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Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Fianna Fáil wined and dined them or else it was the other way around.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Based on Department of Finance figures.

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: I will start by nailing the lie that is coming from the Fianna Fáil benches in regard to the Labour Party and any policies it may or may not have. I invite Deputies McGrath, Collins and Byrne to take a look at the Labour Party website. Therein they will see at least 50 position and policy papers on a wide range of subjects from tourism right through the economy. I invite them, in...

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: It will create wealth and jobs and will be used in a manner which is productive and will grow the economy, through the National Pensions Reserve Fund and can be used effectivity to get this economy up and running again. I want to nail this lie which is now emerging from Fianna Fáil that somehow we are a party which is devoid of policies. It is an insult to the intelligence of anybody in...

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: We want transparency so that every citizen, regardless of his or her political affiliation, can decide whether the Government of the day is doing a decent job. These independent reports clearly have not vindicated the Government's position. Their criticism of past macro-economic policy and the over reliance on tax breaks is as clear as the nose on my face. The bottom line is good governance...

Banking Reports: Motion (16 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Would the Deputy have done two masses?

Written Answers — Corporate Governance: Corporate Governance (16 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation his views on the report, Mapping the Golden Circle, published by the research body TASC, which showed that Ireland's corporate world was dominated by a small number of interconnected business people which the report said posed a serious threat to corporate governance; the action he will take to ensure that corporate power...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (16 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation when his attention was drawn to the plan by a company (details supplied) to shed up to 785 jobs at plants in this country; the discussions he has had with the management; the steps that are being taken to try to save these jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24357/10]

Written Answers — Food Safety: Food Safety (16 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 125: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on the need to provide consumers with more information on food products produced using novel technologies and associated benefits in order to provide them with the knowledge to make more informed food choice decisions and to increase consumer acceptance on the basis that strategic reviews of the Irish food industry have...

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (17 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Finance if the policy of curtailing performance bonuses in all financial institutions covered under the Government guarantee, as outlined in section 5.16 of the Covered Institutions Remuneration Oversight Committee report, is being adhered to; if he will confirm that no bonuses have been sanctioned in 2009 or to date in 2010; if he will further confirm...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (17 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent appointments of persons (details supplied) as Non-executive Directors of the Bank to the Board of Directors of Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25626/10]

Written Answers — Dental Treatment Services Scheme: Dental Treatment Services Scheme (22 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the definition of a clinical emergency regarding the provision and repair of dentures under the dental treatment services scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26339/10]

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (22 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 118: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the discussions she has held on the substitution of generic medicines for branded products; if these proposals will be implemented in 2010; the amount of money expected to be saved by this measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25919/10]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (22 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there are plans to limit the time home helps can spend on specific tasks; the other measures or proposals planned that will affect the provision of home help services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25918/10]

Tourism Industry: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Our motion seeks to build the capacity of the tourism product and to take a more lateral view of its potential to create wealth and jobs and sustaining communities. No longer can we rely solely on the US dollar and the busloads of Americans that graced traditional hotspots like Killarney and Bunratty. We must diversify the product range. The Labour Party motion, under the stewardship of...

Tourism Industry: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister is not to kiss the stone.

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (23 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will introduce legislation to outlaw the practice of tampering with a vehicle's odometer; the estimates of the number of vehicles on Irish roads that may have been clocked and the number of imported cars that have been clocked; if he has reviewed and will implement the legislative proposals from a company (details supplied) on this matter;...

Written Answers — Direct Payment Schemes: Direct Payment Schemes (23 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be included in the disadvantaged area scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27062/10]

Order of Business. (24 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: I put a parliamentary question to the Minister on the issue of the dental treatment services scheme asking what constituted an emergency in terms of who could benefit. In her reply, the Minister stated an emergency is determined by the treating clinician, the contracted general dental practitioner, in agreement with the local HSE. Dentists throughout the country are trying to provide...

Order of Business. (24 Jun 2010)

Seán Sherlock: What will the Minister do to ensure vulnerable people will be able to avail of those dental treatment services? I call for a statement from the Minister or a debate in the House so that we can ensure these services are provided for vulnerable people.