 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: I am almost finished. It is simply not credible for the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform or the Minister of State with responsibility for children to portray themselves as committed to child protection when the enactment of such legislation continues to be delayed. It took less than six months to conceive and enact the complex NAMA Bill. It will be at least six years since...

Report by Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (Resumed) (3 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Many of the bishops disagreed with it.

Report by Commission of Investigation into the Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin: Statements (Resumed) (3 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Maybe some of them had a vested interest in getting rid of it.

Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Is this Green Party Dáil reform?

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (8 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the site for the proposed 60 bed psychiatric unit, for which planning permission was granted, does not impinge on the proposed site for the co-located hospital at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; if so, when she will proceed with the construction of the psychiatric unit at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Child Abuse: Child Abuse (8 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the communications received by him prior to the publication of the Murphy commission report on clerical child abuse regarding the refusal and failure of the papal nuncio and the Vatican to cooperate with the Murphy commission; the initiatives taken by him of his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45499/09]

Budget Statement 2010 (9 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: One can read it on the websites of The Irish Times, the Irish Independent and RTE.

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (Alcohol Products) (9 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: I understand the reason for the measure but I have some sympathy for what is being said by Deputy Gilmore. This must be put in the context of an overall budget strategy. If we take the decrease in excise duty on beer, and the decrease in child benefit, this could best be described as a beer for children budget. The decrease in excise duty on beer together with the decrease in child benefit...

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (Alcohol Products) (9 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: It is more of a stimulant.

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (Alcohol Products) (9 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: It was described as such.

Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise (Alcohol Products) (9 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Taoiseach failed to mention the research.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Television is being looked at but not much has been achieved.

Criminal Prosecutions. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Minister is ignoring the 1997 offence and he deliberately failed to refer to it then.

Criminal Prosecutions. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: The new offence in the 1997 Act could have been used.

Criminal Prosecutions. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Minister is deliberately avoiding answering the question.

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the removal of a child (details supplied) from his mother at Dublin Airport on 15 August 2009 and of the deportation to Nigeria of the child's mother on 1 September 2009; his views on whether it is appropriate that a four year old child never previously apart from his mother be taken from...

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: Will the Minister tell the House what consideration of any nature was given by the Department or those operating under its aegis to the welfare of the child in the period between when the child was removed from the mother in Dublin Airport and the mother being deported on 1 September? When was it learned that the District Court had determined in the interests of the welfare of the child that...

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Minister is punishing the child.

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: The Minister should outline the position in respect of the child.

Deportation Orders. (10 Dec 2009)

Alan Shatter: I accept that. However, the Minister should tell us about the child's welfare.