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Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (22 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need to assist the Stardust victims' families group in its efforts for truth and justice and to investigate the new evidence concerning the source of the fire which was not available to the tribunal at the time. I call on all Members of the Oireachtas to support the families on this urgent...

Foreign Conflicts. (22 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: This is not just an internal matter. It has an international dimension.

Northern Ireland Issues. (22 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: There is a lack of co-operation.

Labour Affairs: Motion (Resumed). (22 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: I wish to share time with Deputies Catherine Murphy, Cowley and Boyle.

Labour Affairs: Motion (Resumed). (22 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this important motion on the rights of workers and the urgent need to change the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment radically and have a stand-alone department with responsibility for labour affairs. This is a progressive motion and a sensible proposal. All Members in the House who claim to be on the side of workers...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (22 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: Question 237: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise once again with the British Government the murder of solicitor Mr. Pat Finucane; and if support will be given to the family on this matter. [7415/06]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (22 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it is correct that Columbian security forces have killed civilians and covered it up by dressing the bodies as guerrillas; and if same came up recently in a United Nations human rights report. [7242/06]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (22 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Transport the position regarding the recent flooding in the port tunnel and the damage to people's homes. [7445/06]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (22 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a vacated school (details supplied) has been acquired from the Dublin archdiocese; and if the school will be [i]in situ[/i] by September 2006; and if she will provide further details on the school in the new premises in Whitehall. [7248/06]

Written Answers — School Discipline: School Discipline (22 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding suspension procedure in second level schools; and if pupils can be suspended for missing school deliberately. [7249/06]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (22 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: Question 361: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will make the class size a priority issue in 2006. [7446/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (23 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: Hear, hear.

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: What a great Minister.

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: The Minister is dead right.

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: The Deputy will be Taoiseach yet.

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006. This important debate not only allows us to put down markers on the direction in which our society is going but to challenge and question the Government and to put forward sensible ideas on social welfare, child care, the elderly, carers and the disabled. I welcome the constructive proposals in...

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: That is the reality.

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: The Deputy should not include me in that.

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (23 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: There is another world out there.

Overseas Missions. (23 Feb 2006)

Finian McGrath: There is no scaremongering here.