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Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: It is proposed under section B and it is called the minerals development Bill.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Next year. Is everything next year? Could something not be produced this year, given our difficult economic situation?

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: The Tánaiste was one of the negotiators.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Everything is next year.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Mañana, mañana.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: I have similar views. I fully appreciate the reason for the amendment in that there are issues that need to be addressed. I would not worry about the likely impact of the amendment. It could have a beneficial impact in that there could be a global negotiation of the rents being charged, with the Department having direct control. Now may be the best time to achieve this. Up to now, when...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: There are the two láimhe in this case.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Mortgages of 150% in some cases.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: I fully agree with this important amendment and concur with previous speakers. I do not know whether the Department of Social and Family Affairs fully appreciates the magnitude of the problem that is now unfolding before us. Anything we have seen heretofore will fade into the dim and distant past in comparison to this. A series of problems are turning up. For instance, we now have a...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Absolutely and I will continue to try to keep it that way as well. Although it is being dealt with separately, the question of qualification under the habitual residency clause has been abysmally abused. The Minister knows about this and it was referred to yesterday. It is appalling. Irish citizens who were born in this country and emigrated — like the 42 million of Irish extraction in...

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: That is right.

Social Welfare Benefits. (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Having listened to the previous reply, this one will add further grist to the Minister's mill. The case I wish to outline turns the response we have heard completely on its head. In this case one of the partners is out of the family home due to circumstances beyond the other person's control. Mortgage arrears have arisen to the extent of approximately €6,000. The monthly mortgage...

Social Welfare Benefits. (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: No, it is not.

Social Welfare Benefits. (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: The facts in the reply are incorrect

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 12: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which the budget 2009 reduction proposals are expected to result in an increased pupil-teacher ratio on a county basis at all schools here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44287/08]

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which recently announced reductions in funding for education are expected to result in a reduction of teachers in schools on a county basis here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44286/08]

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 67: To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure to be followed for those wishing to return to civil or public service following retirement on ill health or other grounds when the issues have been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44638/08]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if he has proposals to meet in full the speech and language requests at all primary schools here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44559/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when local term residency care is expected to be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44640/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (4 Dec 2008)

Bernard Durkan: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a medical care will be restored in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44641/08]