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Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (26 Jan 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 587: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the arrangements made to create an independent trust to support the needs of survivors of institutional abuse for general education and welfare purposes; the funds to be furnished by religious orders and congregations for such trust; if he will publish, in draft form, the documentation required for the establishment of such a trust;...

Written Answers — Residential Institutions Redress Scheme: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (26 Jan 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 588: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the additional financial contributions to be made by religious orders and congregations to the Redress Board funds contributed to date in 2010 and which may be utilised in the future to make compensation payments to victims of institutional abuse; the proposals made by each religious order and congregation regarding both moneys and...

Written Answers — Crop Losses: Crop Losses (27 Jan 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has been involved in the compilation of an application to the EU Solidarity Fund for compensation for farmers and growers who have suffered losses due to recent extreme weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3850/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 689: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in sanctioning the funding for the construction of a new permanent school building at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin in view of the fact that original permission had already been given; if his attention has been drawn to the conditions at the school which both students and teachers have to...

Written Answers — Judicial Remuneration: Judicial Remuneration (3 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance the salaries which would be payable to members of the Judiciary if the legislation enacted to provide for the public sector pension deductions and the public sector wage deductions implemented pursuant to budgetary measures adopted in 2009, applied to judicial remuneration in the same manner as it applies to public sector workers in receipt of...

Written Answers — European Courts: European Courts (9 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 352: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration given to designating the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and the European Court of Justice sitting in Luxembourg as prescribed bodies to which section 40 (7) (b) of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 apply and to ask that the aforesaid courts be so prescribed by an order of the Minister...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (9 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 645: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for the delay in publishing the Animal Health and Welfare Bill; if heads of the Bill have been approved; the general areas of reform that the Bill will address; when the Bill will be published and be before Dáil Éireann. [6787/10]

Written Answers — School Placement: School Placement (9 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 708: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a family (details supplied) that moved to Dublin from Cork in December 2009 has been unable to obtain school places for their children having applied to seven second level schools in the vicinity of their home in Dublin 16 and that the earliest places offered to the children are for...

Constitutional Referenda. (10 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: It would be great if the Taoiseach answered the questions rather than reading a brief he clearly knows nothing about.

Constitutional Referenda. (10 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: The Taoiseach is deliberately confusing the outcome of the Abbeylara decision because it is convenient to members of Government and also to those in the public service that they are not held properly accountable when things go wrong. Would the Taoiseach not agree that if an Oireachtas committee is empowered to investigate the manner in which public funds are spent or the manner in which...

Constitutional Referenda. (10 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: I presume the Taoiseach is aware that the Supreme Court judgment in the Abbeylara case, from my recollection, was delivered very early in 2002. What consideration has the Government given to date to the constitutional amendment that is required to address that judgment in a manner that would empower committees of this House to operate in the public interest and in a manner that respects...

Constitutional Referenda. (10 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: It is a year and a half late.

Constitutional Referenda. (10 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: An all-party committee asked for that legislation to be prioritised.

Constitutional Referenda. (10 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: It is being ignored.

Constitutional Referenda. (10 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: Is the Taoiseach saying there should never be accountability?

Constitutional Referenda. (10 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: There should be no accountability for either Ministers or the public service?

Constitutional Referenda. (10 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: The Taoiseach's party has a majority on every committee.

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (10 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action the Minister of State with responsibility for children has taken since meeting with persons (details supplied) on 6 October 2009 in respect of the tragic death of their nephew, having advised them that he would contact them within a period of three weeks; if she plans to order an independent inquiry into the manner in which...

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (10 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps he will take to address the failures in our child protection services disclosed in the Health Information and Quality Authority national children in care inspection report of 2008; the steps he will take to ensure that the Health Service Executive vets all foster carers and to ensure there is a care plan in place in respect...

Order of Business (11 Feb 2010)

Alan Shatter: Before we can agree to that I have a question for the Tánaiste. Will she attend the House later today, and will the Government make time to detail to the House what this State's approach will be at the very important conferences taking place today concerning the difficulties of Greece? The impact of the economic and fiscal crisis in Greece could have profound implications across the...