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Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I am responding to the points the Deputy made and it is up to him to decide whether he wants to listen to what I have to say. In view of his continual requests for dialogue, I would have thought he might be interested in my response. From my recollection of the contents of the reports compiled by Regling and Watson, Professor Honohan and others, the Deputy is correct to state they place a...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all colleagues for their contributions to the debate and I will respond in the same vein. In reply to Deputy McDonald, I do not know whose contribution she was listening to this morning but she was not listening to mine. I made it very clear that I am acutely aware of the strain this is causing people because I meet them so regularly. I am acutely aware of their difficulties. When...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: -----includes strain, sickness and worry. We are conscious of what needs to be done. We have put measures in place and we will continue to evaluate how they are performing and make changes if proved necessary. I do not recite the figures with any sense of looking to take credit for them. I know the great effort being made by people to deliver the figures which have been referred to. We...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: As I said in my contribution this morning, the Government is focusing on those people who find themselves in these situations either through no fault of their own or at least very little fault on their part. I emphasised the figures at the beginning of my contribution and I will emphasise them again. These figures show the engagement and the agreements reached to date. A total of 59,668...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I am sure they have no reason to be worried.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputy Pearse Doherty for giving me the opportunity to discuss this issue. I wish to focus on three areas. First, I shall respond to the Deputy's claims on what the Government has and has not done. Second, I shall examine the progress achieved, while being very conscious of how much more needs to be done. Third, I shall comment on the Bill and its provisions and outline the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wind Energy Generation (8 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank the Senator for the points he raised. I will make two brief points in response to two key points he made. In respect of his comment about the role of consultants in the process being a kick in the teeth, I urge him to wait for the conclusion of the public consultation and the Government's response to it before he decides whether or not the role of consultants has been a kick in the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wind Energy Generation (8 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: Before the Senator makes a judgment in respect of the consultation process he looked for-----

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wind Energy Generation (8 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I am not being flippant.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wind Energy Generation (8 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: To the best of my knowledge, we are having a debate. If the Senator is entitled to put points to me, I am equally entitled to respond, which is what I am doing. I am simply making the point that given that many were calling for a period of public consultation, let us see what the results of it will be before the Senator decides that it is not sufficient.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wind Energy Generation (8 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I am speaking to the representative of a party that has a track record in spending taxpayers' money on consultants that would put any other Government to shame.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wind Energy Generation (8 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Senator Ó Domhnaill for raising this issue. Ireland is fortunate to have very rich wind resources. We can exploit these renewable resources to generate electricity, reduce our import bills for gas and oil and contribute to decarbonising our energy systems. The exploitation of this clean, sustainable and indigenous resource will allow us to break our dependence on expensive...

Current Crisis in Ukraine: Motion (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I move:That Dáil Éireann: rejects the validity of the referendum held in Crimea on 16th March without the minimum democratic guarantees which cannot pave the way for a change of borders between Russia and Ukraine; condemns the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation which violates the sovereignty, political independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine in...

Other Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: In regard to the two points the Deputy makes, I have already made clear that the Tánaiste earlier this week discussed the situation of the threat that is in place in regard to officers and members of staff working in this prison. That must be lifted to ensure those prison officers have the ability to do their very difficult work safely. When that threat is lifted, it will create the...

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: Through our participation in the United Nations Human Rights Council we make clear our concerns over the human rights situation in Egypt. In the earlier answers I gave to Deputy Wallace in particular and to Deputy Boyd Barrett, I made clear the great concern we have over the use of a penalty to which we are fundamentally opposed and the process by which this stage of the judgment has been...

Other Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9, 15 and 31 together. The Tánaiste has regular comprehensive discussions with the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Theresa Villiers, MP, most recently on Monday, 31 March, about the overall situation in the North and the state of the peace process. They discussed the security situation, including attacks on the PSNI, attacks and...

Other Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I fully appreciate the Deputy's objective in raising this question, which is to ensure that peace in Northern Ireland is not destabilised in any way. I certainly would not mean to infer that the Deputies' questions are motivated by anything other than that objective. I share that objective and I understand the context for it. I make two points in response. I absolutely deplore the...

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: It is a substantial number of people

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I would like to emphasise what has already happened, and what has yet to happen, in this regard. When High Representative Ashton met the Egyptian Foreign Minister on behalf of the EU on Monday, she made it clear that there is a high level of worry at EU level about the possible imposition on a shocking number of people of a penalty to which we are fundamentally and irrevocably opposed. I...

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (3 Apr 2014)

Paschal Donohoe: I am not saying for a moment that the Deputy did so deliberately. I remind the House that these sentences have yet to be confirmed. In the meantime, Ireland and the EU will continue to emphasise our worry and make it clear that it would be unacceptable for such a penalty to be carried out.