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Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: It is.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: The Government cannot have the statutory instrument without a positive resolution of the House.

Order of Business (23 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: The Government could do the two together.

Defence Forces Recruitment. (23 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Defence the way the recruitment process will operate in 2009 following his recent decision to exclude the Reserve Defence Force from the recruitment moratorium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24798/09]

Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: On that issue, I should like to ask whether this is designed to give the Department of Education and Science more time to explain how after decades of saying literacy was its priority, we find that a third of children in disadvantaged schools have severe reading problems. Despite that, we have no literacy strategy in the Department and it does not even include literacy as an output to be...

Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: I do not believe it would be possible. The Department of Education and Science is one of the Departments whose Question Time is being moved in this motion and I believe it is significant that this is happening on a day when this appalling report comes to our attention.

Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: While the House can tolerate the occasional use of a guillotine, we have reached a stage where even matters of major importance are not presented with the necessary sort of information to underpin them and there is not the sort of debate required. The guillotine is undermining proper legislation. In the United States today a White Paper on the regulation of the financial sector is being...

Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: That is a very simplistic answer. The Tánaiste should take her job seriously. Question, "That the proposal for dealing with No. 24 be agreed to," put and declared carried.

Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: In the past couple of days we saw a report that the details of 75,000 individual personal bank accounts were stolen in a computer held by Bord Gáis. These were not encrypted and it will be two weeks before the company will have contacted the individuals concerned. There are legal weaknesses here. Will the Government consider enacting Deputy Coveney's Private Members' legislation published...

Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: That remains to be seen. It has been promised it in the past.

Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: The Government has indicated it is supportive of legislative measures in this area. In light of the risk to 75,000 people that has been exposed, the Tánaiste should be examining this seriously. Fine Gael anticipated the problem well over a year ago.

Order of Business (18 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: Perhaps Deputy Coveney will return to this issue. Is the Government preparing legislation on a bank levy to accompany the National Asset Management Agency Bill? We are informed that any deficit will be made up by way of a bank levy. Is that legislation being prepared?

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (18 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of preschool providers and the number of pre-school places which have to date signed up to participate in the new Government sponsored early childhood scheme; the number in Dublin and the number outside of Dublin; if the proposed fee to be provided by the State has been analysed to establish the extent to which it covers the...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (18 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school places in gaelscoileanna at primary and at secondary level; his estimate of the proportion of children in sixth class primary gaelscoileanna who go on to gaelscoil at second level; if he has surveyed the percentage of children who would prefer to continue learning through the medium of Irish; if he is satisfied...

Electric Vehicle Programme. (18 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe and structure for the rolling out of a charging infrastructure for electric cars agreed with the ESB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24105/09]

Written Answers — Information Society Fund: Information Society Fund (17 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Finance the value of the information society fund annually since 2000; the number and names of projects which have benefited from it since 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24090/09]

Written Answers — e-Government Report: e-Government Report (17 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if the recommendations identified in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on e-Government have been put into action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24183/09]

Written Answers — e-Government Report: e-Government Report (17 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of services that are available to the public through the reach and broker system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24184/09]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (17 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide for flexibility on the age limit for the new pre-school support scheme when a child has had only limited access to pre-school and there are reasons for the child not progressing directly to primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23927/09]

Financial Services (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2009)

Richard Bruton: I want to revert to the original point I made. The Minister needs greater clarity on the significance of December 2010. If he is withdrawing this cover, even if not abruptly, if there is a hint that something will change in 2010 we need to know the criteria against which it changes. This, we understood, provides cover for people. People in this area need certainty above all else. If a...