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Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy is losing his grasp of reality.

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: This is the worse position in the history of the country.

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: Is the collapse of the construction industry a good thing?

Stabilisation of the Public Finances: Motion (Resumed) (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: Fianna Fáil brought us to this.

Military Medical Services. (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: I want to allow a brief supplementary question.

Army Barracks. (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: Allow the Minister to conclude.

Crime Prevention. (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: The Deputy is giving information rather than asking for it.

Crime Prevention. (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: We are well over time. I will take a final supplementary question from Deputy Deenihan.

Crime Prevention. (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: In view of the importance of this question, I will allow a final brief supplementary question from Deputies O'Shea and Durkan.

Departmental Staff. (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: That is beyond the scope of the question.

Departmental Staff. (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: We have time for one brief supplementary question. There is no point in going on to another question in the remaining 90 seconds.

Adjournment Debate Matters (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Lucinda Creighton — the urgent need for an investigation by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government into the practices in the Dublin City Council planning department which arrived at such an...

Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: With regard to the interim report of the all-party committee looking at the constitutional amendment relating to children, when will the urgent requirement for legislation dealing with so-called soft information be brought before the House?

Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: Is it this year or this term?

Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: We cannot hear the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (4 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (3 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: Question 255: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a visitor visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2975/09]

Energy Prices: Motion (3 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Energy Prices: Motion (3 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: The Minister will have an opportunity to respond.

Departmental Staff. (3 Feb 2009)

Brendan Howlin: I will allow a brief supplementary.